---
title: "Creating an alert"
description: "- Being an administrative contact of your VMware on OVHcloud infrastructure (to receive login credentials)"
url: https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/hosted-private-cloud/vmware/create-an-alert
lang: en
---
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# Creating an alert

## Requirements

- Being an administrative contact of your [VMware on OVHcloud](https://us.ovhcloud.com/hosted-private-cloud/vmware/) infrastructure (to receive login credentials)
- A [user account with access to vSphere](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/hosted-private-cloud/vmware/introduction-ovhcloud-console.md#exploring-the-pcc-dashboard) (created in the OVHcloud Control Panel)

 

## Instructions

To create an alert, right-click on the data center or any other item you want to monitor, and then click on `Alarms` and `New Alarm Definition`.

On the following screen, you will be able to configure your alerts.

1. **Name and targets:** Name the alert and set its target. You can add a description as well.

2. **Alarm Rule 1:** Define the rules of the alert actions it triggers.

   The `IF` field allows you to set an alert trigger from a selection of variables. Depending on the variable chosen, a list of arguments will be offered.

   The `THEN` field allows you to indicate that the alert is triggered with a certain degree of criticality and will result in actions such as sending an email, executing a script, or shutting down a VM.

   This allows you to monitor the RAM of a host, for example, by specifying a maximum threshold before an alert is generated, and you receive a warning email.

   **Note:**

   You can add several rules to your alert by clicking `ADD ANOTHER RULE`.

3. **Reset Rule 1:** Set the criteria for ending the alert and new actions to trigger.

4. **Review:** Review the summary of your alert settings. You can enable or disable this alert using the `Enable this alarm` slider.

   **Note:**

   You can also enable or disable alarm actions by right-clicking your VM and opening the `Alarms` menu.

 

## Go further

Browse all the [VMware on OVHcloud guides](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/hosted-private-cloud/vmware/landing-page-vmware.md).

Browse the rest of the [OVHcloud US documentation](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/index.md) for guides on our other products and services.

Learn more about [VMware on OVHcloud](https://us.ovhcloud.com/hosted-private-cloud/vmware/) on the OVHcloud US website.