Difference between vCenter alarm state and severity

[mus6]

 

vCenter alarms can have three states: Normal – green, Warning – yellow or Alert – red. vCenter Alarm severity can be either warning or critical.

It seems that the Warning – yellow or Alert – red states of the vCenter Alarm are reflected by the severity of the Alarm as well e.g. 

1) If alarm has state of "Warning – yellow", it will always have a severity of "Warning"

2) If alarm has state of "Alert – red", it will have always have a severity of "Alert"

 

Is my understanding correct?

[Shen88]

Hi ,

I would say yes, however refer to this documentation for complete details with Alarm and Severity etc.

Monitoring Events, Alarms, and Automated Actions (vmware.com)

[mus6]

Hi Shen. The documentation is not clear. It does not mention anything about states. That's why I had to ask this question here. Can you or someone give me a confirmation that what I'm thinking is correct?