Enable / Disable vCenter Alarm Actions on an ESXi Host

[Jamison618]

Hello,

I'm building a workflow that I need to temporarily disable alarm actions on a host.  Would someone be kind enough to post a code snippet that I could create an action with?  I have a PS script I made but I'm a noob with JavaScript. 

The input being esxHost (VC:HostSystem)

Thanks in advance!

[Ilian Iliev]

Here is some code to enable / disable alarm actions on a host:

// Disable alarm actions on 'host'
var alarmMgr = host.sdkConnection.alarmManager;
alarmMgr.enableAlarmActions(host, false);
// Enable alarm actions on 'host'
var alarmMgr = host.sdkConnection.alarmManager;
alarmMgr.enableAlarmActions(host, true);

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[rkuechler]

Post updated:

I asked for an action which queries if ESXi host alarm action are enabled?
I think, this could work:

 

 

 

var sdkConnection = [VC:HostSystem].sdkConnection;
return sdkConnection.alarmManager.areAlarmActionsEnabled([VC:HostSystem]);

 

 

 

 

 

[VMware-SimonSparks]

I have created a solution for this in TypeScript using the Aria Build Tools

https://github.com/vmware/build-tools-for-vmware-aria

The first step is to create a function to check if Alarm Actions are currently enabled or not.

    public VcHostSystemAreAlarmActionsEnabled(@notNull @notEmpty @required objVcHostSystem: VcHostSystem): boolean {

        let objVcSdkConnection: VcSdkConnection = objVcHostSystem.sdkConnection;

        let objVcAlarmManager: VcAlarmManager = objVcSdkConnection.alarmManager;

        let blnAreAlarmActionsEnabled: boolean = objVcAlarmManager.areAlarmActionsEnabled(objVcHostSystem);

        return blnAreAlarmActionsEnabled;
    }

The second step is to create a helper function that will enable us to toggle the setting on and off.

    private VcHostSystemAlarmActionsToggle(@notNull @notEmpty @required objVcHostSystem: VcHostSystem, @notNull @notEmpty @required blnAlarmActionsState: boolean): void {

        let objVcSdkConnection: VcSdkConnection = objVcHostSystem.sdkConnection;

        let objVcAlarmManager: VcAlarmManager = objVcSdkConnection.alarmManager;

        objVcAlarmManager.enableAlarmActions(objVcHostSystem, blnAlarmActionsState);
    }

The third step is to create 2 functions to call the helper function to do the enable and disable.

    public VcHostSystemAlarmActionsEnable(@notNull @notEmpty @required objVcHostSystem: VcHostSystem): void {
        this.VcHostSystemAlarmActionsToggle(objVcHostSystem, true);
    }

    public VcHostSystemAlarmActionsDisable(@notNull @notEmpty @required objVcHostSystem: VcHostSystem): void {
        this.VcHostSystemAlarmActionsToggle(objVcHostSystem, false);
    }

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Simon Sparks
Automation & Orchestration Consultant
North West England, UK, Europe
Broadcom Employee
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