The backup in the VAMI now contains a scheduler including retention policy: Example configuration: How it looks with multiple backups:

Now you can configure up to 3 Syslog servers in the VAMI to receive the vCenter logs: Click on configure: Supported protocols:

Disclaimer: This is not officially supported by VMware, please use at your own risk. Recently I faced the challenge with a script running on a VCSA which executes some checks and in case something gets detected it has to trigger a vCenter alarm. My solution is to log a user event which will be captured by an vCenter …

I would like to receive push messages for triggered alerts from my vCenter. There is the possibility to execute a command when a alert has been triggered so I decided to write a script which will use Prowl to send push notification to my mobile apple device. I used Prowl already for other devices like my Homematic home …