Setup

Select SNAPSHOT as the desired notification type

No spaces, periods or special characters except underscore (_) and dash (-)

Unique label

DO NOT prepend with your tenant name and an underscore, e.g. mytenant_

Select when to send out a notification

Select the notification message type

Select the desired format

The email address that will be sending this notification

This field is templatable. Click the link below to view documentation on the SovLabs Template Engine

Notification title

This field is templatable. Click the link below to view documentation on the SovLabs Template Engine

Please update standard provided template accordingly

Notification body

For a WebService, the only payload accepted is JSON

This field is templatable. Click the link below to view documentation on the SovLabs Template Engine

Shown when 'New Message Server?' is not checked

Select the appropriate message server from the drop-down

Shown when 'New Message Server?' is checked

No spaces, periods or special characters except underscore (_) and dash (-)

Unique label

DO NOT prepend with your tenant name and an underscore, e.g. mytenant_

Shown when 'New Message Server?' is checked

Message Server address

Shown when 'New Message Server?' is checked

Check only if SSL is enabled on the message server

Shown when 'New Message Server?' is checked

Message Server port

Shown when 'New Message Server?' is checked and 'Message type' is WebService

Select the HTTP Verb

The HTTP verb used must be in the message body content to properly direct the server's behavior.

The Notifications module does not modify URL with parameters.

Shown when 'New Message Server?' is checked

Check only if credentials are enabled on the message server

Check the checkbox to create a new credential.

Uncheck the checkbox to use an existing credential.

Shown when 'Create credential?' is not checked

Select the appropriate credential from an existing list of credentials

Shown when 'Create credential?' is checked

No spaces, periods or special characters except underscore (_) and dash (-)

Unique label

DO NOT prepend with your tenant name and an underscore, e.g. mytenant_

Shown when 'Create credential?' is checked

Username that has necessary permissions

Shown when 'Create credential?' is checked

User's password

Shown when 'New Message Server?' is checked and 'Message type' is Email

Check to enable STARTTLS

Shown when 'New Message Server?' is checked

Defaulted to 6000. Update accordingly

Shown when 'New Email Group?' is not checked

No spaces, periods or special characters except underscore (_) and dash (-)

Unique label

DO NOT prepend with your tenant name and an underscore, e.g. mytenant_

Shown when 'New Email Group?' is checked

Enter all the email addresses to send the notifications TO

This field is templatable. Click the link below to view documentation on the SovLabs Template Engine

Shown when 'New Email Group?' is checked

Enter all the CC email addresses to send the notifications to

This field is templatable. Click the link below to view documentation on the SovLabs Template Engine

Shown when 'New Email Group?' is checked

Enter all the BCC email addresses to send the notifications to

This field is templatable. Click the link below to view documentation on the SovLabs Template Engine

Read-only field

SovLabs vCenter Endpoints must be defined prior to completing/submitting this form

This field should read 'Yes'

No spaces, periods or special characters except underscore (_) and dash (-)

Unique label

DO NOT prepend with your tenant name and an underscore, e.g. mytenant_

Select vRA CAFE endpoint which has Business Group Manager credentials

Select the desired SovLabs vRA IaaS endpoint

Auto-generated list of Notification Groups with type Snapshot

Select the desired Notification Group

Select whether or not to manage snapshots for all vRA Business Groups defined for this vRA tenant

Shown when 'VMs for all vRA Business Groups?' is not checked

Select all desired vRA Business Group(s) to manage snapshots for

Define a snapshot's lifespan in number of days

This field is required!

Define when to send warning notifications in number of days from expiration.

At minimum the field must have 1 value, which could be 0, in order to successfully run.

For the order of precedence for Snapshot management bypass, this is the first

Exclude VMs from Snapshot Management with Java Regex matches on VM names.

Example: ^*-test-*

For the order of precedence for Snapshot management bypass, this is the second

Exclude VMs from Snapshot Management with string patterns on VM names.

Example: test

For the order of precedence for Snapshot management bypass, this is the third

Exclude VMs from Snapshot Management with Java Regex matches on snapshot names.

Example: ^*not-managed*

For the order of precedence for Snapshot management bypass, this is the fourth

Exclude VMs from Snapshot Management with string patterns on snapshot names.

Example: DONOTDELETE

Read-only field

Depicts vRealize Orchestrator's timezone.

When defining a schedule for snapshot management, please convert your desired scheduled time(s) to be aligned with vRO's timezone.

Defaulted to 'Yes'

At a later time, can specify a specific Snapshot Configuration to become inactive by unchecking the checkbox and the scheduler will not run for the specific Snapshot Configuration

Define when to run this Snapshot Configuration: Daily, Weekly, Monthly, or Run once

Shown when 'Schedule type' is Daily

hh:mm in military time

Shown when 'Schedule type' is Weekly

EEE hh:mm

EEE: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun

hh:mm in military time

Shown when 'Schedule type' is Monthly

dd hh:mm

dd: Day of the month 01-31

hh:mm in military time

Shown when 'Schedule type' is Run once

Select a specific date and time to run. Will only run once.

Optional

Select a date when to 'end' this Snapshot Configuration scheduled task