An administrator creates a custom alert in VCF Operations for a VM with a symptom definition: “Read Latency > 1 ms.” The alert should trigger immediately once the symptom condition occurs. What additional step is required to ensure the alert functions?
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Answer
- A. Enable the alert in an Active Policy. Correct
- B. Create a new Payload Template.
- C. Create an instance of the REST Notification Plugin.
- D. Create and enable a super metric for read latency in the Active Policy.
Explanation
Comprehensive and Detailed The VCF Operations 9.0 Monitoring Guide specifies: “For any alert definition to be active in the environment, it must be associated with and enabled in an Active Policy.” . Creating symptom and alert definitions only defines conditions; they do not generate alerts until policies include them. REST notification plugins or payload templates are used for outbound integrations, not for enabling alerts. A super metric is only needed for custom composite KPIs, not for native read latency which is a standard metric already available. Therefore, the required step is to enable the alert in an Active Policy so that when the symptom triggers (latency > 1 ms), the alert activates.