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For the past few weeks, my customers keep received an alarm “Host connection failure” email alerts via VMware vCenter but end up it’s a false alarm.

The email alert example as below:
Target: kulsrvprd01.malaysiavm.com
Stateless event alarm

Alarm Definition:
([Event alarm expression: Cannot connect host - incorrect Ccagent] OR [Event alarm expression: Cannot connect host - network error] OR [Event alarm expression: Cannot connect host - time-out] OR [Event alarm expression: Cannot connect host - time-out] OR [Event alarm expression: Host connection lost])

Event details:
Host kulsrvprd01.malaysiavm.com in DC1 is not responding

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Referring to alarm question posted on VMware Communities forum, I would like to share how to configure email alert on VMware ESX server.

• First login to Virtual Infrastructure client, go to Administration -> VirtualCenter Management Server Configuration.

• Click on Mail, enter your SMTP server IP address or hostname and sender account.

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