MonitoringEvent (schema)

Name Description Type Notes
_create_time Timestamp of resource creation EpochMsTimestamp Readonly
Sortable
_create_user ID of the user who created this resource string Readonly
_last_modified_time Timestamp of last modification EpochMsTimestamp Readonly
Sortable
_last_modified_user ID of the user who last modified this resource string Readonly
_links References related to this resource

The server will populate this field when returing the resource. Ignored on PUT and POST.
array of ResourceLink Readonly
_protection Indicates protection status of this resource

Protection status is one of the following:
PROTECTED - the client who retrieved the entity is not allowed
to modify it.
NOT_PROTECTED - the client who retrieved the entity is allowed
to modify it
REQUIRE_OVERRIDE - the client who retrieved the entity is a super
user and can modify it, but only when providing
the request header X-Allow-Overwrite=true.
UNKNOWN - the _protection field could not be determined for this
entity.
string Readonly
_revision Generation of this resource config

The _revision property describes the current revision of the resource. To prevent clients from overwriting each other's changes, PUT operations must include the current _revision of the resource, which clients should obtain by issuing a GET operation. If the _revision provided in a PUT request is missing or stale, the operation will be rejected.
int
_schema Schema for this resource string Readonly
_self Link to this resource SelfResourceLink Readonly
_system_owned Indicates system owned resource boolean Readonly
description Detailed description of Event

Detailed description of the event.
string Readonly
description_on_clear Description of event when cleared

Description of Event when an Event instance transitions from True to
False.
string Readonly
display_name Identifier to use when displaying entity in logs or GUI

Defaults to ID if not set
string Maximum length: 255
Sortable
entity_resource_type Resource Type of entity where this event is applicable

Resource Type of entity where this event is applicable
eg. LogicalSwitch, LogicalPort etc.
string Readonly
event_false_snmp_oid OID for SNMP trap sent when Event instance is False

Optional field containing OID for SNMP trap sent when
Event instance is False. This value is null if
suppress_snmp_trap or suppress_clear_oid is True.
string Readonly
event_true_snmp_oid OID for SNMP trap sent when Event instance is True

Optional field containing OID for SNMP trap sent when
Event instance is True. This value is null if
suppress_snmp_trap is True.
string Readonly
event_type Name of event type

Name of Event, e.g. manager_cpu_usage_high, certificate_expired.
string Required
Readonly
event_type_display_name Display name of event type

Display name of Event type.
string Required
Readonly
feature_display_name Display name of feature

Display name of feature defining this Event.
string Required
Readonly
feature_name Feature defining this event

Feature defining this Event, e.g. manager_health, certificates.
string Required
Readonly
id Identifier to identify an event_type uniquely

Unique identifier in the form of feature_name.event_type.
string Required
Readonly
is_disabled Indicate if event sampling is disabled

Flag to indicate whether sampling for this Event is off or on.
boolean Default: "False"
is_sensitivity_fixed Flag to indicate if sensitivity can be configured

Indicates if the sensitivity property is configurable via the API.
boolean Readonly
is_threshold_fixed Flag to indicate if threshold can be configured

Indicates if the threshold property is configurable via the API.
boolean Readonly
node_types Array identifying the nodes on which this Event is applicable

Array identifying the nodes on which this Event is applicable.
Can be one or more of the following values - nsx_public_cloud_gateway,
nsx_edge, nsx_esx, nsx_kvm, nsx_manager.
array of MonitoringNodeType Required
Readonly
recommended_action Recommended action steps

Recommended action for the alarm condition.
string Readonly
resource_type Must be set to the value MonitoringEvent string
sensitivity Percentage of samples to consider

Percentage of samples to consider and used in combination with
threshold when determining whether an Event instance status is True or
False. Event evaluation uses sampling to determine Event instance
status. A higher sensitivity value specifies that more samples are used
to ensure accuracy and ignore infrequent or rare spikes in sampled data.
integer Required
Minimum: 0
Maximum: 100
severity Severity of the Event

Severity of the Event.Can be one of - CRITICAL, HIGH, MEDIUM, LOW.
MonitoringSeverity Required
Readonly
summary Summary description of Event

Summary description of the event.
string Readonly
suppress_alarm Flag to suppress Alarm generation

Flag to suppress Alarm generation. Alarms are not generated
for this Event when this is set to True.
boolean Default: "False"
suppress_snmp_trap Flag to suppress SNMP trap generation

Flag to suppress SNMP trap generation. SNMP traps are not
sent for this Event when this is set to True.
boolean Default: "False"
tags Opaque identifiers meaningful to the API user array of Tag Maximum items: 30
threshold Threshold to determine if a single sample is True

Threshold to determine if a single sample is True. For example,
if the configured threshold is 95% and the current CPU sample is
99%, then the current sample is considered True.
integer Required