Modify the vCenter Server Email Configuration

You can modify the email configuration settings of a vCenter Server.

Prerequisites

Verify that you are connected to a vCenter Server system.

Procedure

  1. View the current email configuration settings of the vCenter Server from the $srv variable.
    Get-AdvancedSetting –Entity $srv –Name mail.*
  2. Update the SMTP server name and port.
    Get-AdvancedSetting –Entity $srv  –Name mail.smtp.server | Set-AdvancedSetting –Value smtp.vmware.com
Get-AdvancedSetting –Entity $srv  –Name mail.smtp.port | Set-AdvancedSetting –Value 25