Managing system notifications 

You can check notifications for the status of system or user operations. You can also use the information to investigate problems that might occur.



  Viewing notifications 

From the IBM Cloud® for VMware Solutions console, click Notifications from the left navigation pane to view a summary of all notifications. To view the details of a notification, click the notification row.



Table 1. Notification history

 Column         Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

 Severity       The severity of the event that is reported by the notification.  <br>Critical - A critical event might impact the entire system or service.  <br>Error - An error event occurs during an operation that might need intervention from the administrator or the user.  <br>Warning - A component fails or is not working properly. However, the failure does not disrupt the ongoing process of the component.  <br>Informational - A system or user operation is completed. Typically, the following events report informational notifications:  <br>A service is installed.  <br>A service is upgraded.  <br>A service is removed.  <br>All services are reconfigured for the added VMware ESXi™ servers.  <br>All services are reconfigured for the removed ESXi servers.                                
 Type           The type of component that the reported event is related to - VMware vCenter Server® instances, services, or system.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
 Resource       The name of the instance or service that sends the notification.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
 Title          The subject of the notification.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
 Creation time  The date and time when the notification is sent.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          







  Filtering notifications 

By default, all unread notifications are displayed. You can filter the notifications by status, severity, and type. To filter the notifications, select the checkboxes only for the items that you want to display in the Status, Severity, or Type lists.





  Related links 



*  [FAQ](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmwaresolutions?topic=vmwaresolutions-faq-vmwaresolutions)
*  [User account and settings](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmwaresolutions?topic=vmwaresolutions-useraccount)