# Data Object - AlarmSetting(vim.alarm.AlarmSetting)

Property of
  AlarmSpec
Extends
  DynamicData
Since
  2.0

## Data Object Description

Tolerance and frequency limits of an alarm.

Properties

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
reportingFrequency | xsd:int | How often the alarm is triggered, measured in seconds. A zero value means that the alarm is allowed to trigger as often as possible. A nonzero value means that any subsequent triggers are suppressed for a period of seconds following a reported trigger.
toleranceRange | xsd:int | Tolerance range for the metric triggers, measured in one hundredth percentage. A zero value means that the alarm triggers whenever the metric value is above or below the specified value. A nonzero value means that the alarm triggers only after reaching a certain percentage above or below the nominal trigger value.
Properties inherited from DynamicData
None

Show WSDL type definition
<complexType xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:pbm="urn:pbm" name="AlarmSetting"> <complexContent> <extension base="pbm:DynamicData"> <sequence> <element name="toleranceRange" type="xsd:int"/> <element name="reportingFrequency" type="xsd:int"/> </sequence> </extension> </complexContent> </complexType>