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name: vmwaresolutions-notifications
title: Managing notifications
description: As of 17 July 2025, new automated installations of Red Hat® OpenShift® for VMware® are no longer available for new or existing deployments of VMware Cloud Foundation for Classic - Automated instances. You can still use or delete your existing Red Hat OpenShift for VMware automated installations until 16 July 2026. The service will no longer be available from 17 July 2026.
last-updated: 2025-10-24
---

> ## Documentation Index
> The table of contents for this documentation set is at https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmwaresolutions?format=markdown
> The index for all IBM Cloud docs is at: https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use these files to discover more information as needed.

# Managing notifications
{: #notifications}

As of 17 July 2025, new automated installations of Red Hat® OpenShift® for VMware® are no longer available for new or existing deployments of VMware Cloud Foundation for Classic - Automated instances. You can still use or delete your existing Red Hat OpenShift for VMware automated installations until 16 July 2026. The service will no longer be available from 17 July 2026.
{: deprecated}

You can check notifications for the status of IBM Cloud® for VMware Solutions operations. You can use this information to investigate problems that might occur with VMware Solutions.

You can also get notified about IBM Cloud® platform-related items, such as announcements or billing and usage details.

## Viewing VMware Solutions notifications
{: #notifications-view}

In the VMware Solutions console, click **Notifications** from the left navigation panel to view a summary of all notifications. To view the details of a notification, click the notification row.

| Column | Description |
|:------ |:----------- |
| Severity | The severity of the event that is reported by the notification. \n * **Critical** - A critical event might impact the entire system or service. \n * **Error** - An error event occurs during an operation that might need intervention from the administrator or the user. \n * **Warning** - A component fails or is not working properly. However, the failure does not disrupt the ongoing process of the component. \n * **Informational** - A system or user operation is completed. Typically, the following events report informational notifications: \n    * A service is installed. \n    * A service is upgraded. \n    * A service is removed. \n    * All services are reconfigured for the added VMware ESXi™ servers. \n    * All services are reconfigured for the removed ESXi servers. |
| Type | The type of component that the reported event is related to: instance, service, 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. |
{: caption="Notification history" caption-side="bottom"}

## Filtering VMware Solutions notifications
{: #notifications-filter}

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.

## IBM Cloud platform-related notifications
{: #notifications-ibm-cloud}

You can also choose to receive email notifications about IBM Cloud platform-related items, such as announcements, billing and usage, more notification preferences, and ordering. For more information, see [Setting email preferences for notifications](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/account?topic=account-account-getting-started&format=markdown#account-gs-notifications).

## Related links
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* [FAQ for VCF for Classic](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmwaresolutions?topic=vmwaresolutions-faq-vmwaresolutions&format=markdown)
* [Managing user accounts and settings](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmwaresolutions?topic=vmwaresolutions-useraccount&format=markdown)