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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I don't know if you can alert off one of the values in one of the trends graphs. That might take some back-end modifications.<BR>
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But you could write a simple client-side script to do the same command that is parsed for the trends graphs (vmstat, I think), totaling the cpu utilization values and sending a simple status message with the appropriate g/y/r color. The hobbit can do the alert.<BR>
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Thomas Kern<BR>
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From: vernon.everett@westernpower.com.au <vernon.everett@westernpower.com.au><BR>
To: hobbit@hswn.dk <hobbit@hswn.dk><BR>
Sent: Wed Sep 12 23:36:07 2007<BR>
Subject: [hobbit] CPU utilisation alerts<BR>
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Hi all<BR>
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I'm baaaack :-)<BR>
For those who might have missed me, I spent a few months contracting for a company that standardised on BMC Patrol. Wouldn't even look at Hobbit.<BR>
BMC is a horrible package, expensive, not very extensible, with a huge client footprint and overhead, and is very prone to crashing.<BR>
Sad product.<BR>
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But no matter, I am now trying to satisfy my new company that Hobbit is the one monitor to rule them all, and my new colleagues have identified a "deficiency".<BR>
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This has probably been asked and answered before, but here is what they want.<BR>
I have been asked to generate a yellow/red status when absolute CPU utilisation reaches predetermined thresholds.<BR>
Yes, I know, without looking at the run-queue this figure is not very meaningful, but this is what they want.<BR>
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The la1 graph in the trends column does an excellent job of graphing the CPU utilisation, but how do I configure an alert based on that figure?<BR>
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Regards<BR>
Vernon<BR>
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