Overview

The VMware VMs CPU Usage Event Monitor keeps track of various CPU usage metrics for your VMware VMs. You can set alerting parameters for CPU usage and CPU readiness that will let you know when the CPU conditions are sub-optimal.

Use Cases

• Getting alerts about guests that are using excessive CPU
• Receiving alerts about VMware CPU readiness

Monitoring Options

This event monitor provides the following options:

Alert with [Info/Warning/Error/Critical] if the device cannot be contacted

Use this option to be alerted if the event monitor cannot contact the device.

Alert if the average CPU usage is greater than a specified percentage

Use this option to set alert levels for when the average CPU usage exceeds percentages that you specify.

Alert if the maximum CPU usage is greater than a specified percentage

Use this option to set alert levels for when the maximum CPU usage exceeds percentages that you specify.

Alert if the average CPU readiness is greater than a specified percentage

Use this option to receive alerts if the CPU readiness exceeds values that you specify.

Alert if the average CPU ready time is greater than a specified threshold

Use this option to be alerted if the average CPU ready time exceeds values that you specify.

Virtual Machines to Ignore

Enter the names of VMs you want the event monitor to ignore entirely.

Authentication and Security

The account that you specify must have view permissions for the VMware REST API or have admin rights.

Protocols

Data Points

This event monitor generates the following data points:

Data Point	Description
Average CPU Readiness	The average readiness of the CPU.
Average CPU Usage	The average amount of time the CPU was processing information.
CPU Ready Time	The amount of time the VM was ready to use CPU.

Sample Output

Tutorial

To view the tutorial for this event monitor, click here.