Alarm Rules
Before creating a new alarm, you may want to familiarize yourself with the alarm rules. This section will demonstrate how to configure alarm rules for resource-based and event-based alarms.
Resource Alarm Rules
Parameter | Description | Example | |
|---|---|---|---|
Resource Type | The type of resource monitored by the alarm. | Virtual Machine | |
Metric Item | Types and names of various monitoring metrics. | CPU Usage | |
Resource | The specific resource object monitored by the alarm. | / | |
Alarm Trigger Rule | Comparison Relation | Defines how the detected metric value compares to the threshold.Comparison relations include >, ≥, <, and ≤. | > |
Threshold | The threshold value and unit that triggers an alarm. | 85% | |
Duration | The duration for which the alarm must continuously trigger before sending an alarm message.Durations include 30 seconds, 1 minute, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, custom. | 5 minutes | |
Alarm Interval | When an alarm is triggered, it notifies at a specific interval.Intervals include once only, every 1 hour, custom. | Every 1 hour | |
Emergency Level | Alarm message levels include Emergent, Major, Info. | Major | |
Recovery Notification | Sends a recovery notification when the monitored resource returns from an alarm state to a normal state. | / | |
Event Alarm Rules
| Parameter | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Resource Type | The type of resource monitored by the alarm. | Data Storage |
| Metric Item | Name of the monitored event or metric. | Data Storage Disconnected |
| Emergency Level | Alarm message levels include Emergent, Major, Info. | Emergent |