CPU utilization climbs above 90% on several VMs. This causes performance degradation for a business-critical application.
How can alerts be configured to notify the administrator before VM CPU utilization hits 90%?

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CPU utilization climbs above 90% on several VMs. This causes performance degradation for a business-critical application.

How can alerts be configured to notify the administrator before VM CPU utilization hits 90%?

Avinash Jindal · Accepted Answer

On the Health dashboard, locate the VM CPU Check and lower the alert threshold below 90%.

Avinash Jindal · Answer

On a CVM, use ncli to set the VM CPU Check threshold for the critical VMs to a value below 90%.

Avinash Jindal · Answer

On a CVM, configure a cron job to run the VM CPU Check more frequently and email the result.

Avinash Jindal · Answer

On the Alerts dashboard, ensure that the VM CPU usage alert is not set to auto-resolve.

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