Reference Guide

vFoglight Rules 49
Resource Pool Rules
•“Alarms Overview” on page 102
•“Alarms List View” on page 103
VMW Resource Pool Percent Ready
Purpose
This rule fires an alarm to report that when a virtual machine within the resource pool is
requesting CPU cycles from the ESX Server on which it is running, it is not receiving
them some percentage of the time. This will impact performance on the virtual machine.
Scope
VMWResourcePool
Views Displaying Alarms Based on this Rule
•“Virtual Infrastructure View” on page 89
•“vmExplorer Primary View” on page 91
•“Summary View” on page 92
•“Resource Pools Relationship Tree View” on page 94
•“Related Objects Views” on page 95
Rule Definition
Conditions State Action
When the virtual machine requests CPU cycles, it is
only not receiving them 2% or less of the time.
Normal None
When the virtual machine requests CPU cycles, it is
not receiving them greater than 2% but no greater
than 8% of the time.
Warning None
When the virtual machine requests CPU cycles, it is
not receiving them greater than 8% but no greater
than 12% of the time.
Critical E-mail
VMW admin
When the virtual machine requests CPU cycles, it is
not receiving them greater than 12% of the time.
Fatal E-mail
VMW admin