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Procedure
1 Select Environment > Super Metrics and click the Super Metric Editor tab.
2 Click the Add New Super Metric icon.
3 Type a name for the super metric in the Super Metric Name text box.
4 Define the formula for the super metric.
Select, in order, each function or operator to use and the metrics or attribute kinds to use in each function
or with each operator.
5 To verify the formula, display a metric graph that shows what its value was during a past time period.
a Click the Visualize Supermetric icon.
The metric graph pane replaces the Metrics and Attribute Kinds panes.
b If you are prompted to select a resource, select the resource to which to assign the super metric in the
Resources pane.
c Click the Data Controls icon and select the date range for the data.
d If the formula uses resource kinds, and you want the graph to use only resources that are current
being collected, select the Only Monitoring Resources check box.
e Click the Show Graph icon.
6 Click OK.
vCenter Operations Manager checks the syntax of your formula. For example, it verifies that the number
of opening and closing parentheses are the same and that single values and arrays are not mixed. If your
formula is not valid, an error message appears that describes the cause of the problem. You must correct
the formula before you can save the super metric.
What to do next
Add the super metric to an existing super metric package, or create a new super metric package. See “Edit a
Super Metric Package,” on page 54 or “Add a Super Metric Package,” on page 50.
Add a Super Metric Package
When you create a super metric package, you specify the metrics that it contains, configure threshold
characteristics for each super metric, and indicate which threshold violations should be considered KPIs. If
you include the same super metric in more than one package, you can set different characteristics for it in each
package.
You can also add a super metric package when you add an individual resource or edit a resource. See “Add
an Individual Resource,” on page 21 or “Edit a Resource,” on page 33.
Prerequisites
Create one or more super metrics. See “Add a Super Metric,” on page 49.
Procedure
1 Select Environment > Super Metrics and click the Package Editor tab.
2 Click the Add New Attribute Package icon.
3 Type a name for the super metric package in the Package name text box.
4 Select a super metric to add to the package from the list on the left side of the window.
The characteristics that you can set for the super metric appear in the right pane.
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