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Table 13‑4. attribute configure Command Options (Continued)
Option Description
--dtbelow {true | false}
Marks or unmarks violations below the dynamic threshold
of the attribute as KPI violations.
--thresholds {none | "threshold-def[;threshold-
def]..."}
List of threshold definitions for the attribute package. Type
none instead of a threshold definition to remove all
existing thresholds. For more information, see “Threshold
Definitions,” on page 166.
The following attribute configure command checks the attribute named active_average under the group
named mem for collection inside attribute packages named Default Attributes and Reduced package. If
either attribute package does not already exist, the command creates it. The command also creates two
thresholds and marks HT from level critical and DT above and DT below as KPI violations.
dbcli.sh attribute configure "VMWARE:VirtualMachine" "mem|active_average" --packages "Default
Attributes,Reduced package" --check true --ht true --htcriticality critical --dtabove true --
dtbelow true --thresholds "critical,>=,90,2,3;immediate,=,70,3,3"
Configure a Super Metric
You can use the dbcli supermetric configure command to configure properties of a super metric in a super
metric package.
The supermetric configure command provides similar functionality to the super metric editor in the
Custom user interface. For more information, see “Add a Super Metric,” on page 50.
The supermetric configure command has the following syntax.
supermetric configure supermetric-name --packages {all | "package-name[,package-name]..."} --
check {true | false} --ht {true | false} --htcriticality level-name --dtabove {true | false} --
dtbelow {true | false} --thresholds {none | "threshold-def[;threshold-def]..."}
supermetric-name is the name of the super metric to configure.
The supermetric configure command has certain options. All of the options are required.
Table 13‑5. supermetric configure Command Options
Option Description
--packages {all | "package-name[,package-name]..."}
List of super metric packages to which to apply the
operation. To apply the operation to all super metric
packages, type all instead of individual super metric
package names.
--check {true | false}
Checks or unchecks the super metric for collection in the
specified packages.
--ht {true | false}
Marks or unmarks hard threshold violations of the super
metric as KPI violations.
--htcriticality level-name
Sets the criticality level for hard threshold violations of the
super metric to generate KPI violations.
--dtabove {true | false}
Marks or unmarks violations above the dynamic threshold
of the super metric as KPI violations.
--dtbelow {true | false}
Marks or unmarks violations below the dynamic threshold
of the super metric as KPI violations.
--thresholds {none | "threshold-def[;threshold-
def]..."}
List of threshold definitions for the super metric. Type
none instead of a threshold definition to remove all
existing thresholds. For more information, see “Threshold
Definitions,” on page 166.
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