6.3

Alert Definition Symptom Recommendations
Virtual machine has large disk
snapshots.
Symptoms include all of the
following:
n
Virtual machine has large disk
snapshots
n
Reclaimable snapshot waste
n
Datastore space usage reaching
warning/immediate/critical limit
If the virtual machine has multiple
snapshots, delete the older snapshots.
Efficiency/Warning
These alert denitions have the following impact and criticality information.
Impact
Eciency
Criticality
Warning
Alert Definition Symptom Recommendations
Virtual machine is idle. Symptoms include all of the
following:
n
Virtual machine is idle
n
Virtual machine high ready time
on each vCPU
n
! Virtual machine is powered o
Power o this virtual machine to allow
for other virtual machines to use CPU
and memory that this virtual machine
is wasting.
Risk/Symptom-Based
These alert denitions have the following impact and criticality information.
Impact
Risk
Criticality
Symptom-based
Alert Definition Symptom Recommendations
Virtual machine has CPU contention
caused by co-stop.
Symptoms include all of the
following:
n
Virtual machine CPU co-stop at
warning/immediate/critical level
n
! Virtual machine is powered o
n
Number of vCPUs to remove
from virtual machine
Review the symptoms listed and
remove the number of vCPUs from the
virtual machine as recommended by
the symptom.
Virtual machine has chronic high CPU
workload leading to CPU stress.
Symptoms include all of the
following:
n
Virtual machine CPU stress is at
warning/immediate/critical level
n
Recommended number of vCPUs
to add
Add more CPU capacity for this
virtual machine.
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