How to setup a alert for cpu usage > 90% on a 4 processor cpu solaris box

[hypermike]

I would like to setup an alert to alert me if the cpu usage is greater than 90%. The problem is there are 4 cpus. I can create an alert for each one of the cpu's separately but would like to
usr the CPU auto-grouping and have the alert fire off if all 4 cpus reach a 90% level. Is that
what I should do for monitoring cpu. I know in the past our mysql service would get in a loop and use 90% or more of all the cpu's.

[laullon · Accepted solution]

you must use the "CPU Usage" metric of platform  instead each CPU metric.

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On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 5:08 PM, mike monczynski <mikemsr@anl.gov> wrote:

I would like to setup an alert to alert me if the cpu usage is greater than 90%. The problem is there are 4 cpus. I can create an alert for each one of the cpu

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s separately but would like to

usr the CPU auto-grouping and have the alert fire off if all 4 cpus reach a 90% level. Is that

what I should do for monitoring cpu.  I know in the past our mysql service would get in a loop and use 90% or more of all the cpu

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s.

[hypermike]

Thanks that did the trick.