CPU threshold with Event Notification

[Ed Stockwell]

I can't seem to figure out how to get a CPU threshold alarm to trigger an Automatic Event email. I can set the CPU thresholds with no problem, but how can I get the Automatic Event Handling to email me when the threshold is exceeded? I have not found any good documentation on this.

Ed Stockwell

[Rob Buxton]

When a CPU threshold is crossed it will trigger a Major Event, so you could just pick up all Critical Events.
Or at the Select Events section select Event Category, select Proliant Threshold Events. Maybe start with all of these.

[Ed Stockwell]

Thanks for the suggestion. Here is where I am at. I am running SIM v C.04.00 and the agent on the server is v7.00.0.0. I have the event set for Proliant Threshold Events with Type Name set to "any".
I have the CPU threshold set to 19 as a warning and 22 as critical just to make sure events are triggered. SIM did pick up on the fact that the hardware is degraded, but just as a minor event. Still no email warnings. I know the email process works, because we were getting log on and log off events with the automatic event I had set yesterday.
Any thoughs on this?
Do I need to push a different agent version to the servers?

[Ed Stockwell]

Is it problematic to have SIM installed on a Dell server?

[David Claypool]

There is nothing that prevents HP SIM from installing on any device that meets the minimum qualifications from the QuickSpecs: http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/11824_div/11824_div.html#Technical%20Specifications

Make sure you go with the recommended and not the minimums. One thing to note, however, is that non-HP platforms are not part of the QA matrix and therefore are untested and you may experience issues we are not aware of. That may mean a limited ability for customer services to assist you.

[Ed Stockwell]

Thanks for the hardware update, any idea on the threshold problem?

[Tim_rg]

Hi,

I'm having the same problem here. I've got events triggering on the servers themselves but not on the SIM event logs.
When I look at the overview of the servers I see a list of failures on the servers with CPU usage too high, but I don't get emails on these. I do however get emails for things like pagefile usage events.

Regards,
Tim