Remove Top N process monitoring from CPU and Memory alarms from CDM probe

Products

• DX Unified Infrastructure Management (Nimsoft / UIM)

Issue/Introduction

Some alarms from the CDM probe are coming through with a list of the top 5 processes when the alarm was triggered.

This makes the alarm lengthy and we would like to shorten it.  How to disable this functionality?

Environment

cdm probe - all versions
cdm configured through Infrastructure Manager or Superpackages (not MCS)

Resolution

In the CDM probe GUI the messages which are sent for CPU and Memory alarms are set to contain the Top N processes by default:

 

To change these messages within the CDM GUI it is a drag-and-drop operation.  Locate the message in the list called "CpuError" and drag/drop it on top of "CpuErrorProcesses" to change the message, then do the same thing with "CpuWarning", drag/drop on top of "CpuWarningProcesses" to change it, then click Apply/OK.

It may be easier to do this in Raw Configure or use a configuration-only superpackage to change them especially if you want to do it in bulk.

For the memory alarms, the Top N processes are associated with Physical Memory usage alarms and so you will need to use Raw Configure to make the edits, as these messages are not exposed directly in the CDM GUI.

 

An example .cfx file for this could be as follows:

<cpu>
 <alarm>
  <error>
   message = CpuError
 </error>
 <warning>
 message = CpuWarning
 </warning>
 </alarm>
</cpu>
<memory>
 <alarm>
  <physical error>
      message = PhysicalError
   </physical error>
    <physical warning>
       message = PhysicalWarning
      </physical warning>
    </alarm>
 </memory>