When you set up the alert you can set it to alert after x number or checks. Then at the very bottom of the box off to the right is the checkbox "and when back up too". I do the same thing for CPU alerts.
-Kevin > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gregg Nicholas > Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 4:49 PM > To: Salive Listserv > Subject: [SA-list] perfmon cpu utilization check > > > I'm trying to use Servers Alive v4.0.1447 to tell me when one > of my servers is having trouble. One symptom of the trouble > on the server is that CPU utilization will stick at 100% > forever - as java.exe eats up any free time. > > I've configured salive to use NT perfmon to check > "Processor,% Processor Time,0" and alert when > 99 with a 30 > second timeout and a second knock. > > What I'm seeing is that salive will discover that the server > is busy, and then immediately check it again. That sounds > like a reasonable thing for salive to do. Unfortunately, CPU > utilization can peak for a few seconds - and then return to normal. > > In this case, I'd much rather that it alert me only when the > CPU is busy for 2 successive tests (i.e. one minute apart). > Then, it can alert me again if the utilization returns to > normal (not very likely). > > I think that I could kludge this by using the 'Execute > command' alert with a couple batch files. > > Is there an easier way? > > ....Gregg Nicholas > > To unsubscribe from a list, send a mail message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] With the following in the body of the message: > unsubscribe SAlive > To unsubscribe from a list, send a mail message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] With the following in the body of the message: unsubscribe SAlive
