how to create alert for cpu multicore for only 5 devices.

mistik84

i was trying to create alert for cpu multicore avg >80. but i am lost on how to do it since there are no selection for multicore cpu. and i only need to enable this alert for specific devices.

monitoringlife

Multicore alerts are doable but somewhat complex.  I would honestly avoid it if at all possible (CPU MAX value seems to work for most audiences).  If you have a vendor that for some reason in 2023 still has single core bound processes (side eye to IPS/security vendors) you might be stuck doing it.  I'd push back on them and at minimum ask them to expose an OID to monitor.

The KB article for this looks to have been taken down now: https://support.solarwinds.com/SuccessCenter/s/article/How-to-create?language=en_US

But this should work:

--The scope of the alert
where
--set a filter for your 5 nodes here

--The actual trigger condition
AND SECONDDIFF(Nodes.CPUMultiLoadHistory.TimeStampUTC,GETUTCDATE()) < 600
--set the threhold you want, I would recommend using orion thresholds for easier managment and per node overrides.  The out of thebox default Level1Value is 80% (ref: /Orion/NetPerfMon/Admin/NetPerfMonSettings.aspx)
AND Nodes.CPUMultiLoadHistory.AvgLoad >= Nodes.CpuLoadThreshold.Level1Value