CPU Groups

Question

Good afternoon,

I have been trying to create a group consisting of server CPU's.

I can do this with disk volumes and memory but not with CPU's. Here is the example :

Does anyone know how to create a group of CPU's from different servers so that I can add the group into Network Atlas and then monitor the group for CPU spikes?

FormerMember · Answer

Thanks Raul will have to try this.

conguir · Answer

Hi

it is not possible to create a group of CPUs in SolarWinds because 'CPU' is not an entity itself such as nodes, volumes, interfaces. custom pollers... Also, Groups only monitor availability, and what you want to do is to monitor CPU usage, hence it wouldn't be possible to be displayed in Network Atlas either. What you can do though, is to monitor CPU using Server and Application Monitor (SAM) using performance counters, and then create a group monitoring the avaibility of that group of applications. The steps would be the following:

* Create a custom template in SAM that monitors CPU using performance counters.
* Define thresholds for CPU
* Assign application to nodes (only compatible with Windows if you use performance counters)
* Create a group that contains all these applications

Raul Gonzalez

Prosperon - UK SolarWinds Partners

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