Threshold and Availability Profiles for a Nutanix Host Monitor

Once a Nutanix host is successfully added to your Site24x7 account, you can create a threshold and availability profile, and configure conditions for different metrics. By doing this, the alarms engine can determine if the Nutanix host needs to be declared Critical, Trouble, or Down based on the breach of a set threshold condition. 

Read on to learn how to:

• Add a threshold and availability profile
• Edit a threshold and availability profile
• Delete a threshold and availability profile
• Associate a threshold profile with a Nutanix Host monitor

Add a threshold and availability profile

1. Log in to your Site24x7 account.
2. Click Admin > Configuration Profiles > Threshold and Availability.
3. Click Add Threshold and Availability on the Add Threshold Profile screen.
4. Specify the following details:
   • Monitor type: Select Nutanix Host monitor from the drop-down list.
   • Display name: Provide a label for identification purposes.
5. From the drop-down menu, choose the desired metrics for which thresholds need to be configured. Enter a value specific to the unit, and set the threshold conditions (<, <=, =, >, or >=) and the monitor state (Critical, Trouble, or Down) next to each metric. You'll receive alerts when these threshold conditions are violated.
6. For Nutanix Host monitors, you can configure thresholds for the following metrics:
   • General thresholds: Host CPU usage, overall I/O operations from hypervisor, host memory usage, disk/physical usage, content cache hit rate, host-wide read I/O operations per second (IOPS), and host-wide write IOPS.
   • I/O operations thresholds: Overall I/O operations from hypervisor, I/O read operations from hypervisor, I/O write operations from hypervisor, overall I/O operations from disk, I/O read operations from disk, I/O write operations from disk, overall I/O operations from the storage controller, I/O read operations from the storage controller, and I/O write operations from the storage controller.
   • Bandwidth thresholds: Overall data transferred per second from hypervisor, read data transferred per second from hypervisor, write data transferred per second from hypervisor, overall data transferred per second from disk, read data transferred per second from disk, write data transferred per second from disk, overall data transferred from the storage controller, read data transferred from the storage controller, and write data transferred from the storage controller.
   • Latency thresholds: I/O latency of hypervisor, I/O read latency of hypervisor, I/O write latency of hypervisor, I/O latency of disk, I/O latency of the storage controller, read latency of the storage controller, and write latency of the storage controller.
   • Content cache thresholds: Number of hits on the content cache, number of lookups on the content cache, logical memory used to cache data without deduplication, physical memory used by the content cache to cache data, logical SSD memory used to cache data without deduplication, physical SSD memory used by the content cache to cache data, memory saved from content cache deduplication, and SSD usage saved from content cache deduplication.
7. Click Save. The threshold and availability profile created for the Nutanix Host monitor will be automatically listed on the Threshold and Availability screen, along with any profiles you've already created.

Edit a threshold and availability profile

1. Go to Admin > Configuration Profiles > Threshold and Availability.
2. Click the profile you'd like to edit.
3. Edit the necessary parameters in the Edit Threshold Profile window.
4. Click Save.

Delete a threshold and availability profile

1. Go to Admin > Configuration Profiles > Threshold and Availability.
2. Click the profile you'd like to delete in the Threshold and Availability screen.
3. This will redirect you to the Edit Threshold Profile window.
4. Click Delete.

Associate a threshold profile with a Nutanix Host monitor

1. Go to Nutanix > Nutanix Host.
2. Click the hamburger icon next to the desired host monitor and click Edit.
3. In the Edit Nutanix Host window that opens, under Configuration Profiles >Threshold and Availability, choose a Threshold Profile from the drop-down menu. You can also add a new profile and click Save.

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