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CPUUtilization Metric

Amazon.AmazonWebServices.Rule.AmazonEC2InstanceMetric.CPUUtilization (Rule)

The percentage of allocated EC2 compute units that are currently in use on the instance.

Knowledge Base article:

Amazon EC2 Instance CPUUtilization Metric

The percentage of allocated EC2 compute units that are currently in use on the instance. This metric identifies the processing power required to run an application upon a selected instance.

Units: Percent

Element properties:

TargetAmazon.AmazonWebServices.AmazonInstanceHealth
CategoryPerformanceCollection
EnabledTrue
Alert GenerateFalse
RemotableTrue

Member Modules:

ID Module Type TypeId RunAs 
DS DataSource Amazon.AmazonWebServices.MetricCollectionTimerDataSource Default
WriteToDB WriteAction Microsoft.SystemCenter.CollectPerformanceData Default
WriteToDW WriteAction Microsoft.SystemCenter.DataWarehouse.PublishPerformanceData Default

Source Code:

<Rule ID="Amazon.AmazonWebServices.Rule.AmazonEC2InstanceMetric.CPUUtilization" Enabled="true" Target="Amazon.AmazonWebServices.AmazonInstanceHealth" ConfirmDelivery="false" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" DiscardLevel="100">

  <Category>PerformanceCollection</Category>

  <DataSources>

    <DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="Amazon.AmazonWebServices.MetricCollectionTimerDataSource">

      <WorkFlowName>CPUUtilizationRuleTimer</WorkFlowName>

      <StartTimeInSeconds>160</StartTimeInSeconds>

      <IntervalTimeInSeconds>900</IntervalTimeInSeconds>

      <NamespaceFilter>AWS/EC2</NamespaceFilter>

      <MetricName>CPUUtilization</MetricName>

      <Unit>CPU Utilization Percentage</Unit>

      <ResourceName>InstanceId</ResourceName>

      <ResourceId>$Target/Property[Type='Amazon.AmazonWebServices.AmazonInstanceHealth']/InstanceId$</ResourceId>

      <Period>60</Period>

      <StatisticType>Average</StatisticType>

      <RegionName>$Target/Property[Type='Amazon.AmazonWebServices.Component']/RegionName$</RegionName>

      <ObjectName>Amazon EC2 Instance</ObjectName>

    </DataSource>

  </DataSources>

  <WriteActions>

    <WriteAction ID="WriteToDB" TypeID="SC!Microsoft.SystemCenter.CollectPerformanceData"/>

    <WriteAction ID="WriteToDW" TypeID="SCDW!Microsoft.SystemCenter.DataWarehouse.PublishPerformanceData"/>

  </WriteActions>

</Rule>