AIX Server: CPU system calls Health Monitor

Jalasoft.Xian.SmartManagementPacks.AIXServers.Syscall.1.1 (AggregateMonitor)

This monitor catches Xian events that notifies when the CPU system calls if has changed its state.

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

CPU system calls is over threshold.

The number of system calls executed by this CPU is above the maximum threshold configured in Xian Network Manager 2012.

Causes

This server is executing a lot of kernel operations.

Resolutions

Verify if this is an expected behavior; If don’t, verify why the kernel is using such amount of resources. if necessary upgrade the CPU to increase performace.

Additional

Monitors the number system calls performed by this CPU.

Element properties:

Target

Jalasoft.Xian.Common.Elements.ThirdParty.AIX.JsXAIXCPUElement

Parent Monitor

System.Health.PerformanceState

Algorithm

WorstOf

Category

StateCollection

Enabled

True

Alert Generate

True

Alert Severity

MatchMonitorHealth

Alert Priority

Low

Alert Auto Resolve

True

Remotable

True

Accessibility

Public

Alert Message

CPU system calls Alert

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Source Code:

<AggregateMonitor ID="Jalasoft.Xian.SmartManagementPacks.AIXServers.Syscall.1.1" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="true" Target="ThirdParty_AIX!Jalasoft.Xian.Common.Elements.ThirdParty.AIX.JsXAIXCPUElement" ParentMonitorID="SystemHealth!System.Health.PerformanceState" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal">

  <Category>StateCollection</Category>

  <AlertSettings AlertMessage="Syscall_AlertMessage">

    <AlertOnState>Warning</AlertOnState>

    <AutoResolve>true</AutoResolve>

    <AlertPriority>Low</AlertPriority>

    <AlertSeverity>MatchMonitorHealth</AlertSeverity>

    <AlertParameters>

      <AlertParameter1>$Data/Context/Params/Param[3]$</AlertParameter1>

    </AlertParameters>

  </AlertSettings>

  <Algorithm>WorstOf</Algorithm>

</AggregateMonitor>