Need Help Creating Alert

[Michael Ball]

I need some assistance creating this alert. Basically if a Java method is called 10 times in one hour a caution alert is sent. If the same method is called 20 times in one hour, the danger is sent. I am not sure what to set my Resolution, Comparison Operator, Trigger Alert Notification, Threshold, Periods Over Threshold and Observed Periods to? I am using Response Per Interval from a BlamePointTracer to gather the metric in a Metric Grouping.

 

Thanks,

 

Mike

[Viruvaibhav_apm]

Hi Mike,

 

To achieve this, you need to create a calculator fro the metric grouping you have created to sum  up the datapoints. (Let me know if you want details of too).

Post which, create a simple alert using the newly created calculator metric (with sum of response time counts) and use below settings.

 

• Resolution = 15 seconds (this helps in taking the granular data in real time)
• Comparison operator = is greater than
• Trigger Alert Notification = Each Period While Problem Exists—produces a problem message every period that the Simple Alert is in Caution or Danger.               
• Caution = 10
  Observed Periods = 1
  Periods over Threshold = 1 ( this will be letting us to trigger the mail as soon as threshold is reached )
  Action Delay = 1 hour
• Danger = 20
  Observed Periods = 1
  Periods over Threshold = 1 ( this will be letting us to trigger the mail as soon as threshold is reached )
  Action Delay = 1 hour

So with the above configs, you will be able to keep a track on the method been called with an hour duration gap. Please remember, this setting will only be helping you to keep  check on hourly basis ( as per your requirement) and will not be letting you to know if it crosses the threshold in between.

 

Let me know if needs more clarification.

 

Regards,

Vaibhav