Hyper-V Event Threshold

From the WhatsUp Gold navigation menu:

1. Select the Settings tab, select Alerts and Actions and choose Alert Center.

   Alert Center Libraries view displays.

2. Click the Hyper-V Event Threshold panel (if collapsed).

   The Hyper-V Event Threshold displays.

3. On the Hyper-V Event Threshold panel, click "add" ().

   The Select Hyper-V Event Threshold Type dialog displays.

4. Choose Hyper-V Event Threshold and click OK.

   The Configure Threshold Alert dialog displays.

5. Edit the Hyper-V Event Threshold configuration.

Edit Hyper-V Event Threshold configuration.

From the Hyper-V Event Threshold dialog:

1. Enter or choose the following:
   • Name. Enter a name for the Hyper-V threshold.
   • Hyper-V Host. Select a host from the list to gather logs from or select All Hyper-V Hosts.
   • Hyper-V Event Log. Select an event log to fetch from the host(s) or select All Hyper-V Event Logs.
   • Hyper-V Event Log Level. Select a single severity level for log messages to alert on.
2. Select alerting threshold:
   • The threshold will alert immediately if an event occurred within the last Threshold Check of <Threshold_Check_Period> minutes. Select option to alert on a single threshold event.

     --where <Threshold_Check_Period> is the value defined in the Threshold Check area of this dialog.

   • The threshold will alert when: Select option to alert on a frequency of events during a given time range.
     • Number of events <exceeds_or_falls_below> <number>. Use to configure the number of events of the selected event type that must be received before firing the alert, where <exceeds_or_falls_below> determines if the number should Exceed or Fall Below the threshold value, and <number> is the threshold value.
     • in the past <number> <unit_of_time>. Use to configure the number and units of time that the threshold check should check for events, where <number> is the number of units of time, and <unit_of_time> is the unit of time.
3. Select Notification. Use the browse (...) button to access the Alert Center Notification Policies dialog. You can create new policies or edit existing policies from the Alert Center Notification Policies dialog.
4. Enter time interval in the Threshold Check area of the dialog.
5. Click OK to apply changes.

Clone a threshold based on a custom or built-in configuration:

1. Click on a threshold on the Thresholds Library panel you want to copy.
2. Click the Copy button, and click OK to create a new Hyper-V Event Threshold.

   The Edit Hyper-V Event Threshold dialog displays.

3. Save or customize your new threshold, either:
   • Type in a new value for Name field (or keep the default) and click OK to save to the Thresholds Library.
   • Follow the Edit Hyper-V Event Threshold instructions.

Delete an existing Hyper-V Event Threshold:

1. Select Hyper-V Event Threshold you want to delete from the Hyper-V Event Threshold panel.
2. Click the Delete button, and then click Yes to confirm the deletion.

   The Hyper-V Event Threshold configuration is deleted.