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Clark_Kent
3 years ago

VMware VM Snapshots Logic Module and Alert Tuning

Hi all, let's discuss following issue. There is a Data point AgeInHours (Age of the snapshot in hours. VMware does not recommend using a given snapshot for more than 24 to 72 hours.) However,...
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    Clark_Kent
    3 years ago

    Fortunately, there were quit simple and handy solution. It is possible to manually use instance groups - add instances to a group then apply thresholds to the group. If you add more instances later to the group, you still have to re-apply the thresholds to the group (the group is just a way of saving time when applying the threshold, not a means to applying a policy to the group).

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MCMCMC
3 years ago

I was able to use Filter option in snapshot datasource to filter out devices from snapshot monitoring. 

Try something like that in snapshot DS:

"##WILDVALUE##" "RegExNotMatch" "\w+_replica$"

or "##WILDALIAS##" "RegExNotMatch" "\w+_replica$" 

Just check what data is being pulled out when you hit TestScript button.