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What does the VMW_CheckForBaselineAlarm function do?

ssam
over 7 years ago

I've noticed this function used in various rules.  But I can't find any documentation on it.  What are the parameters passed to it?  What is the result mean?  I'm hesitant to change any of these rules without knowing what is happening in it.  Is there any documentation on the built in functions used in the rules?

  • +1 over 7 years ago
    Hi,

    I wanted to create/change a rule and i stumbled on the same function.
    After looking around in the files inside the vmware cartridge i found the code of the function inside this file :

    foglightinstallpath/state/FMScartridge.exploded\Virtual-VMware-Intelliprofile-5_6_15_2\VMW-IPScripts-monitoring-policy-5_6_15_2\namedScripts.xml

    Just replace your versions accordingly ...

    To my understand it is based on the thresholds functionality of foglight.
    After playing around i came to conclusion that it doesn't behave as it should. It seems to be an incomplete implementation of the Thresholds functionality.

    So i urge you to use the builtin function of foglight:
    thresholdState
    .. if you need to create a new threshold or edit an existing one.

    I think you can find some alarms already using this function.
    Also you definitely need to read the foglight documentation about thresholds.




    Hope that helps.
    Regards