Monitor Specific VMs Only

[jimmy.mccubbins]

We have the wide spread CPU Uitlization over 85% trigger that is assigned to basically all VMs, but we have some specific ones that we need to know when they are over 50%. How do I create a new trigger to alert only on these specific VMs?
We are monitoring all of these servers through VCenter.
This is the expression we are currently using avg(/VMware Guest/vmware.vm.cpu.usage.perf[{$VMWARE.URL},{$VMWARE.VM.UUID}],2m)>50

[jimmy.mccubbins]

We attempted to create a new Host and Template but It wont let us use more than 1

[BP_Vital]

if you have a global trigger for CPU utilization >85%, but need to override that value to 50, i'd say macros is the way to go.
For example
1. add a macro {$VMWARE.VM.CPU.WARNING} with value 85 on VM template level
2. replace existing global trigger expression avg(/VMware Guest/vmware.vm.cpu.usage.perf[{$VMWARE.URL},{$VMWARE.VM.UUID}],2m)>85 with
avg(/VMware Guest/vmware.vm.cpu.usage.perf[{$VMWARE.URL},{$VMWARE.VM.UUID}],2m)>{$VMWARE.VM.CPU.WARNING}.
Logic remains the same, you will only get rid of hardcoded number.
3. On the "special" VM's host create macro {$VMWARE.VM.CPU.WARNING} with value 50, overriding 85 on template level.

Now the "special" hosts will trigger on cpu > 50 instead of default 85, rest will continue to trigger on >85