Making trigger to see if idle has been less then 5% for last 4 hours

[kevinappel]

Can someone assist me with creating a trigger that will alert me if the idle % has been less than 5% for the past 4 hours?

I know I will be using the item: system.cpu.util[,idle,] just not sure how to wrap the whole thing for the 4 hour constraint.

Thanks,

Kevin

[dantheman]

To start with you'll need an item that monitors the idle percentage on the host.

Assuming your host is called web, your trigger should look something like this..

{web:system.cpu.util[,idle,].min(14400)}<5

14400 is the number of seconds that the item would need to be under 5 for the trigger to fire.

[dantheman]

http://www.zabbix.com/manual/v1.1/config_triggers.php

This is a useful page when working with triggers to see what options you have available as well as to help with syntax, etc..

[Alexei]

I believe correct trigger would be

{web:system.cpu.util[,idle,].max(14400)}<5

[kevinappel]

thanks a bunch