Actually spoke too soon and did it with entity match
Associations Add Device Match
Entity Match
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mempool_descr match *Physical*
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mempool_descr match *Swap*
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mempool_descr match *Virtual*
Thanks, ----------------------- Leo Dano
From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Adam Armstrong Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2016 2:25 PM To: observium@observium.org Subject: Re: [Observium] Alert Checker for memory?
You can exclude entities by mempool_descr, perhaps "mempool_descr notmatch *Cache*" ?
adam.
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On 23/06/2016 22:04:59, Dano, Leo <ldano@qualcomm.commailto:ldano@qualcomm.com> wrote: I created an alert to let me know when a host uses over 90% of its memory. The problem is that linux uses over that in “cached” memory. Is there a way to exclude cached memory? Physical and Swap are fine.
I am using mempool_perc greater 90 in Check Conditions.
Thanks, ----------------------- Leo Dano