The Management Pack for VMware Integrated OpenStack provides the following predefined alert definitions for the OpenStack Project object type.

Table 1. OpenStack Project Alert Definitions
Alert Name Alert Description Symptom Recommendations Impact Severity
One or more provisioned resources are reporting an error status One or more provisioned resources are reporting an error status, and may not be available for use.

Child (Virtual Machine) Metric: Status|Availability < 1

Child (Logical Switch) Metric: Status|Availability < 1

Child (External Logical Switch) Metric: Status|Availability < 1

Child (Logical Router) Metric: Status|Availability < 1

  1. If the resource is a Virtual Machine, restart the Virtual Machine.
  2. Verify that the configuration on the resource is correct.
  3. Check the log files for more information about is causing the failure.
Health Critical
Project is currently disabled The Project is currently disabled, and is unable to provision any resources. Self Metric: Status|Availability < 1 Enable the Project for public access. Health Warning
Project resource creation rate is high The Project resource creation rate is abnormally high.

Self Metric: Network|Total Networks above dynamic threshold

Self Metric: Network|Total Routers above dynamic threshold

Self Metric: Instance|Usage above dynamic threshold

Investigate network, router and virtual machine creation for Project to determine if increase is expected. Risk Warning
Project is approaching their quota The Project is approaching their quota, which may impact their ability to provision additional resources. Warning -
  • Self Metric: Instance|Usage (%)>= 85
  • Self Metric: CPU|Usage (%)>= 85
  • Self Metric: Memory|Usage (%)>= 85
  • Self Metric: Floating IP|Usage (%)>= 85
  • Self Metric: Security Group|Usage (%)>= 85
Immediate -
  • Self Metric: Instance|Usage (%)>= 90
  • Self Metric: CPU|Usage (%)>= 90
  • Self Metric: Memory|Usage (%)>= 90
  • Self Metric: Floating IP|Usage (%)>= 90
  • Self Metric: Security Group|Usage (%)>= 90
Critical -
  • Self Metric: Instance|Usage (%)>= 95
  • Self Metric: CPU|Usage (%)>= 95
  • Self Metric: Memory|Usage (%) >= 95
  • Self Metric: Floating IP|Usage (%)>= 95
  • Self Metric: Security Group|Usage (%)>= 95
Increase the quota for this Project. Risk
  1. Warning
  2. Immediate
  3. Critical