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4.1 Creating Advisors and Rules
4.1.1 Creating Advisors
4.1.2 Overview of Graph Creation
4.1.3 Overview of Rule Creation
4.1.4 Variables
4.1.5 Thresholds
4.1.6 Using Strings
4.1.7 Wiki Format
4.1.8 Creating a New Rule: An Example
4.1.9 Creating a New Graph: An Example
4.1.10 Creating a Custom Data Collection Item

4.1.8. Creating a New Rule: An Example

This section documents the steps to create a rule. Before creating a rule, review the preceding sections of this chapter.

This example is based on the bundled Excessive Disk Temporary Table Usage Detected rule that checks the frequency MySQL stores temporary tables on disk instead of memory. We decide that 50% or less of the table hits to disk should trigger a critical alert, and lesser numbers should produce informational and warning level alerts.

Begin by navigating to the Advisors tab and clicking the manage rules link. Then choose the create rule button.

Create your custom rule by following these steps:

Using the Rule Name text box, give the rule an appropriate name, in this case something such as "My Excessive Temporary Table Disk Usage".
From the Advisor drop down list box, choose an advisor group for your rule. The Performance group of rules might be suitable but if you wish, create your own group of advisors. For instructions on doing this, see Section 4.1.1, “Creating Advisors”.

Enter the following expression in the Expression text area:

100-((%tmp_disk_tables% / %tmp_tables%)*100) < THRESHOLD

Set the Thresholds.
1. Set the Info Alert level to 50.
2. Set the Warning Alert level to 75.
3. Set the Critical Alert level to 90.
Define your first variable in the Variable Assignment frame.
1. In the Variable text box, enter %tmp_tables%, the variable used in the Expression text box above. The variable name can be whatever you choose to use in your expression.
2. In the Data Item drop down list box, find and select the mysql:status:Created_tmp_tables entry. (For a description of all the data items available, see Appendix D, Data Collection Items.) This dynamic MySQL Enterprise Monitor value will be applied to the variable name you chose above, which is %tmp_tables% in our example.
3. In the Instance text box, enter local.
To add another variable, click Add row and define your second variable in the Variable Assignment frame as done above.
1. In the Variable text box, enter %tmp_disk_tables%, the variable used in the Expression text box above. The variable name can be whatever you choose to use in your expression.
2. In the Data Item drop down list box, find and select the mysql:status:Created_tmp_disk_tables entry. (For a description of all the data items available, see Appendix D, Data Collection Items.) This dynamic MySQL Enterprise Monitor value will be applied to the variable name you chose above, which is %tmp_disk_tables% in our example.
3. In the Instance text box, enter local.
Add appropriate entries for the Problem Description, the Advice, and the Links text areas. Optionally, use Wiki markup for these text areas. You can also reference the variables you defined above, such as %tmp_tables% and %tmp_disk_tables% in our example, in these text areas.
Save the rule.

After you create the rule, schedule it against the server that you want to monitor. For instructions on scheduling rules, see Section 2.3.2, “Scheduling Rules”.

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