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Create a Rule for CPU Metric to Decrease Allocation

Create a Rule for CPU metric to decrease allocation

Follow these steps:

  1. Click on Resources tab, Policy, Rules.
  2. Click ‘+’ on upper right side bar to add new rule.
  3. Enter Name of rule.
  4. Select the action from the “Action Selection” list for the rule.
  5. Enter the rule-based on metric where CPU usage is less than 30 percent to decrease the CPU shares of the VM.