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Create a Rule for CPU Metric to Decrease Allocation

Create a Rule for CPU metric to decrease allocation. This rule decreases the CPU shares when the CPU usage is less than 30 percent.

Follow these steps:

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