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title: "Overriding a Veeam Analysis Monitor with ‘Top N’ Functionality"
description: "The example chosen here is Analysis Monitor Veeam VMware: vSphere Host CPU Usage Analysis. This monitor analyzes metric CPU Usage % for vSphere hosts."
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breadcrumb: "Veeam MP for VMware User Guides > Operations Guide > Monitoring with Veeam MP for VMware > Performance Analysis Monitors > Overriding Performance Analysis Monitors > Overriding a Veeam Analysis Monitor with ‘Top N’ Functionality"
dateModified: "2026-09-08"
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# Overriding a Veeam Analysis Monitor with ‘Top N’ Functionality

The example chosen here is Analysis Monitor **Veeam VMware: vSphere Host CPU Usage Analysis**. This monitor analyzes metric *CPU Usage %* for vSphere hosts. The monitor alert description will include not only the host CPU usage, but also the Top 5 virtual machines for real-time CPU usage on that host.

To override the monitor thresholds:

1. In the OpsMgr console **Authoring** pane, select **Management Pack Objects** > **Monitors**.
2. In the **Look For** box, search for ‘*veeam*’.
3. From the list on the right pane, right-click the monitor under target ‘*VMware vSphere Host CPU’*, and from its shortcut menu select **Overrides** > **Override the Monitor** and then choose your desired scope, for example *‘for all objects of class: VMware vSphere Host’* to make the override global.

   [![Overriding 'Veeam VMware: vSphere Host CPU Usage Analysis' Monitor](images/host_cpu_monitor_overrides.png "Overriding 'Veeam VMware: vSphere Host CPU Usage Analysis' Monitor")](images/host_cpu_monitor_overrides.png){.toggle scale=70}

4. Note the additional override parameter **InstanceCount**. This defines the number of Top N objects (in this case, VMs) that will be included in the alert description.
5. Choose a Management Pack to store your overrides in (Microsoft Best Practice dictates a dedicated Overrides MP for each sealed MP), and click **OK**.

The monitor operates as follows:

- Two thresholds (*Warning* and *Critical*) are available. 
- **NumSamples** parameter can be used to prevent alerting on single-sample spikes.
- The alert description is dynamically generated and also contains the Top N related/contained objects affecting the source metric. 

Example alert output from this Top N Analysis Monitor is below:

<table style="width:100%;" class="Blue_Table">
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <th colspan="2" style="width:420px;">
      <p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:8pt; font-weight:bold;">Veeam VMware: vSphere Host CPU Usage Analysis</span></p>
    </th>
    <th style="width:54%;">
      <p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:8pt; font-weight:bold;">Alert Description</span></p>
    </th>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td style="width:111px;">
      <p><span style="font-size:8pt;">Source:</span></p>
    </td>
    <td style="width:294px;">
      <p><span style="font-size:8pt;">esx-prod2.veeam.local:CPU</span></p>
    </td>
    <td rowspan="3" style="width:54%;">
      <p><span style="font-size:8pt;">The vSphere host esx-prod2.veeam.local has high CPU Usage with a value of 92.7% averaged over 2 sample(s).</span><br/><span style="font-size:8pt;">The Top [N] virtual machines for CPU usage on this host are -</span><br/><span style="font-size:8pt;">VM Name - CPU Usage MHz</span><br/><span style="font-size:8pt;">akDEV1 - 2722 MHz</span><br/><span style="font-size:8pt;">akVCDEV - 1691 MHz</span><br/><span style="font-size:8pt;">akMP5 - 1540 MHz</span><br/><span style="font-size:8pt;">akDEV5 - 416 MHz</span><br/><span style="font-size:8pt;">akDEV4 - 399 MHz</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td style="width:111px;">
      <p><span style="font-size:8pt;">Full Path Name:</span></p>
    </td>
    <td style="width:294px;">
      <p><span style="font-size:8pt; font-weight:bold;">esx-prod2.veeam.local\esx-prod2.veeam.local:CPU</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td style="width:111px;">
      <p><span style="font-size:8pt;">Alert Monitor:</span></p>
    </td>
    <td style="width:294px;">
      <p><span style="font-size:8pt;">Veeam VMware: vSphere Host CPU Usage Analysis</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>