Periodic false positives from a ZStack Cloud arbitration alarm

Issue

Use this article to troubleshoot arbitration-alarm false positives and rule-period or metric-definition issues.

Environment

• Product: ZCF
• Versions: 4.x, 5.x
• Component: Cloud
• Affected objects: arbitration alarms, management-node monitoring, and ZStack/MN metrics
• Scenario: A customer custom alarm rule differs from the default arbitration alarm rule.

Symptoms