Logical Disk Free Space Monitor

Exclude Drive from Logical Disk Free Space Monitoring: Part 1

Jonathan Almquist on Operations Manager — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:11:29 GMT

Since I just wrote an article on how to use the Logical Disk Free Space monitor , I figured this would

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John Bradshaw — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:50:40 GMT

Best on this problem I have seen so far. Thankyou for your efforts Jonathan.

John Bradshaw

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Paul Miller — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:40:51 GMT

Could you go into more detail on exactly how you setup your monitors and overrides in OpsMgr? Are you running multiple monitors for each disk size?

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jtalmquist — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:08:57 GMT

Paul,

First, to answer your question...no. I do not recommend configuring thresholds for each disk size. This isn't manageable. The whole idea behind this post is that we do NOT need to configure thresholds for each disk size.

The calculator tool here is to help identify a "happy balance" for ALL your disk sizes. The intent is to configure acceptable default thresholds (both % and MB) for all disk drives in your environment.

As noted in the post, I recommend setting these thresholds for TYPES of servers, as disk drive space thresholds on particular server types may be different than other server types. Other than specifying for server type, the idea is to set the default thresholds on the monitor that offers a good balance for ALL disk drive sizes.

Please use the disks sizes query I supplied in the post to determine what are the disk sizes in your environment, as this will help determine these thresholds. I recommend plugging in the smallest and largest disk size, as well as the average disk size, into the calculator. This has worked well with my customers.

What we're trying to determine here is a good default threshold for both threshold types (% and MB). This is very specific to your needs. That's why I do not give recommendations here. Instead, I give you the knowledge and tools for you to determine what is best.

-Jonathan

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Greg Julius — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:44:30 GMT

Could you clarify on the Specify threshold range settings on the Properties for the for tabs.

I have Low and High. I gather that Low is Critical in your discussion and High is Warning, but I like to be sure.

-g

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jtalmquist — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:22:32 GMT

That's right, Greg. Low threshold specifies Critical state, and high threshold specifies Warning state.

-Jonathan

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JamesN — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:40:50 GMT

Bravo, thank you for the writeup. This made monitoring the disk space very clear.