Disk Monitoring

File System Pollers

Disk Monitoring File System Pollers (Console > Disk Monitoring > File System Pollers) allows users to control which disk usage data to collect for use in a relational database.

The Disk Monitoring Pollers screen shows the disk poller host name, the current status of the poller (Down, Up, or Unknown), the location, the launch frequency, the last launch time, the last launch day, the number of file paths it is monitoring, number of pending threads, number of running threads, the last run time, the average run time, the maximum run time, the time when it was last started, and time when it was last ended.

View disk usage in a variety of ways using the Disk Monitoring Dashboard (Grid > Disk Utilization). View the disk usage By Volume, By Organization, By OS User, By OS group, By File Extension, By Application, and By Tag Name.

File System Scan Paths

Disk Monitoring File System Scan Paths (Console > Disk Monitoring > File System Scan Paths) allows users to add the disk monitoring paths that are monitored for usage.

The Disk Monitoring Paths screen shows the path name, the full file path, a tag name for accounting, location, enabled indicator, current status (Idle or Running), number of pending threads, number of running threads, Depth / Threads (number of directories under the path to poll), Cur Time (the last run time), Avg Time (the average run time), Max Time (the maximum run time), time when it was last started, and time when it was last ended.

To clear the collected information for a file path, select the file system path from the list and under the Choose an action dropdown, select Clear Stats

The Disk Monitoring Path Edit screen can add a file path to monitor for the registered RTM client host. It includes fields for the full file path, the path name,a description, a tag name for accounting, the poller to use, number of directories under the path to poll (Directory Depth), the maximum number of concurrent threads, and a selector to disable the path for monitoring.

To enable a file path for disk monitoring, select the file system path from list and under the Choose an action dropdown, select Enable. Likewise, to stop monitoring a file path, select the file path line and select Disable from the dropdown.

Applications

Disk Monitoring Applications (Console > Disk Monitoring > Applications) provides users with a list of all applications being monitored. It provides the application name, the vendor name and an ID.

Click Add to enter the Application Edit screen where you can add an application. An ID number is assigned to each application automatically.

Extension Registry

Disk Monitoring Extension Registry (Console > Disk Monitoring > Extension Registry) provides users with a list of all file types handled by the cluster. It provides the file extension, a description of the file type, the application assigned to handle the file extension, and indicates whether the file type is currently being monitored.

The Extension Registry screen also shows monitored information for each extension, including actions, total number of users using files with that extension, total number of files with that extension used, total size of files of that type, total size of files of that type used within the past 6 Months, total size of files of that type used between 6 and 12 Months ago, and the total size of files of that type used more than 12 months ago.

To monitor a file extension, select the file extension line and from the Choose an action dropdown, select Monitor. Likewise, to stop monitoring a file extension, select the file extension line and select Unmonitor from the dropdown.

Click Add to enter the Extension Edit screen where you can add a new file extension and assign it to an application.