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mp1
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disk space growth check

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edit: I just saw, there is a smiliar case a few lines below ;-)

Hi,

We would like to find a possibilty to check a volume or share how much the diskspace was growing in the last hour or days or during the last check and get an alarm at a certain value.

f.e. We have an Exchange Server and want to check, if there are more than x mb new log files in the last x hour.

Maybe somebody have an idea?

I found a similar case in this forum for a novell volume to check with snmp.

Thanks in advance

Martin
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Post by KS-Soft »

To compare current and previous value you may use optional status processing options
http://www.ks-soft.net/cgi-bin/phpBB/vi ... php?t=4567

To monitor short time tendency you may use WMI test. E.g. you may use Win32_LogicalDisk class to retrieve drive free space and use increases by / changes by / changes by (%) / changes /sec and other options to monitor how drive free space changes over time.

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Alex
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Post by mp1 »

Hi Alex,

Thanks for your suggestions
To monitor short time tendency you may use WMI test. E.g. you may use Win32_LogicalDisk class to retrieve drive free space and use increases by / changes by / changes by (%) / changes /sec and other options to monitor how drive free space changes over time.
That's great, although I have a litte problem:

I added the following test:

select FreeSpace from Win32_LogicalDisk where DeviceID="C:"

Alert if total increases by xxxx --> I will get no reply value

When I change the Alert if total is < than xx --> I will get a reply


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I added the following test:
select FreeSpace from Win32_LogicalDisk where DeviceID="C:"
Alert if total increases by xxxx --> I will get no reply value
There is no reply value after 1st check because there is nothing to compare. If you wait a little for 2nd check or just click Refresh button, you will see result

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There is no reply value after 1st check because there is nothing to compare. If you wait a little for 2nd check or just click Refresh button, you will see result
hmm, I think, I have a little understanding problem:

What does the reply value show in this case?

Alert if total decreases by 1000

Doesn't it show the WMI Query result?

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Post by KS-Soft »

If you setup WMI test to monitor difference between last and current value, it will show the difference

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