ETERNUS SF Disk Space Monitor User's Guide - Microsoft(R) Windows Server(TM) 2003/Solaris(TM) Operating System/Linux - 13.0

10.1 Threshold Monitoring Definitions

10.1.1 Storage location 

The storage location of the definition file is as follows:

Variable file directory\control\alertconfig.txt

/etc/opt/FJSVssqc/alertconfig.txt

Edit the above file according to the following definition method.

After this file has been placed in this location, its presence will be periodically checked (every 5 minutes) and recognized by this product, and then the definitions will be incorporated automatically. For this reason, edit this file from a different location, and place it in the storage location above when all of the definitions have been completed.

10.1.2 How to make the definitions 

This file is in CSV format. Each item that will be subject to threshold monitoring is defined on a separate line.

Column	Description
1	The threshold monitoring ID. Use a unique ID for each line.
2	The record number for the item being monitored. See the next table for record number values.
3	Field name + record number of the item being monitored. Example: To monitor field name "freepc" with record number "1018", specify "freepc1018". See the next table for field name and record number values.
4	Define the resource ID of the resource being monitored. The resource ID can be seen in the Resource ID column by displaying the content of the target node in the Console's Drill Down view. Wildcards can also be used in the resource ID. For example, if the resource ID is "aaabbbccc", then any of the following specifications will match this resource ID: "aaabbbccc", "aaa*", "aa?bb?cc?", "???bbb???", or "[abc]aa[abc]bb[abc]cc", and so on.
5	Define the name that will be used to send notifications regarding the monitored item.
6	Define the start time for the time period during which thresholds will be monitored. Use the following format: HH:MM:SS This value cannot be omitted.
7	Define the end time for the time period during which thresholds will be monitored. Use the following format: HH:MM:SS This value cannot be omitted. To monitor thresholds continuously (24 hours a day), specify "00:00:00" for both the start time and the end time.
8	Define the threshold violation count (N), which is the number of times (within the standard sampling count) that the threshold has to be exceeded before an alert will be notified.
9	Define the standard sampling count (M) for determining alert notifications. The maximum standard sampling count is 9 and the minimum value is 1. Specify an integer between 1 and 9 inclusive. If the sampling count is 1, define the threshold violation count as 1 as well. Define the threshold violation count (N) and the standard sampling count (M) so that the following relationship exists: N * M/2
10	Warning threshold
11	Error threshold
12	Define either "<" or ">". >: Sends an alert notification if the value exceeds the threshold (useful for monitoring disk space, etc.). <: Sends an alert notification if the value drops below the threshold (useful for monitoring disk unused rate, etc.).

The correspondence between record numbers and field names for monitored items

Category	Record number	Field name	Item description
WIN_DISKSPACE	1018	free	Free disk capacity (bytes)
		total	Total disk capacity (bytes)
		freepc	Free space % on disk (average for interval)

Category	Record number	Field Name	Item description
UX_DISKSPACE	1002	dtotfils	Total files in the filesystem by mount point [df]<snapshot>
		duseblks	Used blocks in the filesystem by mount point [df]<snapshot>
		dfrefils	Free files in the filesystem by mount point [df]<snapshot>
		davlblks	Free user blocks in the filesystem by mount point [df]<snapshot>
		dblksiz	Block size of the filesystem by mount point
		dtotblk	Total blocks in the filesystem by mount point [df]<snapshot>
		dusebyts	Used bytes in the filesystem by mount point
		dusembs	Used megabytes in the filesystem by mount point [df]<snapshot>
		davlbyts	Free user bytes in the filesystem by mount point [df]<snapshot>
		davlmbs	Free user megabytes in the filesystem by mount point [df]<snapshot>
		dtotbyts	total bytes in the filesystem by mount point [df]<snapshot>
		dtotmbs	total megabytes in the filesystem by mount point [df]<snapshot>
		dfreepc	Free space % in the filesystem by mount point [df]<snapshot>

The information shown in the above tables is displayed in the Monitor view of the Console window and represents resource information relating to the operating system. Other items can also be used for threshold monitoring. In such cases, refer to Chapter 19, "Data Formats" and specify the corresponding record number and field name.

10.1.3 Sample definition 

A sample alertconfig.txt definition is shown below.

1,1018,freepc1018,*,FreeSpace,00:00:00,00:00:00,1,1,20,5,<

1,1002,dfreepc1002,*,FreeSpace,00:00:00,00:00:00,1,1,20,5,<