Disk Busy %

Overview

The Disk Busy % alarm monitors the percentage of elapsed time when the disk was busy processing a read or write request. If the percentage of elapsed time continues to be at the threshold, a disk with high load is indicated.

Reference note
To monitor a specific disk, copy this alarm and create an alarm by changing the condition expression in the ID field to ID = name-of-monitored-logical-disk-volume.

Primary settings

PFM - Web Console alarm propertySettings
ItemDetailed item
Main InformationProductWindows
Alarm messageDisk Busy % (%CVS1) = %CVS2
Enable alarmYes
Monitoring time rangeEvaluate regularly
Evaluate all dataNo
Report alarm when the following damping condition is reached.Yes
interval(s)5
occurrence(s) during4
ActionEmail--
Command--
SNMPAbnormal, Warning, Normal
Alarm Conditions 1RecordLogical Disk Overview (PI_LOGD)
FieldID
Abnormal conditionID <> _Total#
Warning conditionID <> _Total#
Alarm Conditions 2RecordLogical Disk Overview (PI_LOGD)
Field% Disk Time
Abnormal condition% Disk Time >= 90
Warning condition% Disk Time >= 50
Legend:
--: Setting is always invalid.
#
Set the name of the logical disk volume to be monitored. The value used in the table shows an example of setting a condition value that satisfies the ID field.

Alarm table

PFM Windows Template Alarms [DSK] 09.00

Related reports

Reports/Windows/Operating System/Troubleshooting/Real-Time/Disk Time - Top 10 Logical Drives