Logical Disk Queue

Overview

The Logical Disk Queue alarm monitors the number of queued requests on a logical disk that are waiting to be processed or are currently being processed. If the number of requests continues to be at or above the threshold, logical disk congestion 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 Queue(%CVS1) = %CVS2 MB
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)
FieldCurrent Disk Queue Length
Abnormal conditionCurrent Disk Queue Length >= 5
Warning conditionCurrent Disk Queue Length >= 3
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/Drilldown Only/Logical Drive Detail