Disk Busy %

Overview

The Disk Busy % alarm monitors the disk busy rate (%). If the disk busy rate continues to be at or above the threshold, I/O operations might be concentrated on a specific disk.

Reference note
To monitor a specific device, copy this alarm to create an alarm by changing the condition expression in the Device Name field to Device Name = name-of-monitored-device.

Primary settings

PFM - Web Console alarm propertySettings
ItemDetailed item
Main InformationProductUNIX
Alarm messageDisk Busy % (%CVS1) = %CVS2
Enable alarmYes
Monitoring time rangeEvaluate regularly
Evaluate all dataNo
Report alarm when the following damping condition is reachedYes
interval(s)5
occurrence(s) during4
ActionEmail--
Command--
SNMPAbnormal, Warning, Normal
Alarm Conditions 1RecordDevice Detail (PI_DEVD)
FieldDevice Name
Abnormal conditionDevice Name <> dummy#
Warning conditionDevice Name <> dummy#
Alarm Conditions 2RecordDevice Detail (PI_DEVD)
FieldBusy %
Abnormal conditionBusy % >= 90
Warning conditionBusy % >= 80
Legend:
--: Setting is always ignored.
#
Sets the name of a device that will not be monitored. No device with the name set here in the table exists, so all devices will become monitoring targets.

Alarm tables

PFM UNIX Template Alarms [DSK] 09.00

Related reports

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