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Sybase file system

Purpose

File system is a critical resource for any database to persist database and log data. This monitor is meant to detect situations where file systems used by the database is running out of space.

Configuration hints

Surveillance table:

Max usage:

Rules order:

Surveillance table

ParameterDescription
ActiveIf checked, the rule is enabled and will be processed
File systemA filter to match only a specific file system, can use regular expression, white or black list
Max usage (%)The threshold for the FS disk usage. You can use the multi threshold syntax (Like G2W:80 W2C:90)
SeverityThe default severity used if multi threshold syntax is not used.
Auto clearIf set, clears the alarms that are no longer generated.
Alarm tagThis field allows to add custom text within the alarm message. %MSG% variable will contain the actual generated message and can be used such as: “my_prefix %MSG% my_suffix”. By default, tag will be used as prefix.
AlarmDefines if the alerting is active for this rule.
MetricDefines if the metric generation is active for this rule.
ReportIf checked, this rule will be used for showing threshold and severity in the daily report

Examples

ActiveFile systemMax usage (%)SeverityAuto clearAlarm tagAlarmMetricReport
active*G2W:80 W2M:95MAJORtrue truetruefalse

Effect : A WARNING alarm is sent if any file system used space is 80% or more (MAJOR if 95%)

Generated metrics

metricIdmetricUnitmetricTargetmetricDescription
DATABASE_OS_USED_SPACE%[FILESYSTEM]The disk usage of the file system in percent of the total physical space.