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Monitor Disk Space

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The Monitor Disk Space activity will invoke a runbook when the disk space on a computer passes a critical threshold. You can monitor multiple drives on different computers with a single Monitor Disk Space activity. The Monitor Disk Space activity can be used to invoke runbooks that will automatically backup and purge files on a hard drive that is running out of space

Configure the Monitor Disk Space Activity

Before you configure the Monitor Disk Space activity, you need to determine the following:

  • The drives that you want to monitor

  • The computer where those drives are located

The runbook server that runs this runbook must have the appropriate rights to check the process on the computer that you are monitoring.

Use the following information to configure the Monitor Disk Space activity.

Test frequency example: Monitor Disk Space activity is set to test every 30 seconds

Time All Disks are Passed Threshold? Result
30s No Do not trigger runbook
60s Yes Trigger runbook
90s Yes Do not trigger runbook
120s No Do not trigger runbook
150s Yes Trigger runbook

Published Data

The following table lists the published data items.

Item Description
Computer The name of the computer where the drive is being monitored.
Drive The drive that is being monitored.
Percentage of Space available The percentage of the entire drive capacity that is available.
MB available The number of megabytes available on the drive.
GB available The number of gigabytes available on the drive.
Test interval The number of seconds between each test of the disk space.