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How to fine-tune limits for filesystem tests?

list Larry Barber
Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:25:36 -0600
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Whether a parameter is for a yellow or red alerts depends on it's position
in the "DISK" line. The 'U' simply means to use the units that are reported
in the test results rather the percentage used.

I don't think you can combine these like you want, and don't really
understand why you would want to, after all, if you know the size of the
disk you can easily convert between used percentage and amount free. You
just need to set your DISK line to use the more restrictive of the two
parameters.

Thanks,
Larry Barber

On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 3:50 PM, Mills, David (IS) <user-eb64c112f0e9@xymon.invalid>wrote:
 All –

A couple of questions re: the analysis.cfg file and its syntax for the
“DISK” test:

   - The “U” suffix for warning / panic thresholds refers to **minimum**
   values for free-space available on the indicated file system, correct? In
   other words, the amount of free space has to fall below the indicated
   number of KB, right?
   - What we want is to alert when a combination of thresholds are in
   effect: the file systems are both (a) above a certain percent full, and (b)
   less than a certain amount of free space (in blocks, megs, whatever). How
   would I combine the two types of tests?


Thanks!

david

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