4.37 PhysicalDiskStats

Use this Knowledge Script to monitor physical disk activity and response time.

4.37.1 Resource Object

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4.37.2 Default Schedule

The default interval for this script is Every 10 minutes.

4.37.3 Setting Parameter Values

Set the following parameters as needed:

Description

How to Set It

General Settings

Event severity when job fails

Set the event severity level, from 1 to 40, to reflect the importance of the event that is raised when the UNIX_PhysicalDiskStats job fails. The default is 5.

Enable debugging

Select Yes to enable debugging.The default is unselected.

Event detail format

Set the format for the Event detail. HTML Table is the default.

Raise event when AppManager fails to get metrics?

Select Yes to raise an event if AppManager fails to retrieve the metrics. The default is Yes.

Event severity

Set the event severity level, from 1 to 40, to reflect the importance of the event if AppManager fails to get metrics. The default is 5.

Event Settings

Event if average response time of disk operations exceeds threshold? (y/n)

Select Yes to raise an event of the average response time of disk operations exceeds the threshold.The default is Yes.

Threshold - Maximum average response time (unavailable on AIX)

Specify the maximum average response time that can be detected before an event is raised. The default is 200 ms (milliseconds) average response time.

Event severity

Set the event severity level, from 1 to 40, to reflect the importance of the event if AppManager fails to get metrics. The default is 5.

Event if disk activity exceeds threshold? (y/n)

Select Yes to raise an event if the average response time of disk operations exceeds the threshold.The default is unselected.

Event severity

Set the event severity level, from 1 to 40, to reflect the importance of the event if AppManager fails to get metrics. The default is 5.

Collect data settings

Collect data for average response time of disk operations?

Select Yes to collect data for charts and reports. If set to Yes, the script returns the average response time of the disk operations. The default is unselected.

Collect data for physical disk load?

Select Yes to collect data for charts and reports. If set to Yes, the script returns the physical disk load. If set to Yes, the script returns the phyical disk load. The default is unselected.

Collect data for KBs read per second?

Select Yes to collect data for charts and reports. If set to Yes, the script returns the KBs read per second. The default is unselected.

Collect data for KBs written per second?

Select Yes to collect data for charts and reports. If set to Yes, the script returns the KBs written per second. If set to Yes, The default is unselected.

Collect data for reads per second?

Select Yes to collect data for charts and reports. If set to Yes, the script returns the reads per second of the disk operations. The default is unselected.

Collect data for writes per second?

Select Yes to collect data for charts and reports. If set to Yes, the script returns the writes per second of the disk operations. If set to Yes, the script returns the The default is unselected.

Collect data for thoughput per second?

Select Yes to collect data for charts and reports. If set to Yes, the script returns the thoughput per second of the disk operations. If set to Yes, the script returns the The default is unselected.