Use this Knowledge Script to monitor Distributed File System (DFS) roots, links, and replicas. For each root replica and link replica, you can check whether the directory for the corresponding replica exists. This script raises an event if any root, root replica, link, or link replica is down.
By default, this script checks the DFS roots and links found during discovery. You can, however, set this script to discover DFS links dynamically each time it runs.
DFS folder
DFS Root folder
DFS Link object
The default interval for this script is Every 10 minutes.
Set the following parameters as needed:
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How to Set It |
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Event Notification |
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Create event if root, link, or replica is down? |
Set to Yes to raise an event when a DFS root, link, or replica is down. The default is Yes. |
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Severity - DFS volume down |
Set the severity level, from 1 to 40, to indicate the importance of an event in which DFS volume is down. The default is 5 (red event indicator). |
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Severity - DFS path not found |
Set the severity level, from 1 to 40, to indicate the importance of an event in which the DFS path cannot be found. The default is 22 (blue event indicator). |
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Severity - DFS root down |
Set the severity level, from 1 to 40, to indicate the importance of an event in which the DFS root is down. The default is 5 (red event indicator). |
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Severity - DFS root replica down |
Set the severity level, from 1 to 40, to indicate the importance of an event in which the DFS root replica is down. The default is 6 (red event indicator). |
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Severity - DFS link down |
Set the severity level, from 1 to 40, to indicate the importance of an event in which the DFS link is down. The default is 7 (red event indicator). |
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Severity - DFS link replica down |
Set the severity level, from 1 to 40, to indicate the importance of an event in which the DFS link replica is down. The default is 8 (red event indicator). |
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Severity - Job Failure |
Set the severity level, from 1 to 40, to indicate the importance of an event in which the DFSLinkDown job fails unexpectedly. The default is 5 (red event indicator). |
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Data Collection |
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Collect data? |
Set to Yes to collect data for charts and reports. If enabled, data collection returns:
The default is unselected. |
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Monitoring |
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Dynamically enumerate DFS root/links? |
Set to Yes to dynamically enumerate DFS links at each monitoring interval. The default is unselected. NOTE:If you select Yes, run this script on the DFS folder object. |
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Check if the replica directory exists? |
Set to Yes to check for replica directories for each root or link found. The default is unselected. NOTE:If the AppManager agent services, NetIQ AppManager Client Resource Monitor (NetIQmc.exe) and NetIQ AppManager Client Communication Manager (NetIQccm.exe), are running under the Local System account or under a user account that does not have permission to read some directories, checking for replica directories may fail and cause this script to return an error. |