Hard Drives - OS Test

This test reports the current temperature and space utilization of each hard disk available on the target system. Abnormally high temperatures indicate overheating, which can lead to hardware damage or performance issues. A high percentage of space utilization suggests that the disk is nearing full capacity, potentially affecting system stability and performance. Using this test, administrators can be alerted to potential abnormalities in temperature or disk space usage, if any.

Target of the test : A Physical Desktop Group

Agent deploying the test : A remote agent

Output of the test: One set of results for each hard disk of the target system being monitored.

Configurable parameters for the test
Parameter	Description
Test Period	How often should the test be executed.
Host	The nick name of the Physical Desktop Group component for which this test is to be configured.
Port	Refers to the port at which the specified host listens to. By default, this is NULL.
Report Powered OS	This flag is relevant only for those tests that are mapped to the Physical Desktops Details layer. If this flag is set to Yes (which is the default setting), then the 'inside view' tests will report measures for even those Windows physical machines that do not have any users logged in currently. Such desktops will be identified by their name and not by the username_on_physicalmachinename. On the other hand, if this flag is set to No, then this test will not report measures for those physical machines to which no users are logged in currently.
Report By User	This flag is set to Yes by default. The value of this flag cannot be changed. This implies that the physical machines in environments will always be identified using the login name of the user. In other words, in VDI environments, this test will, by default, report measures for every username_on_physicalmachinename.
Exclude	By default, this parameter is set to none. This means that the test will monitor all the applications that are launched on the target server, by default. If you want the test to disregard certain applications when monitoring, then provide a comma-separated list of process names that correspond to the applications you want to ignore, in the Exclude text box. For instance, your specification can be: winword.exe,js.exe,taskmgr.exe. Your specification can include wild card patterns as well. For example: win,js,task
DD Frequency	Refers to the frequency with which detailed diagnosis measures are to be generated for this test. For instance, if you set to 6:1, it means that detailed measures will be generated every time this test runs, and also every time the test detects a problem.

Measurements made by the test
Measurement	Description	Measurement Unit	Interpretation
Temperature	Indicates the current temperature of this hard disk.	Celsius	Ideally, the value of this measure should be within prescribed limits. A sudden/gradual increase in the value of this measure may adversely affect the functioning of the server and therefore, administrators may need to attend to the issue immediately.
Physical hard disk space utilized	Indicates the percentage of space that is currently utilized by this hard disk.	Percent	A value close to 100 indicates that the hard disk is currently running out of space. Administrators may need to either free up the space or need to add more space to the hard disk to ensure smooth functioning of the server.