Monitoring
disk space with the Admin service
The Admin service runs
automatically when any other Enterprise Vault service starts.
The main task of the Admin service is to monitor
the following:
-
Free space on local hard disks. By default, the
Admin service monitors all local hard disks, but you can restrict
it to specific disks if required.
-
The amount of available virtual memory.
The Admin service has a
warning threshold and a critical threshold for each type of check.
When the warning threshold is reached, the Admin service writes a
warning message to the Windows Application Log. When the critical
threshold is reached, the Admin service stops all Enterprise Vault
services.
Stopping Enterprise Vault
before problems arise helps to maintain its stability. However, it
is important to watch the Application Log for Enterprise Vault
messages so that you can take corrective action as necessary.
Table: Admin service thresholds
describes the thresholds that the Admin service uses.
Table: Admin service thresholds
|
Check
|
Warning threshold
|
Critical threshold
|
Example of message
|
|
Free space on local hard disks
|
95% full
|
99% full
|
-
Warning message:
The system is running out of disk space on drives C: and D: -
delete any unwanted files.
Enterprise Vault will be shut down when 99% of the disk space is
used.
-
Critical message:
Insufficient disk space is available on drive C: for Enterprise
Vault to run.
Enterprise Vault will now be shut down; to correct this problem,
delete any unwanted files and restart Enterprise Vault.
|
|
Virtual memory
|
90% of limit
|
95% of limit
|
|
