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WillFulmer's avatar
WillFulmer
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7 years ago

File / Database Size Monitoring

Is there a good datasource out there to monitor the size on disk of a specific file or folder? I would love the Microsoft Exchange datasource (or other) to be able to deliver and track the total si...
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Kerry_DeVilbiss's avatar
Kerry_DeVilbiss
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7 years ago

@WillFulmer - the *best* way to do this is probably going to be a PowerShell datasource (I have one that I need to clean up and then I can share it out here.) In the meantime, you can use the built-in UNC path monitoring to keep an eye on the database directory and track the total size of that folder.

For example - I went to my Exchange server, selected 'Add Other Monitoring' and plugged in a UNC path to a hidden share that's accessible to the collector account:

Which yields the following results:

Give me a little bit of time to try and cook up the PowerShell version of an Exchange database size datasource - and I'll circle back and publish it here. 

Cheers,

Kerry