Disk removal Alert - Alert If Disk is removed

Disk removal Alert - Alert If Disk is removed

Applications Manager → Settings → Performance Polling → Servers

Option 1: Ignore Specific Disks

Choose the monitor type, navigate to Disks under Metric Name, and under Ignore specified Components, enter the disk name(s) that should not be monitored.

Ignore Specified Components – Version Behavior

VersionMatching TypeSupported Format ExampleBehavior Description
Before 176200Prefix matching/snapAll disks starting with /snap will be ignored.
From 176200 onwardsExact match/dev/nvme0n1p2Only the specified disk will be ignored.
Wildcard (*)/run*All disks starting with /run will be ignored.
Comma-separated/dev/nvme0n1p2,/dev/nvme0n1p3,/run*Supports multiple entries using exact match and wildcard together.

Option 2: Disable Disk Removal Alerts

If you want to continue monitoring disks but do not want alerts when a disk is removed:

Disable the “Alert If Disk is removed” option under Error Alert Settings for the respective disk metric.

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