[fusion_text]Running out of free disk space can cause serious production issues, but it is a problem that can be easily avoided. Using Netreo, users can get low disk alerts for Azure VMs (both Windows and Linux), as well as for Azure VM Scale Sets.
After completing the Setup Wizard and adding the necessary VMs to be monitored, Netreo will automatically, as a part of its default setup raise alerts if any of the drives have less than 1GB of free space left.
If it is necessary to raise alerts using different criteria or if you’re not yet monitoring VMs with Netreo, follow the following steps
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When configuring monitoring for a new Azure resource, users may use provided default templates that include popular metrics, alerts, and auto-scaling rules. The default template for monitoring Azure Windows VMs contains a “Low Disk Space” alert which is raised whenever the free space on any individual disk is below 1GB.
To modify the threshold value:
In certain situations, it may be also desirable to also track free disk space of particular disks. The definition of an alert tracking low disk space of an individual disk is very similar to the “Low Disk Space” alert included in the default template.
To define a custom alert for disk C: