Unix CDM config deploy

[Anon Anon]

Trying to deploy a custom config file to monitor /var on all Unix systems. It's already monitored on most systems, but we need to make sure. How can I keep the "Disk" field intact. Removing the "Disk=" switch from the config file makes the installation fail. Leaving it blank clears that field (with both Edit and Overwrite switches). Or is it not relevant? As far as I know, we don't use that field for anything, so having it blank isn't really a problem, but I need to be sure that each probe is monitoring the local /var filesystem. So, how can I get it to leave the current entry in the Disk switch intact?

 

<disk> edit    interval = 15 min    samples = 1    use_systemspace = no    ignore_filesystem =     ignore_device = /autofsmount.*|.*:\/.*/    <alarm> overwrite       active = yes       <fixed> edit                 <#var> edit             active = yes             description = File system /var
            disk =              qos_disk_usage = no             qos_disk_usage_perc = yes             percent = yes             inode_active = no             inode_percent = no             qos_inode_usage = no             qos_inode_usage_perc = no             <error> overwrite                active = yes                threshold = 10                message = DiskError             </error>             <warning> overwrite                active = yes                threshold = 20                message = DiskWarning             </warning>             <inode_error> overwrite                active = no                threshold = 10                message = InodeError             </inode_error>             <inode_warning> overwrite                active = no                threshold = 20                message = InodeWarning             </inode_warning>             <missing> overwrite                message = DiskMissing             </missing>          </#var>       </fixed>    </alarm>

[Anon Anon]

disk seems to be hardware specific pointer to volume. I'd remove the "disk = " line completely. With edit or overwrite, all you need to add are the fields you want to edit, overwrite, update, etc. you don't need to list every key.

for example, you can just update "percent = yes" to "no by ...

<disk> edit
<alarm> edit
<fixed> edit
<#var> edit
percent = no
</#var>
</fixed>
</alarm>
</disk>

it should leave the rest of the fields alone.  leave "disk =  " in will most likely blank out that section across the board.