Disk Utilization (Remote)
Disk Utilization (Remote) reports compare disk storage capacity to actual utilization for devices with on-disk storage. These reports are useful for assessing current needs and predicting future trends for storage resources.
- . Device hostname/IP address.
- . Disk label (device index in parenthesis).
- .Average disk space used since polling began.
- . Average percent of disk used for the selected date range.
Generate a report
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Choose the remote WhatsUp Gold environment monitoring CPU usage.
Select WhatsUp Gold environment
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Purpose
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Select environment.
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Choose an observation point from the list of configured WhatsUp Gold environments.
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Choose one or more host devices you want Disk Utilization (Remote) measurements for.
Use the Select Device dialog for one of the following:
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Description
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Device 
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Table/chart(s) of disks and usage metrics. Choose a single device to display all disks and their capacity usage.
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Device Group 
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Ranked list. Choose to return the top-ranked disk with respect to capacity usage for each device in the selected group. You can also create custom or dynamic groups.
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Network
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Ranked list. Choose to display the top-ranked disk with respect to capacity usage for each WhatsUp Gold managed device.
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: You can organize devices into custom or dynamic groups. For more information, see Grouping Devices.
Choose time constraints for data view
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Purpose
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Date Range 
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Choose or define an overall date range.
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Business hours 
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- Focus on specific days of the week and periods within each day.
- Reveal trends that are sensitive to business hours, time zones, and other periodic attributes in the observed data.
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Choose and hide columns, reorder columns, and customize your data view.
Filter and pick by column
Click a report heading () and use the "column picker" (
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Purpose
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Columns.
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Click a check box to display the column. Clear the check box to hide it.
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Move Column.
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Click on a column heading and drag it to reorder your table's columns.
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Fine tune report presentation and range of values displayed using the Report Settings dialog (optional).
Specify threshold and top n:
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Purpose
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Show Top n Items
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Limit items to the samples with the highest (or lowest) utilization.
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Threshold Type
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Switch between minimum or maximum mode for cutoff values for the ranked list.
- At or Over. Show peak usage period. (Utilization percentage equal to or greater than Threshold.)
- At or Under. Show usage periods where resources are unused or possibly down. (Utilization percentage equal to or less than Threshold.)
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Threshold (percent)
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Baseline value used to trim ranked device list based on peak or subpeak capacity when returning the Top n.
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Chart and visualize data over time (single device )
Charting and visualization is available when you select a single device.
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Purpose
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Display Options
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Present data as a chart, a table grid, or both.
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Chart Type
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- Gauge charts. Available when you select a Date Range of .
- Time series. Available when you select a Date Range interval (, for example).
- Line/Area. Scatter graph that connects adjacent measurements with straight lines.
- Spline/Area Spline. Choose a graph with a smoothed appearance where adjacent samples exhibit a gradual slope.
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Chart Options
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- Legend, Grid Lines, Range Selector. Include legend, grid lines, and range selector for readability.
- Trend Lines. Present data with a smoothed average to show trend.
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: Trend lines represent a moving average that can be compared with line and area graphs to reveal peak and sub peak intervals, periods of burstiness, latency, and interruption.
: This report only returns disk utilization metrics for devices that already have the appropriate performance monitoring enabled. To enable these polled measurements, see Disk Utilization Monitor.
: You can gain access to "root" (/) partition metrics for Linux and UNIX OS by using the SSH Monitor or by assigning the SNMP user (as designated in snmp.conf) with appropriate Sudoer privileges. Disk utilization measurements for a Linux or UNIX "root" partition (/) are at first typically not included in this report. When "root" (/) partition totals are not included, total disk capacity in the report typically appears 5% less than the physical disk.
Export report data
Report data can be exported from WhatsUp Gold, reused, and distributed in multiple formats. Select (
) from the Dashboard Options (
) menu. After the report has been expanded, select the Export Data icon to access the following options:
- . Generate and download a .htm file presenting your report data as it appears in the WhatsUp Gold user interface.
- . Generate and download a .xml spreadsheet containing your report data.
- .Generate and download a .csv file containing your report data.
- Generate and download a .txt file containing your report data.
- . Set a recurring date and time, format, and email destination for report data export.
: Current report data file format options are only applicable to export schedules created using WhatsUp Gold version 2021 and later. Any report data export schedule created using an earlier version of WhatsUp Gold will still result in a .PDF output until that schedule is removed from, then recreated in the Scheduled Reports Library using the latest version of WhatsUp Gold.
Remote Environment Reporting
Choose WhatsUp Gold Environment.