Disk Free Space Alert

[Guest maitakeboy]

I've gotten burned twice, now, by not having any automatic alert that informs

me when my file server space is getting low. I can't seem to find anything

built-in to Windows to do this. What is the suggested way to configure

automatic alerts when a logical drive is running out of space?

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Disk Free Space Alert

 

 

"maitakeboy" <maitakeboy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> I've gotten burned twice, now, by not having any automatic alert that

> informs

> me when my file server space is getting low. I can't seem to find anything

> built-in to Windows to do this. What is the suggested way to configure

> automatic alerts when a logical drive is running out of space?

 

Get the Task Scheduler on the server to run this batch file

once every day:

$@echo off >nullfile.txt

$set Drive=C:

$set Limit=1000

$for /F "tokens=7" %%a in ('fsutil volume diskfree %Drive% ^| find /i "# of

free"') do set free=%%a

$set free=%free:~0,-6%

$if %free% LSS %Limit% net send YourPCName "Warning: Free space on

%ComputerName% is less than %Limit% MBytes"

 

Note:

- You must remove all $ characters. Their only purpose is to mark

the beginning of each line.

- The Messenger service must run on your own PC.

- Set Limit=2000 if you mean 2000 MBytes (=2 GBytes)

[Guest maitakeboy]

Re: Disk Free Space Alert

 

Pegasus,

 

Thanks for your reply! What exactly are you setting when you set the Set

Limit? Is that the remaining free space? Can you do a percentage?

 

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>

> "maitakeboy" <maitakeboy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:54A43D54-F92C-49D0-8065-781A4ED8861B@microsoft.com...

> > I've gotten burned twice, now, by not having any automatic alert that

> > informs

> > me when my file server space is getting low. I can't seem to find anything

> > built-in to Windows to do this. What is the suggested way to configure

> > automatic alerts when a logical drive is running out of space?

>

> Get the Task Scheduler on the server to run this batch file

> once every day:

> $@echo off >nullfile.txt

> $set Drive=C:

> $set Limit=1000

> $for /F "tokens=7" %%a in ('fsutil volume diskfree %Drive% ^| find /i "# of

> free"') do set free=%%a

> $set free=%free:~0,-6%

> $if %free% LSS %Limit% net send YourPCName "Warning: Free space on

> %ComputerName% is less than %Limit% MBytes"

>

> Note:

> - You must remove all $ characters. Their only purpose is to mark

> the beginning of each line.

> - The Messenger service must run on your own PC.

> - Set Limit=2000 if you mean 2000 MBytes (=2 GBytes)

>

>

>

[Guest Sid Elbow]

Re: Disk Free Space Alert

 

Pegasus (MVP) wrote:

> Get the Task Scheduler on the server to run this batch file

> once every day:

> $@echo off >nullfile.txt

> $set Drive=C:

> $set Limit=1000

> $for /F "tokens=7" %%a in ('fsutil volume diskfree %Drive% ^| find /i "# of

> free"') do set free=%%a

> $set free=%free:~0,-6%

> $if %free% LSS %Limit% net send YourPCName "Warning: Free space on

> %ComputerName% is less than %Limit% MBytes"

>

> Note:

> - You must remove all $ characters. Their only purpose is to mark

> the beginning of each line.

> - The Messenger service must run on your own PC.

> - Set Limit=2000 if you mean 2000 MBytes (=2 GBytes)

 

Neat ... I still think you should change your name to bat-man.

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Disk Free Space Alert

 

If you want a percentage then you can run this batch file:

$@echo off

$goto Start

$-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

$This batch file will check the amount of free disk space on the

$nominated drive. If it is less than the specified percentage

$then it will generate a pop-up warning on the specified computer.

$

$You must set three parameters below the ":Start" label:

$set Drive=C: (or any other drive)

$set Limit=20 (the percentage figure below which a warning will be

issued.

$set Dest=Pegasus (the name of the machine that will receive the warning)

$

$Note: On the %Dest% machine, the "Messenger" service must be running.

$

$19.1.2008 FNL

$-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

$:Start

$set Drive=C:

$set Limit=20

$set Dest=Pegasus

$

$fsutil fsinfo ntfsinfo %Drive% > nul

$if ErrorLevel 1 (

$ fsutil fsinfo ntfsinfo %Drive%

$ echo Press the Space Bar to close this window.

$ pause > nul

$ goto :eof

$)

$

$for /F "tokens=7" %%a in ('fsutil volume diskfree %Drive% ^| find /i "# of

free"') do set free=%%a

$for /F "tokens=6" %%a in ('fsutil volume diskfree %Drive% ^| find /i "# of

byte"') do set total=%%a

$set free=%free:~0,-6%

$if "%free%"=="" set free=0

$set total=%total:~0,-6%

$set /a percent=%free% * 100 / %total%

$echo Free space on drive %Drive% is %percent%%% of capacity

$if %percent% LSS %Limit% net send %Dest% "Warning: Free space on drive

%Drive% on %ComputerName% is %Percent%%% of capacity."

 

- You must remove all $ characters. Their only purpose is to mark

the beginning of each line.

- The Messenger service must run on your own PC.

- Set Limit=20 if you mean 20% of capacity

 

 

"maitakeboy" <maitakeboy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:C74A966D-8ED6-4174-8FB7-120C0E542734@microsoft.com...

> Pegasus,

>

> Thanks for your reply! What exactly are you setting when you set the Set

> Limit? Is that the remaining free space? Can you do a percentage?

>

> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>

>>

>> "maitakeboy" <maitakeboy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:54A43D54-F92C-49D0-8065-781A4ED8861B@microsoft.com...

>> > I've gotten burned twice, now, by not having any automatic alert that

>> > informs

>> > me when my file server space is getting low. I can't seem to find

>> > anything

>> > built-in to Windows to do this. What is the suggested way to configure

>> > automatic alerts when a logical drive is running out of space?

>>

>> Get the Task Scheduler on the server to run this batch file

>> once every day:

>> $@echo off >nullfile.txt

>> $set Drive=C:

>> $set Limit=1000

>> $for /F "tokens=7" %%a in ('fsutil volume diskfree %Drive% ^| find /i "#

>> of

>> free"') do set free=%%a

>> $set free=%free:~0,-6%

>> $if %free% LSS %Limit% net send YourPCName "Warning: Free space on

>> %ComputerName% is less than %Limit% MBytes"

>>

>> Note:

>> - You must remove all $ characters. Their only purpose is to mark

>> the beginning of each line.

>> - The Messenger service must run on your own PC.

>> - Set Limit=2000 if you mean 2000 MBytes (=2 GBytes)

>>

>>

>>

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Disk Free Space Alert

 

> Neat ... I still think you should change your name to bat-man.

 

Bat today, batty tomorrow . . .