i want to set daily basses Directory wise disk consumption in my VM

Question

I want to set the directory wise disk consumption of my Virtual Machine on daily bases so that it gives me a mail per day of my disk consumption.

Answer 1

@Irfan Khan
Is this an Azure VM? What OS are you running? Can you give me more details of what information you want in your email? An example of what the email would look like would be helpful.
Assuming this is an Azure VM, here are some possible solutions:

Use Azure Monitor to create alert rules based on data collected from Azure Monitor Agent¹. This solution allows you to monitor the disk usage of your Azure VM and send email alerts when a certain threshold is reached. You can customize the alert rules based on your needs and preferences. For example, you can set the alert logic, frequency, severity, and action group. You can also use a query to filter the data and specify the disk and directory that you want to monitor.

Use a PowerShell script to monitor the disk space and send email notifications. This solution requires you to install the Azure Monitor Agent on your VM and enable the Log Analytics workspace. You can then use a PowerShell script to query the performance data from the workspace and check the free disk space for each drive. You can also modify the script to exclude certain drives or set a different threshold value. The script can then send an email to a specified address using the Send-MailMessage cmdlet.

Use the recommended alert rules for Azure VMs. This solution is a quick and easy way to enable some basic monitoring for your Azure VM. You can view and enable the recommended alert rules from the Alerts menu in the Monitoring section of your VM. These rules include alerts for CPU percentage, memory percentage, disk bytes, network bytes, and disk operations. You can also change the threshold values and provide an email address to receive the notifications. However, this solution may not be sufficient for your scenario, as it does not allow you to monitor the disk usage by directory or apply to hybrid machines.

Hope this helps! Let me know if you still have questions or need further assistance.

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