Disk and partition 🔗

Note

If you’re using the Splunk Distribution of OpenTelemetry Collector and want to collect disk I/O metrics, use the native OTel component Host metrics receiver.

Configuration settings 🔗

If you’re still using this monitor with the Smart Agent (deprecated), these are the configuration options:

The following table shows the configuration options for this monitor:

Option	Definition	Default value
Disk	Include specific Disk(s)	“sda” “/^hd/”
IgnoreSelected	Ignore the designation of specific Disks	`false`

Metrics 🔗

The following metrics are available for this integration:

Notes 🔗

Learn more about the available metric types in Observability Cloud.
Default metrics are those metrics included in host-based subscriptions in Observability Cloud, such as host, container, or bundled metrics. Custom metrics are not provided by default and might be subject to charges. See more about metric categories.
To add additional metrics, see how to configure extraMetrics using the Collector.

Troubleshooting 🔗

If you are not able to see your data in Splunk Observability Cloud, try these tips:

Submit a case in the Splunk Support Portal
- Available to Splunk Observability Cloud customers
Call Splunk Customer Support
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Ask a question and get answers through community support at Splunk Answers
- Available to Splunk Observability Cloud customers and free trial users
Join the Splunk #observability user group Slack channel to communicate with customers, partners, and Splunk employees worldwide
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- To learn how to join, see Get Started with Splunk Community - Chat groups

To learn about even more support options, see Splunk Customer Success.

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