3.3.3 The Device Section

Use this section to specify the name of a system device that the Mail Monitor will scan.

3.3.3.1 General Rules for Devices

The following general rules apply to all scanning modules:

• If a device exists, Mail Monitor produces a Device record with status information.

• If a device is not found, Mail Monitor produces a Monitor record.

3.3.3.2 Values for Device Checks

• Full_Name=name

  The full name of the device.

• Minimum_512Blocks=value

  The number of free blocks needed for the device.

• Path

  The path for the device. By default, Mail Monitor assumes that the path for the entry is the same as the path specified in the section title; the first time a scanning module runs, this entry is added dynamically. In normal cases there is no need to change this, but in a particular configuration it may be desirable to set a path specifically.

• Severity=error_level

  The severity value for a problem, as defined in the note at the beginning of Section 3.3.

Note that you can have more than one [Device] section for a single device, with increasing error levels set for decreasing available space.

The following examples specify a minimum size of 10,000 blocks and a severity level of 4 for devices on different operating systems.

Windows NT Example

[Device C:\]
Minimum_512Blocks=10000
Severity=4

DIGITAL UNIX Example

[Device /usr]
Minimum_512Blocks=10000
Severity=4

OpenVMS Example

[Device SYS$MANAGER:]
Minimum_512Blocks=10000
Severity=4