# Monitoring the Hardware for Commvault Flex Appliance

Commvault Flex Appliance hardware is monitored to detect and report errors in the following components:

- Disk Drives

- Power Supply

- Fan

- NIC (Network)

## Commvault Appliance HyperScale Hardware Alert

The Commvault Appliance HyperScale Hardware alert is triggered when a hardware error or failure is detected for any of the data drives (IO errors, SMART errors), power supply, fan, or NIC, or when any of these components go offline in the underlying hardware. You can configure the alert to send a notification to the CommCell administrator and hyperscalealerts@commvault.com when an error is detected.

## Additional Alerts

The following additional alerts are recommended to monitor your Commvault Flex Appliance entities. For more information about creating an alert, see Creating an Alert from the Alert Wizard.

- Mount path Went Offline, Library Went Offline alerts

  Enable these alerts to generate a notification when a mount path or library goes offline. For more information about these alerts, see Predefined Alert Criteria - Device Status.

- MediaAgent went offline alert

  Enable this alert to generate a notification when a MediaAgent goes offline. For more information about this alert, see Predefined Alert Criteria - MediaAgents.

- Insufficient storage alert

  Enable this alert to generate a notification when there is insufficient disk space. For more information about this alert, see Predefined Alert Criteria - Library Management.

- No DDB Space Reclamation from past N days alert

  Enable the option to generate the No DDB Space Reclamation from past N days alert when a DDB space reclamation was not performed. For more information, see DDB Data Verification.

## Related Topics

- Custom Rules - HyperScale Platform and Hardware Monitoring Alert

- Editing Alert Definitions

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