Missing Device Detection

The missing device detection mechanism of Hardware Sentry alerts operators when a device that was previously detected in the system is no longer found.

This mechanism is very useful when, for example, a non-redundant physical disk does not restart during a system reboot and therefore is no longer seen by the operating system and the monitoring software.

When a device is no longer discovered, its Status parameter goes into alarm and its label directly shows that it is missing. The missing device detection feature is enabled by default. You can however deactivate the feature by right-clicking the Hardware icon > KM Commands > KM Settings > Missing Device Detection.

Missing Device Detection

Disabling this option when some missing devices have already been detected will trigger a removal of these devices from the monitoring  environment.