Disk Watch - General Settings

When you add the Disk Watch module, the Disk Watch Properties dialog appears with this tab.

If you select the module in the Tree view after you have added the module, the categories and settings of this tab appear in the Properties view.

Use the General Settings tab to view and edit the following general configuration settings:

• The collection of Disk Watch jobs,
  

  The Disk Watch module organizes its tasks in "jobs". Each job defines

  • the computer and the folder on it (including sub-folders) to be monitored,
  • the condition, when file deletion should occur (are files too old or is remaining disk space too low?),
  • a selection of files to be deleted, depending on file extensions.

  The Disk Watch module can run multiple jobs. To monitor two different folders on a computer, for example, set up two jobs.

• The start time for the first monitoring action,
• A setting, how often the Disk Watch shall repeat monitoring.

General category

The Disk Watch module lets you define and manage multiple Disk Watch jobs. The Disk Watch jobs setting shows the number of jobs currently set up. To add a new job set the focus onto the Disk Watch jobs setting and click the browse button. This opens the Disk Watch Jobs dialog, where you can view and edit Disk Watch jobs.

Use the Initial start time setting to set the time when the Disk Watch module first starts performing the defined jobs. Thereafter, the scan of the defined folders is repeated in the interval defined in the Repeat interval setting. The default value is 3600 seconds (one hour).
For example: If Initial start time is set to 00:00 and the repeat interval is set to 3600 sec, then Disk Watch runs its jobs at exactly every full hour. If Initial start time is set to 02:30 and the repeat interval is set to 8 hours (28800 sec), then Disk Watch performs its checks every day at 02:30, 10:30 and 18:30.