# File Share monitoring? What do you use?

**URL:** <https://community.squaredup.com/t/file-share-monitoring-what-do-you-use/522>\
**Category:** Dashboard Server\
**Tags:** alerts, scom-2016\
**Created:** [November 6, 2017, 6:36pm UTC](https://community.squaredup.com/t/file-share-monitoring-what-do-you-use/522 "2017-11-06T18:36:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![rolltide](https://community.squaredup.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rolltide](https://community.squaredup.com/u/rolltide)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 6:36pm UTC](https://community.squaredup.com/t/file-share-monitoring-what-do-you-use/522/1 "2017-11-06T18:36:36Z")

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I’m trying to set up a monitor for a file share and uptime. I’m trying to get the Overcast file share mp to work but I can’t seem to get results pop up. What do you all use?

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Here’s the one I’m trying to use: [http://overcast.azurewebsites.net/2015/03/a-simple-file-share-monitoring-mp/](http://overcast.azurewebsites.net/2015/03/a-simple-file-share-monitoring-mp/)

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Thanks,

Gary

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**Author:** ![rolltide](https://community.squaredup.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rolltide](https://community.squaredup.com/u/rolltide)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 9:48pm UTC](https://community.squaredup.com/t/file-share-monitoring-what-do-you-use/522/2 "2017-11-06T21:48:35Z")

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I may have answered my own question here. I was able to get the Overcast one to work using the //server/sharename rather than \server\sharename and found my text file was named “name.txt.txt”. ha.

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**Author:** ![marela](https://community.squaredup.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@marela](https://community.squaredup.com/u/marela)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2018, 1:08pm UTC](https://community.squaredup.com/t/file-share-monitoring-what-do-you-use/522/3 "2018-01-03T13:08:07Z")

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We are using this one here:

[http://www.systemcentercentral.com/pack-catalog/file-system-management-pack-2/](http://www.systemcentercentral.com/pack-catalog/file-system-management-pack-2/)

It works with SCOM 2012 R2 und SCOM 2016. It monitors the availability of shares and modification of folders, files, etc. Pretty cool and easy to use.