# Filesystem.ignore\_types - where to configure

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filesystem-ignore-types-where-to-configure/346514>\
**Category:** Elastic Observability\
**Created:** [November 6, 2023, 11:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filesystem-ignore-types-where-to-configure/346514 "2023-11-06T11:01:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![Pinpin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Pinpin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pinpin)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 2:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filesystem-ignore-types-where-to-configure/346514/21 "2023-12-12T14:04:43Z")

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I'm configuring this through kibana \> fleet \> agent policies

As you can see on this screenshot I tried doing the filtering according to the doc but it doesn't change anything, hence why I disabled it

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/f/d/fdb7dfac57ec642660cb20ddcf47e43647872f5e.png)

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**Author:** ![GKre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@GKre](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/GKre)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 12:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filesystem-ignore-types-where-to-configure/346514/22 "2023-12-13T12:32:46Z")

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sorry - i had been hit by Corona ☹  
Today i checked my instalation and the problem with "GetDiskFreeSpaceEx failed" is still in the logs.  
To have an up to date system, i will now update my environment to agent 8.11.3 and than get all integrations to the latest.  
Than i can check again...

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**Author:** ![Wave](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/wave/32/117242_2.png) [@Wave](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Wave)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 1:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filesystem-ignore-types-where-to-configure/346514/23 "2023-12-13T13:31:55Z")

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I'm going to see if I can recreate the issue. It seems like it should be a straight forward fix, so perplexed why it isn't working. It might take me a few days before I get a chance to take a look at it though.

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**Author:** ![GKre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@GKre](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/GKre)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 1:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filesystem-ignore-types-where-to-configure/346514/24 "2023-12-13T13:36:31Z")

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i need about 1 more hour so that i have the relevant systems updated and checked about persistence of the problem.

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**Author:** ![Pinpin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Pinpin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pinpin)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 2:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filesystem-ignore-types-where-to-configure/346514/25 "2023-12-13T14:04:03Z")

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I came across this other post [265613](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-7-11-1-fail-in-system-fsstat-and-filesystem-the-device-is-not-ready/265613?).  
From what I understand, it used to be an issue on older version of metricbeat, but ignoring certain filesystem types should have fixed that. Maybe my changes on kibana aren't taken into account by my agents ? Any idea on how I can check that ?

Also, I replayed the ps1 script shared by anderssonjohan and I have the same output as he shared

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**Author:** ![GKre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@GKre](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/GKre)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 2:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filesystem-ignore-types-where-to-configure/346514/26 "2023-12-13T14:07:38Z")

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so now - agent is 8.11.3 and all integrations up to date. Problem still exists.

```auto
{
  "@timestamp": [
    "2023-12-13T14:00:28.408Z"
  ],
  "agent.ephemeral_id": [
    "0b3e15ad-5326-452a-af83-df642a7a3d67"
  ],
  "agent.id": [
    "1cdef3fc-1562-4880-a0e7-d7f50fee0d6b"
  ],
  "agent.name": [
    "Z440"
  ],
  "agent.type": [
    "filebeat"
  ],
  "agent.version": [
    "8.11.3"
  ],
  "component.binary": [
    "metricbeat"
  ],
  "component.dataset": [
    "elastic_agent.metricbeat"
  ],
  "component.id": [
    "system/metrics-default"
  ],
  "component.type": [
    "system/metrics"
  ],
  "data_stream.dataset": [
    "elastic_agent.metricbeat"
  ],
  "data_stream.namespace": [
    "default"
  ],
  "data_stream.type": [
    "logs"
  ],
  "ecs.version": [
    "8.0.0"
  ],
  "elastic_agent.id": [
    "1cdef3fc-1562-4880-a0e7-d7f50fee0d6b"
  ],
  "elastic_agent.snapshot": [
    false
  ],
  "elastic_agent.version": [
    "8.11.3"
  ],
  "event.agent_id_status": [
    "verified"
  ],
  "event.dataset": [
    "elastic_agent.metricbeat"
  ],
  "event.ingested": [
    "2023-12-13T14:00:30.000Z"
  ],
  "host.architecture": [
    "x86_64"
  ],
  "host.hostname": [
    "z440"
  ],
  "host.id": [
    "826188d2-e4f6-4025-9514-686022babc2d"
  ],
  "host.ip": [
    "fd77:ade4:e825:0:bbdf:7d76:2a98:387e",
    "fd77:ade4:e825:0:f890:4ace:8aaf:1582",
    "fd77:ade4:e825:0:6881:8a0c:9bfe:6687",
    "fe80::64bd:5247:7486:1fa",
    "192.168.0.89",
    "fe80::e703:f3ea:355f:a986",
    "169.254.172.144",
    "fe80::ba8c:fe9c:cca3:e879",
    "172.17.240.1",
    "fe80::2883:60e:c83f:321b",
    "172.19.0.1",
    "fe80::d796:1ae8:9ddc:4b69",
    "172.23.32.1"
  ],
  "host.mac": [
    "00-15-5D-25-34-CD",
    "00-15-5D-6A-C7-72",
    "00-15-5D-A5-4B-30",
    "3C-52-82-77-12-96",
    "F4-4E-FC-A3-13-89"
  ],
  "host.name": [
    "z440"
  ],
  "host.os.build": [
    "22631.2861"
  ],
  "host.os.family": [
    "windows"
  ],
  "host.os.kernel": [
    "10.0.22621.2861 (WinBuild.160101.0800)"
  ],
  "host.os.name": [
    "Windows 11 Enterprise"
  ],
  "host.os.name.text": [
    "Windows 11 Enterprise"
  ],
  "host.os.platform": [
    "windows"
  ],
  "host.os.type": [
    "windows"
  ],
  "host.os.version": [
    "10.0"
  ],
  "input.type": [
    "filestream"
  ],
  "log.file.idxhi": [
    "2293760"
  ],
  "log.file.idxlo": [
    "415939"
  ],
  "log.file.path": [
    "C:\\Program Files\\Elastic\\Agent\\data\\elastic-agent-f4f6fb\\logs\\elastic-agent-20231213.ndjson"
  ],
  "log.file.vol": [
    "339111792"
  ],
  "log.level": [
    "error"
  ],
  "log.logger": [
    "system.filesystem"
  ],
  "log.offset": [
    220110
  ],
  "log.origin.file.line": [
    90
  ],
  "log.origin.file.name": [
    "filesystem/filesystem.go"
  ],
  "log.source": [
    "system/metrics-default"
  ],
  "message": [
    "error getting filesystem usage for I:\\: GetDiskFreeSpaceEx failed: Das Gerät ist nicht bereit."
  ],
  "service.name": [
    "metricbeat"
  ],
  "_id": "G1R6Y4wB2vdq5j6moMdR",
  "_index": ".ds-logs-elastic_agent.metricbeat-default-2023.12.13-000016",
  "_score": null
}

```

Here's the current config in integration "System":

 ![grafik](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/f/a/fab4e2ff8b5a6b5dc847c1f5ea5e43d4366f91af.png)

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**Author:** ![hcherry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a4c791/32.png) [@hcherry](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hcherry)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2024, 7:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filesystem-ignore-types-where-to-configure/346514/27 "2024-05-15T19:17:15Z")

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I have this same problem, I have added unavailable and unknown into my fleet config, but the errors persist. Did anyone ever find a solution to this?

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**Author:** ![dot-mike](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dot-mike/32/143339_2.png) [@dot-mike](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dot-mike)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 5:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filesystem-ignore-types-where-to-configure/346514/28 "2025-06-06T17:52:28Z")

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in system agent 2.2.0 this issue should be solved. Fsstat got a new option to ignore filesystem. (previously missing).

I also faced this issue and added solution here : [Diskstat Windows - Could not return any performance counter - #3 by dot-mike](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/diskstat-windows-could-not-return-any-performance-counter/378033/3)

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