OS - Windows WMI - Base Agentless Opspack
Windows WMI Agentless Opspacks allow you to monitor the status and various performance metrics for a range of Microsoft services such as DNS, Exchange, IIS, Terminal Services and more, without the need of installing an agent on your remote host.
What Can You Monitor Copied
This Opspack allows you to monitor the status of your windows machines, with service checks that cover CPU, Disk, Memory and Network as well as the status of processes and services.
Service Checks Copied
| Service Check | Description |
|---|---|
| C Drive | Check status of the C Drive |
| CPU | Check CPU usage |
| CPU Queue length | Check CPU queue length |
| CPU info per process | Check details of a process |
| CPU usage per process | Check CPU usage of a process |
| File size | Check a files size |
| I/O counters | Check server IO counters |
| LAN status | Check Network status |
| Memory usage | Check memory usage |
| Memory usage per process | Check memory used by a process |
| Network info | Check basic network details |
| OS and SP Info | Check OS and Service Pack details |
| Process status | Check status of a process |
| Service status | Check status of a service |
| pagefile.sys Size | Check size of pagefile.sys file |
| Uptime | Check system uptime |
| Users Folder size | Check folder size |
| Users Status OK | Check users status |
Prerequisites Copied
To use Windows WMI Agentless Opspacks, the remote windows host must first be configured to allow WMI queries to be run. See: Monitoring Services with WMI
Setup and Configuration Copied
Add the Host Template Copied
Add the OS - Windows WMI - Base Agentless Host Template to your Opsview Monitor host.
Note
For more information, refer to the documentation on Adding Host Templates to Hosts.
Add and configure variables required for this host Copied
| Host Variable | Description |
|---|---|
| WINCREDENTIALS | Used for authenticating with the remote host. The value is not used and therefore can be set to anything. Override the username and password with the credentials to be used for authentication with the remote host. |
| WINPROCESS | The name of the process to monitor. The value is the name of the process to monitor. You can have multiple host variables to check the status of each process individually. |
| WINSERVICE | The name of the service to monitor. The value is the name of the service to monitor. You can have multiple host variables to check the status of each service individually. |
| WMI_NETWORK_INTERFACE_NAME | The name of the network interface to monitor. The default is set to ‘.’ which provides metrics for all network interfaces. Override this if you would like to monitor a network interface individually. |
Note
For more information, refer to the documentation on Adding Variables to Hosts.
Apply Changes Copied
Apply Changes and the system will then be monitored:
Plugin help Copied
Secure Args
Thecheck_wmi_plusplugin uses the Secure Args feature for argument passing.