NSClient Windows

NSClient Windows Profile

This profile monitors a Windows server using NSClient. NSClient is used by the Nagios server to communicate with the Windows server.

Services Configuration

Service - Definitions in Monarch are stored under this name.
Command Line - Service command name with arguments to be passed to the plugin.
Plugin Command Line - Plugin script called by Nagios for this Service.

Extended Info - The Extended Service Info definition, typically used for generating graphs.

Command lines displayed below are intended to be single line commands.

Service	Command Line	Plugin Command Line	Extended Info
nsclient_cpuload	check_nt_cpuload!10,50,80,60,50, 80,1440,50,80	$USER1$/check_nt -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -p $USER19$ -s $USER4$ -v CPULOAD -l "$ARG1$"	number_graph
nsclient_disk_C	check_nt_useddiskspace!c!80!90	$USER1$/check_nt -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -p $USER19$ -s $USER4$ -v USEDDISKSPACE -l $ARG1$ -w $ARG2$ -c $ARG3$	number_graph
nsclient_disktransfers	check_nt_counter_disktransfers! 50!100	$USER1$/check_nt -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -p $USER19$ -s $USER4$ -v COUNTER -l " PhysicalDisk(_Total) Disk Transfers/sec","PhysicalDisk(_Total) Disk Transfers/sec is %.f " -w "$ARG1$" -c "$ARG2$"	number_graph
nsclient_memory_pages	check_nt_counter_memory_pages! 10!20	$USER1$/check_nt -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -p $USER19$ -s $USER4$ -v COUNTER -l " Memory Pages/sec","Pages per Sec is %.f" -w "$ARG1$" -c "$ARG2$"	number_graph
nsclient_memuse	check_nt_memuse!80!90	$USER1$/check_nt -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -p $USER19$ -s $USER4$ -v MEMUSE -w "$ARG1$" -c "$ARG2$"	number_graph
nsclient_uptime	check_nt_uptime	$USER1$/check_nt -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -p $USER19$ -s $USER4$ -v UPTIME
tcp_nsclient	check_nt	$USER1$/check_nt -p $USER19$ -s $USER4$ -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -v CLIENTVERSION	number_graph

Profile Package

This package includes the following files:

Profile Definitions

service-profile-nsclient-win.xml
perfconfig-nsclient-win.xml

Plugins Scripts

check_nt

NSClient (installed on the monitored Windows Server)

nsclient.zip

Performance Graphing Programs

number_graph.cgi

Installation

GroundWork Monitor includes many monitoring profiles for a variety of devices, systems and applications. Profiles already imported on a new GroundWork installation include Service Ping, SNMP Network, and SSH UNIX. The GroundWork Monitor Configuration tool is used to import updated Profiles and Profiles that require additional setup; the Profile XML file and its companion Performance Configuration definition file. Services can also be imported in addition to Service Profiles in the Profile Importer. The import process is documented under GROUNDWORK PROFILES > How to import profiles.

Implementation

This section contains detail settings used by this Profile. These parameters can be altered with the Configuration tool.

Command Parameters

Command parameters are in the Configuration Services section with the following names and default values.

nsclient_cpuload

Uses check_nt plugin to connect to NSClient on $HOSTADDRESS$ and execute the CPULOAD command.
$ARG1$ - Tuples of time interval, warning, and critical thresholds to report. 10,50,80 means 10 minute CPU usage average, 50% warning, 80% critical. Default is three tuples for 10, 60, and 1440 minute CPU usage averages.

nsclient_disk_C

Uses check_nt plugin to connect to NSClient on $HOSTADDRESS$ and execute the USEDDISKSPACE command.
$ARG1$ - Drive letter, default is C:
$ARG2$ - Warning percentage, default is 80
$ARG3$ - Critical percentage, default is 90

nsclient_disktransfers

Uses check_nt plugin to connect to NSClient on $HOSTADDRESS$ and execute the COUNTER command.
$ARG1$ - Warning value (per second), default is 50
$ARG2$ - Critical value (per second), default is 100

nsclient_memory_pages

Uses check_nt plugin to connect to NSClient on $HOSTADDRESS$ and execute the COUNTER command.
$ARG1$ - Warning value (pages per second), default is 10
$ARG2$ - Critical value (pages per second), default is 20

nsclient_memuse

Uses check_nt plugin to connect to NSClient on $HOSTADDRESS$ and execute the MEMUSE command.
$ARG1$ - Warning value (percentage), default is 80
$ARG2$ - Critical value (percentage), default is 90

nsclient_network_interface

Uses check_nt plugin to connect to NSClient on $HOSTADDRESS$ and execute the COUNTER command.
$ARG1$ - Warning value (bytes per second), default is 50
$ARG2$ - Critical value (bytes per second), default is 100

tcp_nsclient

Uses check_nt plugin to connect to NSClient on $HOSTADDRESS$ and retrieve the version number.
No arguments.

Performance Graphing Parameters

The following parameters are used to generate performance charts. These parameters are set using the Configuration>Performance tool in GroundWork Monitor.