WMI Exchange

WMI Exchange Profile

This profile monitors Exchange Mail Server on a Windows server using Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). Nagios Remote Plugin Executor (NRPE) is used by the Nagios server to communicate with the WMI proxy server. This proxy server queries the monitored Windows server for measurements and status using WMI.

Additionally, you may want to refer to the WMI documentation. This project consists of a collection of script monitors (.vbs for starters) that use the Microsoft .Net Framework and WMI to retrieve performance data from remote Windows hosts without the need for agents on the remote hosts.

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
wmi_exchange_mail_recvq	check_wmi_exchange_ mailbox_receiveq!5!10	$USER1$/check_nrpe -t 60 -H $USER21$ -c get_exchange_mbox_recvq -a "$HOSTADDRESS$" "$ARG1$" "$ARG2$"	number_graph
wmi_exchange_mail_sendq	check_wmi_exchange_ mailbox_sendq!5!10	$USER1$/check_nrpe -t 60 -H $USER21$ -c get_exchange_mbox_sendq -a "$HOSTADDRESS$" "$ARG1$" "$ARG2$"	number_graph
wmi_exchange_mta_service	check_wmi_service! MSExchangeMTA	$USER1$/check_nrpe -H $USER21$ -t 60 -c get_service -a "$HOSTADDRESS$" "$ARG1$"	number_graph
wmi_exchange_mta_workq	check_wmi_exchange_ mta_workq!10!20	$USER1$/check_nrpe -t 60 -H $USER21$ -c get_exchange_mta_workq -a "$HOSTADDRESS$" "$ARG1$" "$ARG2$"	number_graph
wmi_exchange_public_recvq	check_wmi_exchange_ public_receiveq!20!30	$USER1$/check_nrpe -t 60 -H $USER21$ -c get_exchange_pub_recvq -a "$HOSTADDRESS$" "$ARG1$" "$ARG2$"	number_graph
wmi_exchange_public_sendq	check_wmi_exchange_ public_sendq!30!50	$USER1$/check_nrpe -t 60 -H $USER21$ -c get_exchange_pub_sendq -a "$HOSTADDRESS$" "$ARG1$" "$ARG2$"	number_graph
wmi_service_AeLookupSvc	check_wmi_service! AeLookupSvc	$USER1$/check_nrpe -H $USER21$ -t 60 -c get_service -a "$HOSTADDRESS$" "$ARG1$"	percent_graph
wmi_service_IsmServ	check_wmi_service! IsmServ	$USER1$/check_nrpe -H $USER21$ -t 60 -c get_service -a "$HOSTADDRESS$" "$ARG1$"	percent_graph
wmi_service_MSExchangeES	check_wmi_service! MSExchangeES	$USER1$/check_nrpe -H $USER21$ -t 60 -c get_service -a "$HOSTADDRESS$" "$ARG1$"	percent_graph
wmi_service_MSExchangeIS	check_wmi_service! MSExchangeIS	$USER1$/check_nrpe -H $USER21$ -t 60 -c get_service -a "$HOSTADDRESS$" "$ARG1$"	percent_graph
wmi_service_MSExchangeMGMT	check_wmi_service! MSExchangeMGMT	$USER1$/check_nrpe -H $USER21$ -t 60 -c get_service -a "$HOSTADDRESS$" "$ARG1$"	percent_graph
wmi_service_MSExchangeMTA	check_wmi_service! MSExchangeMTA	$USER1$/check_nrpe -H $USER21$ -t 60 -c get_service -a "$HOSTADDRESS$" "$ARG1$"	percent_graph
wmi_service_MSExchangeSA	check_wmi_service! MSExchangeSA	$USER1$/check_nrpe -H $USER21$ -t 60 -c get_service -a "$HOSTADDRESS$" "$ARG1$"	percent_graph
wmi_service_MSExchangeSRS	check_wmi_service! MSExchangeSRS	$USER1$/check_nrpe -H $USER21$ -t 60 -c get_service -a "$HOSTADDRESS$" "$ARG1$"	percent_graph
wmi_service_MSSEARCH	check_wmi_service! MSSEARCH	$USER1$/check_nrpe -H $USER21$ -t 60 -c get_service -a "$HOSTADDRESS$" "$ARG1$"	percent_graph
wmi_service_RemoteRegistry	check_wmi_service! RemoteRegistry	$USER1$/check_nrpe -H $USER21$ -t 60 -c get_service -a "$HOSTADDRESS$" "$ARG1$"	percent_graph
wmi_service_SamSs	check_wmi_service! SamSs	$USER1$/check_nrpe -H $USER21$ -t 60 -c get_service -a "$HOSTADDRESS$" "$ARG1$"	percent_graph

Profile Package

This package includes the following files:

Profile Definitions

service-profile-wmi-exchange.xml
perfconfig-wmi-exchange.xml

Plugins Scripts on the GroundWork Server

check_nrpe

WMI Scripts on the WMI Proxy Server

nrpe_nt.zip

Performance Graphing Programs

number_graph.cgi
percent_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.

wmi_exchange_mail_recvq

Uses check_nrpe plugin to connect to NRPE on $USER21$ and execute the get_exchange_mbox_recvq command as defined in the nrpe.cfg against the host $HOSTADDRESS$.
Default warning threshold for number of messages in the queue are 10
$ARG1$ - Warning number
Default critical threshold for number of messages in the queue are 20
$ARG2$ - Critical number

wmi_exchange_mail_sendq

Uses check_nrpe plugin to connect to NRPE on $USER21$ and execute the get_exchange_mbox_sendq command as defined in the nrpe.cfg against the host $HOSTADDRESS$.
Default warning threshold for number of messages in the queue are 10
$ARG1$ - Warning number
Default critical threshold for number of messages in the queue are 20
$ARG2$ - Critical number

wmi_exchange_mta_workq

Uses check_nrpe plugin to connect to NRPE on $USER21$ and execute the get_exchange_mta_workq command as defined in the nrpe.cfg against the host $HOSTADDRESS$.
Default warning threshold for number of messages in the queue are 10
$ARG1$ - Warning number
Default critical threshold for number of messages in the queue are 20
$ARG2$ - Critical number

wmi_exchange_public_recvq

Uses check_nrpe plugin to connect to NRPE on $USER21$ and execute the get_exchange_pub_recvq command as defined in the nrpe.cfg against the host $HOSTADDRESS$.
Default warning threshold for number of messages in the queue are 10
$ARG1$ - Warning number
Default critical threshold for number of messages in the queue are 20
$ARG2$ - Critical number

wmi_exchange_public_sendq

Uses check_nrpe plugin to connect to NRPE on $USER21$ and execute the get_exchange_pub_sendq command as defined in the nrpe.cfg against the host $HOSTADDRESS$.
Default warning threshold for number of messages in the queue are 10
$ARG1$ - Warning number
Default critical threshold for number of messages in the queue are 20
$ARG2$ - Critical number

wmi_service

Uses check_nrpe plugin to connect to NRPE on $USER21$ and execute the get_service command as defined in the nrpe.cfg against the host $HOSTADDRESS$.
$ARG1$ - Service Name (not Display Name!)
OK if service is running
CRITICAL is service is stopped.
UNKNOWN is service is not installed.

Performance Graphing Parameters

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