WMI MSSQL

WMI Microsoft SQL (MSSQL) Profile

This profile monitors a Microsoft SQL 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_mssql_buffer_cache_hits	check_wmi_mssql_buffer_cache_hits! 80!50	$USER1$/check_nrpe -t 60 -H $USER21$ -c get_mssql_buf_cache_hit -a "$HOSTADDRESS$" "$ARG1$" "$ARG2$"	percent_graph
wmi_mssql_deadlocks	check_wmi_mssql_deadlocks! Name=_Total!50!100	$USER1$/check_nrpe -t 60 -H $USER21$ -c get_mssql_deadlocks -a "$HOSTADDRESS$" "$ARG1$" "$ARG2$" "$ARG3$"	percent_graph
wmi_mssql_full_scans	check_wmi_mssql_full_scans! 10!20	$USER1$/check_nrpe -t 60 -H $USER21$ -c get_mssql_fullscans -a "$HOSTADDRESS$" "$ARG1$" "$ARG2$"	percent_graph
wmi_mssql_lock_wait_time	check_wmi_mssql_lock_wait_time! Name=_Total!1000!1500	$USER1$/check_nrpe -t 60 -H $USER21$ -c get_mssql_lock_wait_time -a "$HOSTADDRESS$" "$ARG1$" "$ARG2$" "$ARG3$"	percent_graph
wmi_mssql_lock_waits	check_wmi_mssql_lock_waits! Name=_Total!4!6	$USER1$/check_nrpe -t 60 -H $USER21$ -c get_mssql_lock_waits -a "$HOSTADDRESS$" "$ARG1$" "$ARG2$" "$ARG3$"	percent_graph
wmi_mssql_log_growths	check_wmi_mssql_log_growths! Name=_Total!5!8	$USER1$/check_nrpe -t 60 -H $USER21$ -c get_mssql_log_growth -a "$HOSTADDRESS$" "$ARG1$" "$ARG2$" "$ARG3$"	percent_graph
wmi_mssql_log_used	check_wmi_mssql_log_used! Name=_Total!80!90	$USER1$/check_nrpe -t 60 -H $USER21$ -c get_mssql_log_used -a "$HOSTADDRESS$" "$ARG1$" "$ARG2$" "$ARG3$"	percent_graph
wmi_mssql_memory_grants_pending	check_wmi_mssql_memory_ grants_pending!1!5	$USER1$/check_nrpe -t 60 -H $USER21$ -c get_mssql_memgrantspending -a "$HOSTADDRESS$" "$ARG1$" "$ARG2$"	percent_graph
wmi_mssql_transactions	check_wmi_mssql_transactions! Name=_Total!10!20	$USER1$/check_nrpe -t 60 -H $USER21$ -c get_mssql_transactions -a "$HOSTADDRESS$" "$ARG1$" "$ARG2$" "$ARG3$"	percent_graph
wmi_mssql_users	check_wmi_mssql_users!1!5	$USER1$/check_nrpe -t 60 -H $USER21$ -c get_mssql_users -a "$HOSTADDRESS$" "$ARG1$" "$ARG2$" "$ARG3$"	percent_graph
wmi_service_DcomLaunch	check_wmi_service!DcomLaunch	$USER1$/check_nrpe -H $USER21$ -t 60 -c get_service -a "$HOSTADDRESS$" "$ARG1$"	percent_graph
wmi_service_Dfs	check_wmi_service!Dfs	$USER1$/check_nrpe -H $USER21$ -t 60 -c get_service -a "$HOSTADDRESS$" "$ARG1$"	percent_graph
wmi_service_msftesql	check_wmi_service!msftesql	$USER1$/check_nrpe -H $USER21$ -t 60 -c get_service -a "$HOSTADDRESS$" "$ARG1$"	percent_graph
wmi_service_MSSQLServerADHelper	check_wmi_service! MSSQLServerADHelper	$USER1$/check_nrpe -H $USER21$ -t 60 -c get_service -a "$HOSTADDRESS$" "$ARG1$"	percent_graph
wmi_service_SQLBrowser	check_wmi_service!SQLBrowser	$USER1$/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_MSSQL.xml
perfconfig_wmi_MSSQL.xml

Plugins Scripts on the GroundWork Server

check_nrpe

NRPE Scripts on the WMI Proxy Server

nrpe_nt.zip

Performance Graphing Programs

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_mssql_buffer_cache_hits

Uses check_nrpe plugin to connect to NRPE on $USER21$ and execute the get_mssql_buf_cache_hit command as defined in nrpe.cfg against the host $HOSTADDRESS$.
$ARG1$ - Database Instance, default is _Total
$ARG2$ - Warning threshold, default is 80
$ARG3$ - Critical threshold, default is 160

wmi_mssql_deadlocks

Uses check_nrpe plugin to connect to NRPE on $USER21$ and execute the get_mssql_deadlocks command as defined in nrpe.cfg against the host $HOSTADDRESS$.
$ARG1$ - Database Instance, default is _Total
$ARG2$ - Warning threshold, default is 50
$ARG3$ - Critical threshold, default is 100

wmi_mssql_full_scans

Uses check_nrpe plugin to connect to NRPE on $USER21$ and execute the get_mssql_fullscans command as defined in nrpe.cfg against the host $HOSTADDRESS$.
$ARG1$ - Warning threshold, default is 10
$ARG2$ - Critical threshold, default is 20

wmi_mssql_lock_wait_time

Uses check_nrpe plugin to connect to NRPE on $USER21$ and execute the get_mssql_lock_wait_time command as defined in nrpe.cfg against the host $HOSTADDRESS$.
$ARG1$ - Database Instance, default is _Total
$ARG2$ - Warning threshold, default is 1000
$ARG3$ - Critical threshold, default is 1500

wmi_mssql_lock_waits

Uses check_nrpe plugin to connect to NRPE on $USER21$ and execute the get_mssql_lock_waits command as defined in nrpe.cfg against the host $HOSTADDRESS$.
$ARG1$ - Database Instance, default is _Total
$ARG2$ - Warning threshold, default is 4
$ARG3$ - Critical threshold, default is 6

wmi_mssql_log_growths

Uses check_nrpe plugin to connect to NRPE on $USER21$ and execute the get_mssql_log_growth command as defined in nrpe.cfg against the host $HOSTADDRESS$.
$ARG1$ - Database Instance, default is _Total
$ARG2$ - Warning threshold, default is 5
$ARG3$ - Critical threshold, default is 8

wmi_mssql_log_used

Uses check_nrpe plugin to connect to NRPE on $USER21$ and execute the get_mssql_log_used command as defined in nrpe.cfg against the host $HOSTADDRESS$.
$ARG1$ - Database Instance, default is _Total
$ARG2$ - Warning threshold, default is 80
$ARG3$ - Critical threshold, default is 90

wmi_mssql_memory_grants_pending

Uses check_nrpe plugin to connect to NRPE on $USER21$ and execute the get_mssql_memgrantspending command as defined in nrpe.cfg against the host $HOSTADDRESS$.
$ARG1$ - Warning threshold, default is 1
$ARG2$ - Critical threshold, default is 5

wmi_mssql_transactions

Uses check_nrpe plugin to connect to NRPE on $USER21$ and execute the get_mssql_transactions command as defined in nrpe.cfg against the host $HOSTADDRESS$.
$ARG1$ - Database Instance, default is _Total
$ARG2$ - Warning threshold, default is 10
$ARG3$ - Critical threshold, default is 20

wmi_mssql_users

Uses check_nrpe plugin to connect to NRPE on $USER21$ and execute the get_mssql_users command as defined in nrpe.cfg against the host $HOSTADDRESS$.
$ARG1$ - Database Instance, default is _Total
$ARG2$ - Warning threshold, default is 1
$ARG3$ - Critical threshold, default is 5

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.