WMI Windows

WMI Windows Profile

This profile monitors 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_cpu Checks the CPU load	check_wmi_cpu!_Total!80,90 Default WARNING threshold at 80%; CRITICAL threshold at 90%	$USER1$/check_nrpe -t 60 -H "$USER21$" -c get_cpu -a "$HOSTADDRESS$" "$ARG1$" "$ARG2$"	percent_graph
wmi_disk_C Checks the disk storage (default is the C: drive)	check_wmi_disk!C:!80,90 Default WARNING threshold at 80%; CRITICAL threshold at 90%	$USER1$/check_nrpe -t 60 -H $USER21$ -c get_disk -a "$HOSTADDRESS$" "$ARG1$" "$ARG2$"	percent_graph
wmi_disktransfers Checks the disk transfers	check_wmi_disk_transfers!Name=_Total!10!20 Default WARNING threshold at 10 transfers per second; CRITICAL threshold at 20 transfers per second	$USER1$/check_nrpe -t 60 -H $USER21$ -c get_disktransfers -a "$HOSTADDRESS$" "$ARG1$" "$ARG2$" "$ARG3$"	percent_graph
wmi_mem Checks the memory usage	check_wmi_mem!_Total!80,90 Default WARNING threshold at 80%; CRITICAL threshold at 90%	$USER1$/check_nrpe -t 60 -H $USER21$ -c get_mem -a "$HOSTADDRESS$" "$ARG1$" "$ARG2$"	percent_graph
wmi_memory_pages Checks the number of memory pages swapped	check_wmi_memory_pages!10!20 Default WARNING threshold at 10; CRITICAL threshold at 20	$USER1$/check_nrpe -t 60 -H $USER21$ -c get_swapping -a "$HOSTADDRESS$" "$ARG1$" "$ARG2$"	percent_graph
wmi_service_Alerter Checks other key Windows services	check_wmi_service!Alerter OK if service is running; CRITICAL is service is stopped; UNKNOWN is service is not installed OK if service is running	$USER1$/check_nrpe -H $USER21$ -t 60 -c get_service -a "$HOSTADDRESS$" "$ARG1$"	percent_graph
wmi_service_Eventlog	check_wmi_service!Eventlog	$USER1$/check_nrpe -H $USER21$ -t 60 -c get_service -a "$HOSTADDRESS$" "$ARG1$"	percent_graph
wmi_service_MSDTC	check_wmi_service!MSDTC	$USER1$/check_nrpe -H $USER21$ -t 60 -c get_service -a "$HOSTADDRESS$" "$ARG1$"	percent_graph
wmi_service_TermService	check_wmi_service!TermService	$USER1$/check_nrpe -H $USER21$ -t 60 -c get_service -a "$HOSTADDRESS$" "$ARG1$"	percent_graph
wmi_uptime	check_wmi_uptime!1800!900	$USER1$/check_nrpe -t 60 -H "$USER21$" -c get_system_uptime -a "$HOSTADDRESS$" "$ARG1$" "$ARG2$"

Profile Package

This package includes the following files:

Profile Definitions

service-profile-wmi-windows.xml
perfconfig-wmi-windows.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_cpu

Uses check_nrpe plugin to connect to NRPE on $USER21$ and execute the get_cpu command as defined in the nrpe.cfg against the host on $HOSTADDRESS$.
$ARG1$ - Name of CPU, default is _Total
$ARG2$ - Warning and critical percentage, default is 80,90

wmi_disk_C

Uses check_nrpe plugin to connect to NRPE on $USER21$ and execute the get_disk command as defined in the nrpe.cfg against the host on $HOSTADDRESS$.
$ARG1$ - Drive letter, default is C:
$ARG2$ - Warning and critical percentage, default is 80,90

wmi_disktransfers

Uses check_nrpe plugin to connect to NRPE on $USER21$ and execute the get_disktransfers command as defined in the nrpe.cfg against the host on $HOSTADDRESS$.
$ARG1$ - Physical disk, default is Name=_Total
$ARG2$ - Warning value (per second), default is 10
$ARG3$ - Critical value (per second), default is 20

wmi_mem

Uses check_nrpe plugin to connect to NRPE on $USER21$ and execute the get_mem command as defined in the nrpe.cfg against the host on $HOSTADDRESS$.
$ARG1$ - Memory type (RAM, PAGING, _Total), default is _Total
$ARG2$ - Warning and critical percentage, default is 80,90

wmi_memory_pages

Uses check_nrpe plugin to connect to NRPE on $USER21$ and execute the get_swapping command as defined in the nrpe.cfg against the host on $HOSTADDRESS$.
$ARG1$ - Warning value (pages per second), default is 10
$ARG2$ - Critical value (pages per second), default is 20

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 on $HOSTADDRESS$.
$ARG1$ - 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.