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Windows WMI Monitoring Tool - Base Agentless Opspack

The Windows WMI Agentless Opspack allows 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

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.

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Service Checks

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

Windows WMI Monitoring Prerequisites

Ensure your Opsview Monitor version is at least 6.6.7. Check Opsview Release Notes for the latest version of Opsview Monitor.
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

Windows WMI Monitoring Setup and Configuration

To configure and utilize this Opspack, you simply need to add the 'OS - Windows WMI - Base Agentless' Opspack to your Opsview Monitor system.

Step 1: Add the Host Template

Add the OS - Windows WMI - Base Agentless Host Template to your Opsview Monitor host.

For more information, refer to Opsview Knowledge Center - Adding Host Templates to Hosts.

Step 2: Add and configure variables required for this host

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.