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Monitoring windows DFS
Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2018 5:59 pm
by macarranza
What is the best way to monitor windows servers with distributed file system?
We have centralized repositories for user data at remote locations, replicating to a central server in our data center.
Currently using WMI for nagios checks in those servers
Re: Monitoring windows DFS
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2018 8:29 am
by scottwilkerson
What are you trying to monitor on these server? Using WMI is fine, however if you want to monitor the DFS itself you would likely need to add an agent like NCPA or NSClient++ you you can install a plugin for them.
There is a DFS plugin here
https://exchange.nagios.org/directory/A ... og/details
Re: Monitoring windows DFS
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2018 11:05 am
by macarranza
Thanks for your reply.
I would like to monitor DFS behavior (e.g. synchronization errors)
WMI can only tell me if the services are running.
what kind of information can I get with the plugin?
MC
Re: Monitoring windows DFS
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2018 11:13 am
by scottwilkerson
macarranza wrote:what kind of information can I get with the plugin?
Check DFS Replication and Check DFS Backlog
If you want error information the only way I know to get that is to find it in the Eventlog
Nagios Log Server can make finding these and alerting on them a breeze if you have it.
https://www.nagios.com/products/nagios-log-server/