Installing The WMI Client This document describes how to install the WMI client on the Nagios XI server. The WMI client is a requirement for monitoring Windows machines using WMI. Documentation - Installing The WMI Client   Final Thoughts For any... Read More

Monitoring Windows With WMI WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) allows for agentless monitoring of Windows machines. Nagios XI supports WMI monitoring, which provides admins with a simple method of monitoring their Windows servers and... Read More

Overview If you are using WMI to perform your Windows monitoring you can leverage the check_wmi_plus.pl plugin to perform event log checks.   Example Create a service that uses the check_xi_service_wmiplus command. The following examples show the... Read More

Problem Description When a query is submitted with a correct set of credentials, but a user does not have access to the WMI class, absolutely NO output is returned by wmic.   Explanation When a Windows user is added to a group, that user is given an... Read More

Overview This KB article provides contains troubleshooting steps for Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) problems.   Permission Denied You might experience this error message even though the plugin tests are successful in a terminal session:... Read More