Performance Counter Checks
Performance Counter checks are specifically for the Windows operating system. A detailed explanation of performance counters can be found in the following KB article:
The sections below provide examples of performance counter checks.
Nagios Plugins does not provide performance counter checking capabilities.
NPCA includes a windowscounters module. In this example, using the Nagios Plugin Threshold standards, the thresholds are triggered if the available memory is less than the supplied value.
| Counter: | \Memory\Available MBytes |
| Unit: | MB |
| Warning: | 1000MB Free |
| Critical: | 500MB Free |
Command:
./check_ncpa.py -H 10.25.14.91 -t Str0ngT0k3n -M 'windowscounters/Memory/Available MBytes' -w 1000: -c 500:
Output:
OK: \Memory\Available MBytes was 7071.00 Available MBytes | '\Memory\Available MBytes'=7071.00;1000:;500:;
NSClient++ via check_nt includes a COUNTER module. In this example the thresholds are triggered if the available memory is less than the supplied value.
| Counter: | \Memory\Available MBytes |
| Unit: | MB |
| Warning: | 1000MB Free |
| Critical: | 500MB Free |
Command:
./check_nt -H 10.25.14.10 -p 12489 -s 'Str0ngP@ssw0rd' -v COUNTER -l "\\Memory\\Available MBytes","Memory Available","MB" -w 1000 -c 500
Output:
Memory Available = 3786.00 MB | 'Memory Available'=3786.000000MB;1000.000000;500.000000;
NSClient++ via check_nrpe includes a check_pdh module. In this example the thresholds are triggered if the available memory is less than the supplied value.
| Counter: | \Memory\Available MBytes |
| Unit: | MB |
| Warning: | 1000MB Free |
| Critical: | 500MB Free |
Command:
./check_nrpe -H 10.25.11.3 -c check_pdh -a "counter=\Memory\Available MBytes" 'warn=value<1000' 'crit=value<500' 'perf-config=*(suffix:none)'
Output:
OK: \Memory\Available MBytes = 4921|'\Memory\Available MBytes'=4921;1000;500
Check WMI Plus does not includes a performance counter module.
It's complicated and requires a lot of work. Here is a link from Microsoft:
For any support related questions please visit the Nagios Support Forums at:
http://support.nagios.com/forum/
Article ID: 779
Created On: Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 10:14 PM
Last Updated On: Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 11:27 PM
Authored by: tlea
Online URL: https://support.nagios.com/kb/article/performance-counter-checks-779.html