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wmic_process

Author: Mathias Kettner

License: GPL

Distribution: official part of Check_MK

Supported Agents: Windows

This check uses the output of wmic process in order to monitor the ressource consumption of processes on Windows servers. On the target host this check needs the command line utility wmic and the agent plugin wmicchecks.bat (in the subdirectory plugins below the directory where check_mk_agent.exe is located).

The monitored parameters are CPU usage (KernelModeTime + UserModeTime), RAM usage (WorkingSetSize) and page file usage (PageFileUsage). If more than one process matches the name, then all matching processes ressources are added.

If no matching process is found running, then the check is always OK (since no ressources are consumed).

Item

A user definable string that is used as part of the service description. If you choose "APACHE" as item, for example, then the check will be named proc_APACHE.

Check parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
name	string	The name of the process including .exe
memwarn, memcrit	int, int	The levels in MB for memory usage
pagewarn, pagecrit	int, int	The level in MB for page file usage
cpuwarn, cpucrit	int, int	The level in % for CPU usage (kernel plus user)

Performance data

Four value are sent: (1) The memory usage in MB, (2) The page file usage in MB, (3) The CPU usage in user mode in %, (4) The CPU usage in kernel mode in %.

Inventory

No inventory supported.

Configuration variables

None.

Examples

# Monitor ressources used by SSHD processes.
# Warn at 20MB RAM or 10MB page file or 80% CPU usage
# Critical at 30MB RAM or 15MB page file or 90% CPU usage
checks += [
 ( "klapp", "wmic_process", "SSHD", ( "sshd.exe", 20, 30, 10, 15, 80, 90)),
]