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NAME

check_wmic - Nagios plugin for WMI checks from Windows systems

SYNOPSIS

check_wmic --host|H hostname [ --user user --password password ] --alias alias --property property [ --every interval --repeat count ] [ --format output-format ] [ --factor number ] [--count] [ --ratio property ] [ --compare operator ] [--warning threshold] [--critical threshold] [--verbose] [--help]

DESCRIPTION

check_wmic is a Nagios plugin to monitor Windows systems via WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) from Windows. It uses command line tool WMIC, available as standard from Windows XP/2003 on. check_wmi can be used as an Windows NRPE plugin as well as an agentless monitoring solution for Nagwin.

OPTIONS

--host|H hostname

Specifies remote hostname/ip-address to monitor. Required.

--user user --password password

Specifies credentials to be used to initiate a WMI-connection to the remote host. Optional. Credentials of the user running the plugin are used as default.

--alias alias --property property

Specifies WMI-alias and -property to process in the plugin. Running "wmic /?" produces available aliases on a system. More information about the alias and supported properties are available via "wmic alias alias name". Please check wmic and wql documentation for more details.

Some simple alias and property examples:

 CPU, LoadPercentage
 OS, FreePhysicalMemory
 PAGEFILE, CurrentUsage

or a complex one:

 Service where (StartMode='Auto' And State!='Running'),Name

Alias and property are required values.

--every interval --repeat count

check_wmic allows you to use wmic options EVERY (in seconds) and REPEAT to collect multiple measurements of the same property value. Those can be used to calculate an average value for a stretch of time, instead of an instant value. CPU Load is a typical example. It's been observed that a first measurement in this scenario may deviate greatly from other values, due to a potential initial warm-up overhead. Check_wmic ignores simply the first observation due to that fact.

--format output-format

It's often desirable to produce some descriptive text as a part of the plugin. Describing measured value, measurement units or Nagios performance data are examples. --format option allows you to specify a format which is acceptable as a first argument to Perl's sprintf function. You can specify up to 2 conversions for the value collected, one for the normal output, and the other for the performance data. Optional.

Example 1: Collected data: 65, format CPU Load: %d%|'cpu load'=%d% produces "CPU Load: 65%|'cpu load'=65%".

Example 2: Collected data: 12.45678934, Format Free memory: %.2f MB. produces "Free memory: 12.46 MB.".

--factor number

Sometimes it may be necessary to convert values into more meaningful units. Bytes to MB or bits to Mbits are typical examples. Option --factor can be used to multiply the value with the factor you specify. Example: factor 0,0009765625 can be used to convert KB to MB, MB to GB ...

--count number

Some properties generate a list of items instead of a single value. List of services is an example. Option --count instructs the plugin to count the collected values, not processing them individually. Optional.

--ratio property

Specify one additional property to be used for calculaction of a ratio. Example "--property FreeSpace --ratio Size" allows the plugin to work on ratio values of "FreeSpace/Size".

--compare operator

Specify the type of comparison operator for threshold checks. Optional. Available values are:

 'eq'  equal to
 'ne'  not equal
 'gt'  greater than (default!)
 'ge'  greater or equal
 'lt'  less than
 'le'  less or equal

--warning threshold

Returns WARNING exit code if the value is above (if the warning threshold lower than the critical one) or below the threshold. Optional.

--critical threshold

Returns CRITICAL exit code if the value is above (if the warning threshold lower than the critical one) or below the threshold. Optional.

--verbose

Produces some output for debugging or to see individual values of samples.

--help

Produces a help message.

EXAMPLES

check_wmic --host 10.0.0.100 --user abra --password kadabra --alias cpu --property LoadPercentage --every 4 --repeat 4 --format "CPU load %.2f%.|'CPU Load'=%.2f%" --warning 75 --critical 90

Connects to the host by the supplied credentials, collects CPU load percentage three times (the first one of four is dropped) with 4-secs intervals, calculates an average value, and produces an output according to the format specified. Returns CRITICAL if the load is more than 90%, WARNING if it is more than 75%.

check_wmic --host 10.0.0.100 --alias "LogicalDisk where DeviceID='C:'" --property FreeSpace --factor 0.0000009536743 --format "Free disk space on C: %.2f MB|'Free C:'=%.2fMB" --warn 500 --crit 50

Connects to the host by the current user's credentials, collects free space available on C-disk in bytes, converts it to MB by using the factor specified, and produces an output according to the format specified. Returns CRITICAL if free space is under 50 MB, WARNING if it is under 500 MB.

check_wmic --host 10.0.0.100 --alias "LogicalDisk where DeviceID='C:'" --property FreeSpace --Ratio Size --format "Free disk space on C: %.2f% |'Free C:'=%.2f%" --warn 2 --critical 0.5 --compare lt

Connects to the host by the current user's credentials, collects free space and size on C-disk in bytes, calculates free space ratio (freespace/size), and produces an output according to the format specified. Returns WARNING if free space is less than 2%, CRITICAL if it is less than 0.5%.

check_wmic --host 10.0.0.100 --user 'abra@nuke.local' --password '!!"#%&' --alias "Service where (StartMode='Auto' And State!='Running')" --property Name --count --format "%d non-running automatic services." --crit 5

Connects to the host by the supplied domain account credentials, collects the instances of automatic Windows services which are not running, counts them, and produces an output according to the format specified. Returns CRITICAL if there are at least 5 such services.

EXIT VALUES

 0 OK
 1 WARNING
 2 CRITICAL
 3 UNKNOWN

AUTHOR

Tevfik Karagulle http://www.itefix.no

SEE ALSO

Nagios web site - http://www.nagios.org

WMIC Tool - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa394531%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

Perl sprintf - http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/sprintf.html

WQL (SQL for WMI) - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa394606%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

COPYRIGHT

This program is distributed under the Artistic License https://opensource.org/licenses/artistic-license.php/

VERSION

Version 1.2, January 2015

CHANGELOG

changes from 1.1

 Add option I<--ratio> to specify one additional property for ratio calculation.
 Options --warning and --critical accept floating values

changes from 1.0

 Add option I<--compare> to specify the type of comparison for threshold checks.
 Return unknown if counter is not available.

Initial release