check_nt - COUNTER

[Anthony Montibello]

What Windows client are you connecting check_nt to?  NC_Net or NS_Client
becauses it may be a problem with the client and not check_nt

NOTE: most applications will return a 0 for %processor time, because
it is an value for the instant it is checked.  The majority of %
processor time whould ussually be  on the agent that is doing the
check and on System Idle.  so double check via WMI or  performance
counter that the %processor time should be something other than 0.  IT
may be better to check something under System like threads or
processes.

NC_Net's newest version also allows for a ^ delimiter instead of all
the \\ and ( )
thus if you were using NC_Net v2.28 or latter the you can use 
-l "^Process^hmi^Processor Time"   
naturally it still accepts the standard format as well provided it
does not start with ^

however the syntex of your command should be:
Example: check_nt -H hostname -p 12489 -v COUNTER -l
"\\Process(hmi)\\% Processor Time"," <file://\\Process(hmi)\\%
Processor Time> "

there should be a comma delimiter between the performance counter and
the File section of your command because  <file://\\Process(hmi)\\%
Processor Time> is not part of the performance counter. The label
after the actual performance counter is an optional parameter.


Hope this helps,


Tony


On 8/17/05, EXT-Fuentes, James P <James.P.Fuentes at boeing.com> wrote:
> Greetings list,
> 
> I am using:
> 
> check_nt -V
> check_nt (nagios-plugins 1.4) 1.39
> 
> I've looked through the archives and attempted to use various examples found there but can't seem to get the info I am looking for.
> 
> Specifically, I would like to look at different characteristics of a process.
> 
> Example: check_nt -H hostname -p 12489 -v COUNTER -l "\\Process(hmi)\\% Processor Time <file://\\Process(hmi)\\% Processor Time> "
> 
> I've brought up the windows system monitor which clearly shows considerable resource consumption by this process but I still get nothing but "0" when I run this check.
> 
> Does anybody have syntax examples of "Process" COUNTER checks that actually return something?
> 
> TIA,
> -Jim
> 
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