monitor memory usage on w2k/2k3 server?

[Subhendu Ghosh]

Without installing any client - you are dependent on getting access to the 
WMI provider on the box to retrieve the performance data for 
Win32_PerfFormattedData_PerfOS_Memory object.  It provied AvailableBytes, 
AvailableKBytes, and AvailableMBytes.

To get to WMI, you will need a Nagios client (NRPE_NT or NC_NET) on a 
Windows system (not the target) and appropriate authorization from 
this proxy system to the target. (Domain/AD membership eases this a bit.)

-sg


On Wed, 1 Jun 2005, Daniel maher wrote:

> Thank you for your suggestion; unfortunately, it requires that 
> additional software be installed on a Windows machine in order to 
> function.  The plugin calls a .NET-enabled webserver, where a series of 
> specially-crafted asp / vb scripts (included with the plugin) are 
> located.  The .NET webserver then performs the queries on behalf of the 
> plugin, and returns the results.
>
>
>
> So while it does not require a client to be installed on each machine, 
> it does require additional software to be installed on a system which is 
> not the Nagios box.  Unfortunately, this doesn't work for me either.  I 
> basically cannot modify any machine except the Nagios box.
>
>
>
> Good idea, though!
>
>
>
>
>
> Daniel Maher
>
> System Engineer
>
> ACE TECHNOLOGY INC.
>
>
>
>
>
>   _____
>
> From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Bill Akins
> Sent: June 1, 2005 12:39 PM
> To: Daniel maher; nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] monitor memory usage on w2k/2k3 server?
>
>
>
> You may want to look at Nagios WSC (HYPERLINK "http://www.nagiosexchange.org/Communication.41.0.html?&tx_netnagext_pi1%5bp_view%5d=137"http://www.nagiosexchange.org/Communication.41.0.html?&tx_netnagext_pi1[p_view]=137)  Requires no client.  You may want to check the archives, I vaguely remember a thread about security implications using wmi about 3 months ago...
>
>
>>>> "Daniel maher" <dmaher at acetechnology.com> 6/1/2005 12:07 PM >>>
>
> Hello all,
>
>
>
> I am looking for a way to monitor the usage of physical RAM on Windows 2000 (and 2003) servers.  I have tried Xavier Dusart's check_mem_2k.pl plugin, as well as Manubulon's check_snmp_storage.pl.  Dusart's plugin fails entirely, while Manubulon's only appears to pull out the virtual memory, not the physical RAM.  What makes this tricky (I suppose), is that I cannot install any agents on the Windows servers; this means no NSClient or any such thing.
>
>
>
> Does anybody have any ideas?
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
>
>
> Daniel Maher
>
> System Engineer
>
> ACE TECHNOLOGY INC.
>
> 100, boul. Alexis-Nihon, suite 593
>
> St-Laurent (Québec) H4M 2P1
>
> Tel: 514-485-2307
>
> Fax: 514-485-3494
>
> HYPERLINK "mailto:dmaher at acetechnology.com"dmaher at acetechnology.com
>
> HYPERLINK "http://www.acetechnology.com"www.acetechnology.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> No virus found in this outgoing message.
> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.
> Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 267.3.0 - Release Date: 30/05/2005
>
>
> --
> No virus found in this incoming message.
> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.
> Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 267.3.0 - Release Date: 30/05/2005
>
>
>
>

--