Agentless Windows monitors

[Andreas Ericsson]

Glenn Meisenheimer wrote:
> I have posted a collection of nrpe-nt script monitors that use the 
> Microsoft network and WMI to get monitoring and performance information 
> on remote Windows hosts without requiring the installation of any agents 
> (no not even nrpe-nt) on those remote hosts...
> 

Could you explain a bit more about the requirements for this, and the 
inner workings of the plugins? "No client" is just bull. Using a builtin 
method of running programs or retrieving values (as a client) is a 
different matter. How does authentication work between the hosts?

> These scripts provide the ablility to do agentless monitoring of Windows 
> servers. The URL to download them is:
> 
> http://www.nagiosexchange.org/NRPE_Plugins.66.0.html?&tx_netnagext_pi1[p_view]=235 
> <http://www.nagiosexchange.org/NRPE_Plugins.66.0.html?&tx_netnagext_pi1%5Bp_view%5D=235> 
> 
> 
> This approach can easily be expanded. Tell me what you think.
> 
> Glenn A. Meisenheimer
> Customer Service Manager
> Groundwork Open Source Solutions

-- 
Andreas Ericsson                   andreas.ericsson at op5.se
OP5 AB                             www.op5.se
Lead Developer


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