Description

This connector enables the monitoring of network cards on all Windows-based systems through the WMI layer (root/WMI namespace).

This connector is superseded by:

• MIB2NT^[2]

hardware^[3] windows^[4]

Source^[5]

Target

Typical platform: Any system

Operating system: Microsoft Windows

Prerequisites

Leverages: WMI

Technology and protocols: WMI/WinRM

Examples

metricshub HOSTNAME -t win -c +WBEMGenNetwork --wmi -u USER

resourceGroups:
  <RESOURCE_GROUP>:
    resources:
      <HOSTNAME-ID>:
        attributes:
          host.name: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
          host.type: win
        connectors: [ +WBEMGenNetwork ] # Optional, to load only this connector
        protocols:
          wmi:
            username: <USERNAME> # Change with actual credentials
            password: <PASSWORD> # Encrypted using metricshub-encrypt

Connector Activation Criteria

The WMI - Network connector will be automatically activated, and its status will be reported as OK if all the below criteria are met:

• Operating System is Microsoft Windows
• The Windows service WINMGMT is running
• The WMI query below to the managed host succeeds:
  • Namespace: root\wmi
  • WQL Query: SELECT InstanceName FROM MSNdis_MediaConnectStatus
• The WMI query below to the managed host succeeds:
  • Namespace: root\cimv2
  • WQL Query: SELECT AdapterType FROM Win32_NetworkAdapter
  • Result contains: ^Ethernet 802\.3;$ (regex)

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