Cactin and Windows Server = End of MIB

[reeaver]

Hi,

I would like to use Cacti to check the disk IO parameters on my Windows Servers (Windows 2008 and 2012 Server).
I already have Cacti installed and configured and it is running on CentOS 6.3 server.
It checks health status of many parameters of mentioned servers.

I have found many templates for Cacti, that was build to check disk IO parameters, but none of them works in my case.
I was trying to find the reason of the problems:

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[root@centos]# snmpwalk -v1 -c public 192.168.1.7 .1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.13.15.1.1.1
End of MIB

and

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[root@centos ~]# snmpget -c public -v2c 192.168.1.7 1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.13.15.1.1.6.1 1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.13.15.1.1.5.1
UCD-DISKIO-MIB::diskIOWrites.1 = No Such Object available on this agent at this OID
UCD-DISKIO-MIB::diskIOReads.1 = No Such Object available on this agent at this OID

Google tells that I should reinstall net-snmp on CentOS server, and configure it to use disk-io module, but on this page:

http://net-snmp.sourceforge.net/docs/FA ... etimes_not_

there is written that:

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This depends on which MIB modules are supported by the agent you are querying and exactly what you're asking for.
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Does it mean that there is something missed on Windows Server? Can I upgreade SNMP somehow on those machines?

Thank you in advance,

[BSOD2600]

UCD MIB is only valid on Linux.

You should be using the [SNMP - Get Mounted Partitions] data query on Windows.

[reeaver]

Thank you BSOD2600.

I use SNMP - Get Mounted Partitions data query but it tells me only how much space is free on each partition.
Can I use this query also to check the number of writes per second and other write/read statistics?

[BSOD2600]

Can I use this query also to check the number of writes per second and other write/read statistics?

That information isnt present in the standard Microsoft SNMP agent. Look into the snmp informant snmp addon or pulling that information via script from the Windows performance counters.

[reeaver]

Thanks BSOD2600,

Thank you for your reply.
I just started developing some scripts based on Windows Performance Tools.

[BSOD2600]

No need to reinvent the wheel.

Lots of existing WMI / performance monitoring scripts out there for Cacti. Also there is http://forums.cacti.net/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=25600

[reeaver]

Looks great, I will give it a try.

Thanks BSOD2600