Windows 
Overview
Get metrics from Microsoft Windows Server to monitor its performance.
Prerequisites
Windows
| Metrics | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|
| system.network.output.queue.length | the number of network packets in the output packet queue. | Count |
| uptime.sec | Count | |
| system.network.out.packets.per.sec | the number of packets being transferred out of the device per second. | Count |
| system.disk.io.write.bytes.per.sec | The bytes transferred per second writing to the disk. | Rate |
| system.cpu.idle.percent | The percentage of time a CPU has spent in the idle state. | Percentage |
| system.disk.used.bytes | The total amount of used disk space on a system. | Bytes |
| system.memory.free.percent | The percentage of free RAM out of total RAM. | Percentage |
| system.serial.number | The serial number of the device. | String |
| system.logical.processors | the number of logical processors on the device CPU. | Count |
| system.virtual | No’, if the system is not virtual. ‘Yes’, if the system is virtual. | String |
| system.cache.memory.bytes | The amount of the RAM used as cache memory. | Bytes |
| system.disk.io.time.percent | The percentage of time spent reading or writing to the disk. | Percentage |
| system.os.name | The name of the operating system on the device. | String |
| system.disk.io.write.ops.per.sec | The writing operations per second to the disk. | Rate |
| system.network.bytes.per.sec | The number of bytes per second sent or received for a device. | Rate |
| system.memory.used.percent | The percentage of used RAM out of the total RAM. | Percentage |
| system.model | The model of the device. | |
| system.disk.io.bytes.per.sec | The amount of bytes transferred per second in I/O operations to and from the disk. | Rate |
| system.memory.available.bytes | The amount of free RAM. | Count |
| system.cpu.interrupt.percent | The percentage of time the CPU has spent servicing hardware interrupts | Percentage |
| system.network.out.bytes.per.sec | The number of bytes per second being sent out of an interface. | Rate |
| system.memory.used.bytes | The total amount of used RAM on a system. | Bytes |
| system.network.error.packets | The total number of error packets in a network. | Count |
| system.cpu.description | The description of the CPU. | String |
| system.os.service.pack | The service pack of the operating system. | String |
| system.interrupts.per.sec | The number of CPU interrupts per second. | Rate |
| system.memory.committed.bytes | The amount of committed virtual memory on the RAM. | Bytes |
| system.disk.free.percent | The percentage of free disk space out of the total disk space in the system. | Percentage |
| system.disk.used.percent | The percentage of used disk space out of the total disk space on a system. | Percentage |
| system.network.tcp.connections | The total number of TCP connections. | Count |
| system.context.switches.per.sec | The number of context switches per second. | Rate |
| system.disk.io.read.ops.per.sec | The number of read operations per second from the disk. | Rate |
| system.disk.capacity.bytes | The capacity of the disk. | Bytes |
| system.cpu.type | The type of the CPU. | String |
| system.vendor | The vendor name of the device. | String |
| system.name | The name of the system. | String |
| system.threads | The number of threads used by this process. | Count |
| system.processor.queue.length | The number of threads that are delayed in the processor ready queue and are waiting to be executed. | Count |
| system.disk.free.bytes | The total amount of free disk space available on a system. | Bytes |
| system.memory.installed.bytes | Bytes | |
| system.disk.io.ops.per.sec | The number of read-write operations per second on the device. | Rate |
| system.disk.io.idle.time.percent | The percentage of time the CPU was idle while having pending disk I/O requests. | Percentage |
| system.memory.free.bytes | The total amount of free RAM space on a system. | Bytes |
| system.pages.per.sec | The number of pages per second written or read to the disk | Rate |
| uptime | ||
| system.disk.io.read.bytes.per.sec | The number of bytes transferred per second while reading from the disk. | Rate |
| system.cpu.user.percent | The percentage of time the CPU spent running user space processes. | Percentage |
| system.cpu.percent | The percentage of a CPU being utilized at a particular instance. | Percentage |
| system.pages.faults.per.sec | The number of page faults per second. | Rate |
| system.network.tcp.retransmissions | The count of lost or damaged packets that were resent over the network. | Count |
| system.os.version | The version of the operating system. | Count |
| system.physical.processors | The count of physical processors on the system. | Count |
| system.running.processes | The count of running processes on the system. | Count |
| system.disk.io.queue.length | The queue length of IO requests issued to your device. | Count |
| system.cpu.cores | The number of CPU cores on your host. | Count |
| system.non.paged.memory.bytes | The space allocated as non-paged memory on the RAM. | Bytes |
| system.paged.memory.bytes | The space allocated as paged memory on the RAM. | Bytes |
| system.network.in.packets.per.sec | the number of packets per second transferred into a device. | Rate |
| system.network.in.bytes.per.sec | Bytes per second transferred into a device. | Rate |
Windows Cluster
| windows.cluster.online.resource.groups | This monitor returns the number of online cluster resource groups on this node. | Count |
| windows.cluster.offline.resource.groups | This monitor returns the number of offline cluster resource groups on this node. | Count |
| windows.cluster.rhs.restarts | This monitor returns the number of resource host subsystem process (rhs.exe) restarts. | Count |
| windows.cluster.rhs.processes | This monitor returns the number of running resource host subsystem processes (rhs.exe). | Count |
| windows.cluster.network | The name of the network. | String |
| windows.cluster.ip | The IP address of a Windows cluster | Count |
| windows.cluster.online.resources | The count of online resources in a Windows cluster | Count |
| windows.cluster.sent.messages.per.sec | The cluster messages sent per second over the network. | Rate |
| windows.cluster.online.groups | The number of online cluster resource groups on this node. | Count |
| windows.cluster.node.network | The name of the node network. | String |
| windows.cluster.networks | String | |
| windows.cluster.nodes | The count of nodes in a Windows cluster. | Count |
| windows.cluster.sent.messages | The count of messages sent over the network in a Windows cluster. | Count |
| windows.cluster.resource | The count of resources in a Windows cluster. | Count |
| windows.cluster.quorum.resource | The name of the quorum resource in a Windows cluster | String |
| windows.cluster.disk.used.bytes | The space used out of the allocated space to the Windows cluster. | Bytes |
| windows.cluster.offline.resources | The count of offline resources in a Windows cluster | Count |
| windows.cluster.node | The name of the node on the windows cluster. | String |
| windows.cluster.outstanding.messages | The count of outstanding messages in cluster MRR. | Count |
| windows.cluster.quorum.type | String | |
| windows.cluster.quorum.path | The path where the quorum is located on the cluster | String |
| windows.cluster.disk.capacity.bytes | The space allocated to the windows cluster on the disk | Bytes |
| windows.cluster.disk.free.bytes | The free space out of the allocated windows cluster space on the disk. | Bytes |
| windows.cluster.disk.used.percent | The percentage of space used out of the allocated space to the Windows cluster | Percentage |
| windows.cluster.network | The name of the network. | String |
| windows.cluster.unacknowledged.message.queue.length | The count of messages that have been sent over the cluster but no acknowledgment has been received for the same. | Count |
| windows.cluster.normal.messages.per.sec | Count | |
| windows.cluster.normal.message.queue.length | Count | |
| windows.cluster.network.received.bytes.per.sec | The bytes transferred into a Windows cluster per second. | Rate |
| windows.cluster.network.received.bytes | The amount of bytes transferred into a Windows cluster network. | Bytes |
| windows.cluster.network.sent.bytes | The amount of bytes transferred out of the Windows cluster network. | Bytes |
| windows.cluster.network.sent.messages.per.sec | The count of messages sent out of the windows cluster network per second. | Count |
| windows.cluster.network.reconnects | The number of attemps made to reconnect to the cluster network. | Count |
| windows.cluster.unacknowledged.messages.per.sec | Count | |
| windows.cluster.urgent.messages.per.sec | Count |
Windows Cluster Disk
| windows.cluster.disk.volume.owner.node | The owner node of the disk volume. | String |
| windows.cluster.disk.volume.state | String | |
| windows.cluster.disk.volume.type | The type of the disk volume.’Physical Disk’ if the disk volume is a physical disk. ‘Virtual Disk’ if the disk volume is a virtual disk. | String |
| windows.cluster.disk.volume | The name of the disk volume. | String |
| windows.cluster.disk.volume.file.system | The file system of the disk volume. | String |
| windows.cluster.disk.volume.label | The label of the disk volume. | String |
| windows.cluster.disk.volume.used.percent | The percentage of disk volume used. | Percentage |
| windows.cluster.disk.volume.used.bytes | The amount of used space in the disk volume. | Bytes |
| windows.cluster.disk.volume.free.bytes | The amount of free space in the disk volume. | Bytes |
| windows.cluster.disk.volume.capacity.bytes | The total capacity of the disk volume | Bytes |
| windows.cluster.disk.volume.cluster.shared | True’ if the disk volume is shared with other nodes. ‘False’ if the disk volume is not shared with other nodes. | String |
Windows CPU Core
| system.cpu.core | This metric is used to identify the core. | String |
| system.cpu.core.user.percent | The percentage of CPU core being utilised by the user. | Percentage |
| system.cpu.core.percent | The percentage of CPU core being utilised. | Percentage |
| system.cpu.core.interrupt.percent | The percentage of time the CPU core has spent servicing hardware interrupts. | Percentage |
| system.cpu.core.idle.percent | The percentage of time the CPU core has spent idle. | Percentage |
Windows Directory
| system.directory | The path of the directory. | String |
| system.directory.last.access.time | The time when the directory was last accessed. | String |
| system.directory.last.modified.by | The user that last modified the system directory. | String |
| status | Up’ if the directory is available for monitoring. ‘Down’ if the directory is not available for monitoring. | String |
| system.directory.files | The number of files present inside the directory. | String or count? |
| system.directory.dirs | String | |
| system.directory.creation.time | The time of the directory creation. | String |
| system.directory.last.write.time | The time when write operation was last performed on the directory. | String |
| system.directory.size.bytes | The size of the directory | Bytes |
| system.directory.owner | The owner of the directory. | String |
Windows Disk
| system.disk | The label of the disk volume. | |
| system.disk.volume | The label of the disk volume. | String |
| system.disk.read.bytes.per.sec | The bytes transferred reading from the disk per second. | Rate |
| system.disk.write.bytes.per.sec | The bytes transferred writing to the disk per second. | Rate |
| system.disk.bytes.per.sec | The bytes transferred doing I/O operations to and from the disk per second. | Count |
| system.disk.write.ops.per.sec | The writing operations performed on the disk per second. | Count |
| system.disk.write.time.percent | The percentage of time taken while writing to the disk. | String |
| system.disk.queue.length | The queue length of IO requests issued to your device. | String |
| system.disk | The label of the disk volume. | String |
| system.disk.read.ops.per.sec | The reading operations performed on the disk per second. | Rate |
| system.disk.ops.per.sec | The I/O operations per second on the disk. | Rate |
| system.disk.read.time.percent | The percentage of time taken while writing to the disk. | String |
| system.disk.time.percent | The percentage of time spent doing I/O operations on the disk. | String |
| system.disk.volume | The label of the disk volume. | String |
| system.disk.volume.free.bytes | The amount of free disk space. | Bytes |
| system.disk.volume.used.bytes | The amount of used disk space. | Bytes |
| system.disk.volume.capacity.bytes | The capacity of the disk. | Bytes |
| system.disk.volume.used.percent | The percentage of used disk space out of the total disk space on a system. | Percent |
| system.disk.volume.free.percent | The percentage of free disk space out of the total disk space on a system. | Percent |
Windows File
| system.file | The name and path of the file. | String |
| system.file.creation.time | The time at which the file was created | String |
| system.file.last.access.time | The time at which the file was last accessed. | String |
| system.file.owner | The user that created the file. | String |
| system.file.last.write.time | The time at which the last writing operation was performed on the file. | String |
| system.file.last.modified.by | The user that last modified the file. | String |
| system.file.size.bytes | Total size of the file | Bytes |
| system.file.directory | The name of the directory to which the file belongs. | String |
| status | The status of the file for monitoring. The value is ‘Up’ if the file is available and ‘down’ if the file is not available. | String |
Windows Service
| system.service.display.name | The display name of the service. | String |
| system.service | The system service. | |
| system.service.description | The description of the service. | String |
| system.service.status | The status of the service. | String |
| system.service.startup.type | Auto’ if the service starts running on system startup. ‘Manual’ if the service has to be manually started by the user. | String |
| status | The status of the service for monitoring. The value is ‘Up’ if the file is available and ‘down’ if the file is not available. | String |
Windows Process
| system.process | The name of the process | String |
| system.process.handles | The number of handles used by a process. | String or Count? |
| system.process.memory.used.bytes | The total space used in a RAM by a process. | Bytes |
| system.process.io.bytes.per.sec | The bytes transferred per second doing I/O operations to or from the disk for a process. | Rate |
| system.process.uptime | The total time for which the process is in runnning state. | Count |
| system.process.io.ops.per.sec | The count of I/O operations to or from the disk for a process. | Count |
| system.process.threads | The number of threads used by this process. | Count |
| system.process.cpu.percent | The CPU utilization of a process. | Percentage |
| status | The status of the process. The value is ‘Up’ if the process is available and ‘down’ if the process is not available. | String |
| system.process.virtual.memory.bytes | The total amount of virtual memory used by a process. | Bytes |
| system.process.name | The name of the process. | String |
| system.process.id | The process Id. | Count |
| system.process.command | The command to identify the status of the process. | String |
Windows Task Scheduler
| windows.scheduler.task | The name of the task. | ? |
| windows.scheduler.running.tasks | The count of the runnings tasks. | Count |
| windows.scheduler.failed.tasks | The count of the tasks in failed state | Count |
| windows.scheduler.task.enabled | True’ if the task is enabled. ‘False’ if the task is disabled. | Count |
| windows.scheduler.task | The name of the task. | String |
| windows.scheduler.task.last.runtime | The time at which the task started its last run. | String |
| windows.scheduler.task.next.runtime | The time at which the task will start its next run. | String |
| windows.scheduler.task.state | The state of the task. The possible values are : ‘Unknown’, ‘Disabled’, ‘Queued’, ‘Ready’, ‘Running’. | String |
| windows.scheduler.task.status.code | The status code of the task | String |
| windows.scheduler.task.result.code | The code of the end result of the task. | Count |
| windows.scheduler.task.state.code | “The state code of the task. The possible values and their meaning are: 0 State = ‘Unknown’, 1 State = ‘Disabled’, 2 State = ‘Queued’, 3 State = ‘Ready’, 4 State = ‘Running’ | Count |
| windows.scheduler.task.missed.runs | The count of the missed task runs. | Count |
| windows.scheduler.task.result | The description of the end result of the task | String |
Windows Network Interface
| system.network.interface | The name of the interface | String |
| system.network.interface.in.bytes.per.sec | Bytes transferred into an interface per second. | Count |
| system.network.interface.output.queue.length | the number of network packets in the output packet queue for an interface. | Count |
| system.network.interface.in.packets.per.sec | the number of packets transferred into an interface per second. | Count |
| system.network.interface.out.packets.per.sec | the number of packets transferred out of an interface per second. | Count |
| system.network.interface.bytes.per.sec | The number of bytes sent or received for an interface per second. | Count |
