Perfcount

trevorwtrevorw
edited January 2007 in Monitoring Software v12 and lower
Hi,



I am looking at starting to use Perfcount to Get CPU % as the CPU rule seams unreliable, ie showing 100% more often than not.



When I configure Perfcount I have to enter a username and password despite the service running with domain admin privilidges.



Any suggestions.



Trevor

Now using 6.10 Enterprise MX2

Comments

  • AdministratorAdministrator
    As mentioned in earlier posts this is required due to the nature of the way these checks work:



    1/ You need extra privileges (not local system account) to enable a service to connect to remote systems



    2/ You then authenticate yourself against that machine. You have a same username/password for all systems but in many environments - especially DMZ - these are different from one system to the other



    this is valid for all Windows based checks
  • trevorwtrevorw
    Hi,

    I spotted that.



    So if I understand correctly the Perfcount check requires it's own username password on systems despite the service using a Domain Privilidged acoc**t.



    Is ther any reson the CPU Rule does not reliably give the CPU usage ?
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