title: Ressource consumption of windows processes
agents: windows
catalog: os/ps
license: GPL
distribution: check_mk
description:
 Note: This check is obsolete. Do not install {wmicchecks.bat} anymore. Use
 {psperf.bat} in combination with the normal {ps.perf} check. The rest of
 this man page is unchanged for legacy reasons:

 This check uses the output of {wmic process} in order to monitor the ressource
 consumption of processes on Windows servers. On the target host this check
 needs the command line utility {wmic} and the agent plugin {wmicchecks.bat}
 (in the subdirectory {plugins} below the directory where {check_mk_agent.exe}
 is located).

 The monitored parameters are CPU usage ({KernelModeTime} + {UserModeTime}),
 RAM usage ({WorkingSetSize}) and page file usage ({PageFileUsage}).
 If more than one process matches the name, then all matching processes ressources
 are added.

 If no matching process is found running, then the check is always OK (since
 no ressources are consumed).

item:
 A user definable string that is used as part of the service description.
 If you choose {"APACHE"} as item, for example, then the check will be
 named {proc_APACHE}.

