Windows - DiskPart

Description

This connector discovers and monitors the logical disks in a Microsoft Windows system through the DISKPART.EXE utility.

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Superseded Connector

This connector is superseded by:

• WinStorageSpaces

Target

Typical platform: Microsoft Windows

Operating system: Microsoft Windows

This connector is not available for remote hosts (it is applicable to the local host only).

Prerequisites

Leverages: The DISKPART.EXE command-line utility

Technology and protocols: Commands

Examples

CLI

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

metricshub.yaml

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

Connector Activation Criteria

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

• The device type must be one of: NT
• The command below succeeds on the monitored host:
  • Command: CHCP 437&&DISKPART.EXE /S ${file::exit.txt}

Metrics

Type	Collected Metrics	Specific Attributes
logical_disk	hw.logical_disk.limit hw.status{hw.type="logical_disk", state="degraded|failed|ok"}	hw.parent.type id info name raid_level