Configurable Sensors > Extension Sensors > Sensor Extensions for WMI

With the System Load WMI Sensor the load of a remote system is monitored.

If this sensor does not work on a Windows Vista machine, make sure to have the Service Pack 1 (SP1) installed.

cpuload_sensor_sidepanel

Side Panel

Sensor Tasks

Test Sensor	Tests the current sensor settings
Get Help	Opens the ServerSentinel online help

Basic Settings

Display Name	Defines the name of the sensor
Active	Toggles the sensor ON/OFF
Check Interval	Interval between two sensor polls
Only check if this sensor didn't fail	This sensor will only be checked, if the sensor in the drop down list didn't fail

Further Information

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Management Instrumentation Options

UNC Host	The UNC address of the watched host
Username	The username for the ServerSentinel on that host
Password	The accounts' password, if necessary

cpuload_sensor_mainpanel

Main Panel

Setting	Uses value
CPU load (%)	Integer
Disk load (%)	Integer - This value is not available on systems running Windows Vista
Available Memory (megabytes)	Integer
Result of Query	String
Check Time	Date
Response Time (ms)	Integer
Status Flag	Enum

Remark:

On Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP the DLL "Wbemperf.dll" is required on the target system, for Windows Server 2008 and Vista the library "WmiPerfInst.dll", accordingly. If it is not present the error "Invalid class" will occur