Description

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

This connector is superseded by:

• WinStorageSpaces^[3]

community^[4] hardware^[5] windows^[6]

Source^[7]

Target

Typical platform: Microsoft Windows^[8]

Operating system: Microsoft Windows

Prerequisites

Leverages: The DISKPART.EXE command-line utility

Technology and protocols: Commands

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

Examples

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

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:

• Operating System is Microsoft Windows
• The command below succeeds on the monitored host
  • Command: CHCP 437&&DISKPART.EXE /S ${file::exit.txt}

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