Caché Monitoring Guide - InterSystems Documentation

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Monitoring Caché Using WMI
Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is a feature of the Windows operating system that provides a standardized
way of collecting management information. It allows users and programmers to access management information from the
operating system and other applications in a variety of ways, including scripts, programming languages, and management
tools and applications. WMI is the Microsoft implementation of the Web-based Enterprise Management (WBEM) standard
from the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF).
Caché implements several WMI classes of management information. It includes both an Instance provider to allow queries
of performance and management data, and an Event provider which signals significant events or errors that may occur in
Caché. See the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) section of the MSDN Library for a description of how to
query WMI classes and how to receive WMI events.
The interface description includes the following topics:
• Configuring WMI in Caché
• Using WMI with Caché
• Generating a WMI Documentation Text File
C.1 Configuring WMI in Caché
To prepare the Caché environment for collecting WMI information, complete the following two tasks:
• Enable Monitoring and WMI
• Compile WMI Classes
C.1.1 Enable Monitoring and WMI
To use WMI to collect Caché information, you must enable WMI collection as well as enabling the Caché monitoring service.
From the Management Portal perform the following steps:
1. Navigate to the [System] > [Configuration] > [Monitor Settings] page of the Management Portal.
2. If the first line in the setting box indicates that the Monitor service is disabled, perform the following steps:
a. Click Edit to display the Edit Service page for the %Service_Monitor service.
b. Select the Service enabled check box and click Save, which returns you to the Monitor Settings page.
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