WMI (Windows Server 2003) monitoring

Learn how to monitor Windows Server hosts using the WMI ActiveGate extension.

Prerequisites

A Windows Environment ActiveGate (version 1.155+) that has the ActiveGate plugin module installed and isn't used for synthetic or mainframe monitoring.
- ActiveGate version 1.175+ is ready to accept and run extensions. If you are running an earlier version of ActiveGate, see Install ActiveGate plugin module for instructions on installing the plugin module.
- For Environment ActiveGate installation instructions, see Dynatrace ActiveGate.
- 1 environment ActiveGate can typically support 30-50 Windows Server hosts.
Windows Server host that supports WMI.
A user account belonging to both the Performance Monitor and Distributed COM user groups that has the following WMI rights:
- Enable Account
- Remote Enable
- Read Security
To verify the user account rights, run wmimgmt.msc, right-click WMI Control, select Properties, click Security, select Root, and click Security.

In the Dynatrace menu, go to Hub.
Find and select Windows Server.
Select Download to get the extension ZIP file. Don't rename the file.
Unzip the ZIP file to the plugin_deployment directory of your ActiveGate host. If the resulting directory structure isn't
```
shell
.\plugin_deployment\<EXTENSION-SPECIFIC-DIRECTORY>\
```
where <EXTENSION-SPECIFIC-DIRECTORY> is the name of the directory containing the files for this extension, make the necessary changes.
Restart the Dynatrace Remote Plugin Module service by running these two commands in a Command Prompt launched as Admin:
```
shell
sc stop "Dynatrace Remote Plugin Module"
sc start "Dynatrace Remote Plugin Module"
```
Return to the Dynatrace web UI. Click Settings, the Add new technology monitoring button, and finally the Add ActiveGate extension button.
Select Upload extension and upload the ZIP file.

Enter the endpoint information requested for connecting to your Windows host:

Setting	Details
Endpoint name	Enter a meaningful endpoint name.
Username	A user account that belongs to the `Performance Monitor` user group.
Password	The password for the user account.
Hostname/IP	Hostname/IP and port of the server. Examples: `192.168.55.180[:1414]`, `192.168.55.181[:1414]`
Comma-separated list of the processes to be monitored	For example: `firefox,notepad++`
Comma-separated list of Event Viewer log files that are to be monitored for errors	For example: `Security,System`
Enable debug logging	Select this only if Dynatrace ONE requests it so they can investigate an issue.
Name of the group	Used for visualization.
Choose ActiveGate	The ActiveGate where the extension resides.

The IP address of all network interfaces and the ports used by the services is automatically captured, as are the following metrics: