Technical Reference for the Windows Desktop Base Operating System Management Pack
Computer Attributes in the Windows Desktop Base Operating System Management Pack
The Microsoft Windows Desktop Base Operating System Management Pack collects the following attribute for computers:
- Windows Current Version
Computer Groups in the Windows Desktop Base Operating System Management Pack
The Microsoft Windows Desktops Base Operating System Management Pack includes the following computer groups:
Microsoft Windows XP Computers
Microsoft Windows Desktops
Notification Groups in the Windows Desktop Base Operating System Management Pack
The Desktop Base Operating System Management Pack does not include additional notification groups.
Scripts in the Windows Desktop Base Operating System Management Pack
The Microsoft Windows Desktop Base Operating System Management Pack includes the following scripts.
Microsoft Windows Desktop CPU Overload Script
This script generates an alert if CPU usage is above 95% or if the CPU queue length is above 15 per processor.
Table 8 Associated Rules
Location |
Rule |
Default Value |
|---|---|---|
State Monitoring and Service Discovery\Performance Rules |
Performance Threshold: Processor\% Processor Time threshold exceeded |
Enabled |
Table 9 Script Parameters
Script Parameter |
Description |
Default Value |
|---|---|---|
CpuPercentageThreshold |
Generates an alert if the percentage of CPU usage is above this value. |
95 |
CpuQueueLenThreshold |
Generates an alert if the processor queue length (per processor) is above this value. |
15 |
Microsoft Windows Desktop OS IPCONFIG Release and Renew
This script performs the IPConfig Release and IPConfig Renew tasks on target computers. There are no associated rules or script parameters.
Microsoft Windows Desktop Service Discovery Script
This script discovers attributes of Windows computers. There are no script parameters for this script.
Table 10 Associated Rules
Location |
Rule |
Default Value |
|---|---|---|
State Monitoring and Service Discovery\Event Rules |
Base OS Desktop Service Discovery |
Enabled |
Microsoft Windows Desktop Storage Service Discovery Script
This script discovers attributes of the logical disk. There are no script parameters.
Table 11 Associated Rules
Location |
Rule |
Default Value |
|---|---|---|
State Monitoring and Service Discovery\Event Rules |
Run Storage Discovery |
Enabled |
Microsoft Windows Desktop Storage State Monitoring Script
This script monitors the status of key health components for logical disks. The information gathered by this script is used for red, yellow, and green state monitoring values.
Table 12 Associated Rules
Location |
Rule |
Default Value |
|---|---|---|
State Monitoring and Service Discovery\Event Rules |
Run Storage State Monitoring |
Enabled |
Alerts are generated based on the values that are set for the free-space thresholds. Values below the established thresholds trigger alerts. However, alerts for non-system and system drives are generated only when the values for both the free space megabytes and the free space percentage are below the configured thresholds.
Table 13 Script Parameters
Script Parameter |
Description |
Default Value |
|---|---|---|
MegaByteFreeSpaceThreshold |
The threshold value for all volumes. |
100 |
NonSystemDriveFreeSpaceMegaByteYellowState |
The threshold value for a warning alert. |
500 |
NonSystemDriveFreeSpacePercentageYellowState |
The threshold value for a warning alert. |
10 |
NonSystemDriveFreeSpaceMegaByteRedState |
The threshold value for an error-level alert. |
250 |
NonSystemDriveFreeSpacePercentageRedState |
The threshold value for an error-level alert. |
5 |
SystemDriveFreeSpaceMegaByteRedState |
The threshold value for an error-level alert. |
250 |
SystemDriveFreeSpaceMegaByteYellowState |
The threshold value for a warning alert. |
500 |
SystemDriveFreeSpacePercentageRedState |
The threshold value for an error-level alert. |
5 |
SystemDriveFreeSpacePercentageYellowState |
The threshold value for a warning alert. |
10 |
Rules in the Windows Desktop Base Operating System Management Pack
The Desktop Base Operating System Management Pack contains the following rule groups and rules.
Windows XP\Core System Components and Services
Table 14 lists the rules included in this rule group.
Table 14 Rules
Rule |
Type |
Enabled |
Severity |
Dependencies and other notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
The service has entered into an unpredictable state. |
Event |
Yes |
Warning |
|
Software updates have been partially installed. The system must be manually restarted. |
Event |
Yes |
Warning |
|
Software update installation failed. |
Event |
Yes |
Critical Error |
|
Software updates are ready for installation. User action is required to initiate installation. |
Event |
Yes |
Warning |
|
Performance registry corruption |
Event |
Yes |
Error |
|
Too many requests for performance disk counter data have failed. |
Event |
Yes |
Error |
|
The event log file is full. New event instances will be discarded. |
Event |
Yes |
Critical Error |
|
Software updates have been partially installed. The system will automatically restart. |
Event |
Yes |
Warning |
|
Software updates have been partially installed. The system will automatically restart in 5 minutes. |
Event |
Yes |
Warning |
|
Windows is unable to connect to the Automatic Updates service. |
Event |
Yes |
Critical Error |
|
The service terminated unexpectedly. |
Event |
Yes |
Service Unavail-able |
|
Too many requests for performance counter data have timed out. |
Event |
Yes |
Error |
|
The service or driver failed to start. |
Event |
Yes |
Service Unavail-able |
|
The service is misconfigured. |
Event |
Yes |
Warning |
|
Windows has not been activated. Please activate Windows within the next 15 days. |
Event |
Yes |
Warning |
|
Windows has not been activated. Please activate Windows within the next 5 days. |
Event |
Yes |
Critical Error |
|
Disk performance counters request failed (Consolidation). |
Consoli-dation |
Yes |
|
|
Send e-mail or a page response for any alerts with a severity of "Service Unavailable." |
Notifica-tion |
Yes |
|
|
Windows XP\Networking
Table 15 Rules
Rule |
Type |
Enabled |
Severity |
Dependencies and other notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
IP Address Conflict |
Event |
Yes |
Warning |
|
Network Adapter Disconnected |
Event |
No |
Warning |
|
Duplicate Name on Network |
Event |
Yes |
Warning |
|
Windows XP\Performance
The Performance public views in this Management Pack depend on the associated rules in the rule group to be enabled. Performance counters are collected by rules in this rule group, as well as by performance rules in the Storage rule group. Table 16 lists the rules included in this rule group.
Table 16 Rules
Rule |
Type |
Enabled |
Severity |
Dependencies and other notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Performance Measuring: Network Interface\Bytes Sent/sec. |
Performance Measuring |
No |
|
|
Performance Measuring: Processor\% Processor Time\_Total |
Performance Measuring |
No |
|
|
Performance Measuring: Network Interface\Bytes Total/sec. |
Performance Measuring |
No |
|
|
Performance Measuring: Network Interface\Bytes Received/sec. |
Performance Measuring |
No |
|
|
Performance Measuring: System\Processor Queue Length |
Performance Measuring |
No |
|
|
Performance Measuring: System\Context Switches/sec. |
Performance Measuring |
No |
|
|
Performance Measuring: Memory\Available Megabytes |
Performance Threshold |
No |
|
|
Performance Measuring Paging File % Usage |
Performance Measuring |
No |
|
|
Windows XP\Reliability
The Reliability public views in this Management Pack depend on the associated rules in the rule group to be enabled. Table 17 lists the rules included in this rule group.
Table 17 Rules
Rule |
Type |
Enabled |
Severity |
Dependencies and other notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
An application is repeatedly generating application errors. |
Event |
Yes |
Critical Error |
|
The application generated an application error (Collection). |
Collec-tion |
Yes |
|
|
Send e-mail or a page response for any alerts with a severity of "Service Unavailable." |
Notifica-tion |
Yes |
|
|
Windows XP\State Monitoring and Service Discovery
All of the rules in this rule group contribute to state monitoring. Table 18 lists the rules included in this rule group.
Table 18 Rules
Rule |
Type |
Enabled |
Severity |
Dependencies and other notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Run Storage Discovery |
Event |
Yes |
|
|
Event Log Health Check |
Event |
Yes |
Critical Error |
|
DHCP Client Health Check |
Event |
Yes |
Critical Error |
|
Base OS Service Discovery |
Event |
Yes |
|
Dependencies:
|
Server Health Check |
Event |
Yes |
Critical Error |
|
Logical Disk Manager Health Check |
Event |
Yes |
Critical Error |
|
Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Health Check |
Event |
Yes |
Critical Error |
|
DNS Client Health Check |
Event |
Yes |
Critical Error |
|
Plug and Play Health Check |
Event |
Yes |
Critical Error |
|
Run Storage State Monitoring |
Event |
Yes |
|
Dependency:
|
Workstation Health Check |
Event |
Yes |
Critical Error |
|
Computer Browser Health Check |
Event |
Yes |
Critical Error |
|
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper Health Check |
Event |
Yes |
Critical Error |
|
Send e-mail or a page response for any alerts with a severity of "Service Unavailable." |
Notification |
Yes |
|
|
Performance Threshold: PhysicalDisk\Avg. Disk sec./Write threshold exceeded |
Performance Threshold |
Yes |
Warning |
Dependency:
|
Performance Threshold: Processor\% Processor Time threshold exceeded |
Performance Threshold |
Yes |
Critical Error |
Dependency:
|
Performance Threshold: Memory\% Committed Bytes in Use threshold exceeded |
Performance Threshold |
Yes |
Critical Error |
Dependency:
|
Performance Threshold: Memory\Available Mbytes threshold exceeded |
Performance Threshold |
Yes |
Critical Error |
Dependency:
|
Performance Threshold: PhysicalDisk\Avg. Disk sec./Read threshold exceeded |
Performance Threshold |
Yes |
Warning |
Dependency:
|
Windows XP\Storage
Performance counters are collected by rules in this rule group, as well as by performance rules in the Performance rule group. Table 19 lists the rules included in this rule group.
Table 19 Rules
Rule |
Type |
Enabled |
Severity |
Dependencies and other notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
NTFS - File System Corrupt |
Event |
Yes |
Critical Error |
|
LDM - Auto Import Failed |
Event |
Yes |
Critical Error |
|
NTFS - Quota Threshold Limit Reached |
Event |
Yes |
|
No alert is generated by default Dependency:
|
LDM - Volume Not Started |
Event |
Yes |
Critical Error |
|
LDM - Cant Read Disk |
Event |
Yes |
Critical Error |
|
Chkdsk - Checking File System occurred on startup |
Event |
Yes |
|
No alert is generated by default. |
NTFS - Quota Threshold Reached |
Event |
Yes |
|
No alert is generated by default. |
NTFS - Delayed Write Lost |
Event |
Yes |
Critical Error |
|
LDM - Disk Group Failed |
Event |
Yes |
Critical Error |
|
Send e-mail or a page response for any alerts with a severity of "Service Unavailable." |
Notifica-tion |
Yes |
|
|
Performance Measuring: LogicalDisk\% Free Space |
Measur-ing |
No |
|
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