https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-configure-wmi-conf-to-query-Windows-CPU-Temperature/m-p/206872#M40833 <P>It looks like the WMI polling CPU is limited, in my case it always returned 29 degrees celsius and did not change.</P> <P>WMI does not look to be a reliable CPU temperature monitor, your results may vary though.</P> Mon, 22 Feb 2016 17:18:00 GMT agarrison 2016-02-22T17:18:00Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-configure-wmi-conf-to-query-Windows-CPU-Temperature/m-p/206870#M40831 <P>I could not find any references to anyone trying to query temperature using WMI</P> Wed, 17 Feb 2016 17:35:10 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-configure-wmi-conf-to-query-Windows-CPU-Temperature/m-p/206870#M40831 agarrison 2016-02-17T17:35:10Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-configure-wmi-conf-to-query-Windows-CPU-Temperature/m-p/206871#M40832 <P>I used the following in wmi.conf</P> <P><B>[WMI:Temp]</B></P> <P>interval = 60</P> <P>namespace = \\.\root\wmi</P> <P>wql = SELECT CurrentTemperature FROM MSAcpi_ThermalZoneTemperature</P> <P>index = default</P> <P>disabled = 0<BR /> </P> <P>This will give you the temperature in kelvin, then need to convert to Celsius by subtracting 2732 and dividing the result by 10</P> Wed, 17 Feb 2016 17:36:24 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-configure-wmi-conf-to-query-Windows-CPU-Temperature/m-p/206871#M40832 agarrison 2016-02-17T17:36:24Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-configure-wmi-conf-to-query-Windows-CPU-Temperature/m-p/206872#M40833 <P>It looks like the WMI polling CPU is limited, in my case it always returned 29 degrees celsius and did not change.</P> <P>WMI does not look to be a reliable CPU temperature monitor, your results may vary though.</P> Mon, 22 Feb 2016 17:18:00 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-configure-wmi-conf-to-query-Windows-CPU-Temperature/m-p/206872#M40833 agarrison 2016-02-22T17:18:00Z