Windows Perfmon data routing issues

kbakeragx — Mon, 16 Sep 2019 18:20:47 GMT

I am trying to get Windows Perfmon data in. I have been successful for some servers but not others, despite using the same inputs.conf configuration.

For instance, I am getting Memory stats from our DC1 but not our DC0. The inputs.conf files for both servers are the same minus the host name. we have about 15 servers that I need to monitor and for whatever reason only 3 of them are sending in Memory stats. In fact, this is actually happening over multiple different performance stats (disk, network, etc). All of my servers though are sending CPU stats.

Here is our input.conf file:

[default]
host = **********

Windows platform specific input processor.

[WinEventLog://Application]
disabled = 0 

[WinEventLog://Security]
disabled = 0 

[WinEventLog://System]
disabled = 0 

[perfmon://CPU]
counters = % Processor Time; % User Time; % Privileged Time; Interrupts/sec; % DPC Time; % Interrupt Time; DPCs Queued/sec; DPC Rate; % Idle Time; % C1 Time; % C2 Time; % C3 Time; C1 Transitions/sec; C2 Transitions/sec; C3 Transitions/sec
disabled = 0
instances = *
interval = 10
mode = single
object = Processor
useEnglishOnly=true

Logical Disk

[perfmon://LogicalDisk]
counters = % Free Space; Free Megabytes; Current Disk Queue Length; % Disk Time; Avg. Disk Queue Length; % Disk Read Time; Avg. Disk Read Queue Length; % Disk Write Time; Avg. Disk Write Queue Length; Avg. Disk sec/Transfer; Avg. Disk sec/Read; Avg. Disk sec/Write; Disk Transfers/sec; Disk Reads/sec; Disk Writes/sec; Disk Bytes/sec; Disk Read Bytes/sec; Disk Write Bytes/sec; Avg. Disk Bytes/Transfer; Avg. Disk Bytes/Read; Avg. Disk Bytes/Write; % Idle Time; Split IO/Sec
disabled = 0
instances = *
interval = 10
mode = single
object = LogicalDisk
useEnglishOnly=true

Physical Disk

[perfmon://PhysicalDisk]
counters = Current Disk Queue Length; % Disk Time; Avg. Disk Queue Length; % Disk Read Time; Avg. Disk Read Queue Length; % Disk Write Time; Avg. Disk Write Queue Length; Avg. Disk sec/Transfer; Avg. Disk sec/Read; Avg. Disk sec/Write; Disk Transfers/sec; Disk Reads/sec; Disk Writes/sec; Disk Bytes/sec; Disk Read Bytes/sec; Disk Write Bytes/sec; Avg. Disk Bytes/Transfer; Avg. Disk Bytes/Read; Avg. Disk Bytes/Write; % Idle Time; Split IO/Sec
disabled = 0
instances = *
interval = 10
mode = single
object = PhysicalDisk
useEnglishOnly=true

Memory

[perfmon://Memory]
counters = Page Faults/sec; Available Bytes; Committed Bytes; Commit Limit; Write Copies/sec; Transition Faults/sec; Cache Faults/sec; Demand Zero Faults/sec; Pages/sec; Pages Input/sec; Page Reads/sec; Pages Output/sec; Pool Paged Bytes; Pool Nonpaged Bytes; Page Writes/sec; Pool Paged Allocs; Pool Nonpaged Allocs; Free System Page Table Entries; Cache Bytes; Cache Bytes Peak; Pool Paged Resident Bytes; System Code Total Bytes; System Code Resident Bytes; System Driver Total Bytes; System Driver Resident Bytes; System Cache Resident Bytes; % Committed Bytes In Use; Available KBytes; Available MBytes; Transition Pages RePurposed/sec; Free & Zero Page List Bytes; Modified Page List Bytes; Standby Cache Reserve Bytes; Standby Cache Normal Priority Bytes; Standby Cache Core Bytes; Long-Term Average Standby Cache Lifetime (s)
disabled = 0
interval = 10
mode = single
object = Memory
useEnglishOnly=true

Network

[perfmon://Network]
counters = Bytes Total/sec; Packets/sec; Packets Received/sec; Packets Sent/sec; Current Bandwidth; Bytes Received/sec; Packets Received Unicast/sec; Packets Received Non-Unicast/sec; Packets Received Discarded; Packets Received Errors; Packets Received Unknown; Bytes Sent/sec; Packets Sent Unicast/sec; Packets Sent Non-Unicast/sec; Packets Outbound Discarded; Packets Outbound Errors; Output Queue Length; Offloaded Connections; TCP Active RSC Connections; TCP RSC Coalesced Packets/sec; TCP RSC Exceptions/sec; TCP RSC Average Packet Size 
disabled = 0
instances = *
interval = 10
mode = single
object = Network Interface
useEnglishOnly=true

ProcessInformation

[perfmon://ProcessorInformation]
counters = % Processor Time; Processor Frequency
disabled = 0
instances = *
interval = 10
mode = single
object = Processor Information
useEnglishOnly=true

System

[perfmon://System]
counters = File Read Operations/sec; File Write Operations/sec; File Control Operations/sec; File Read Bytes/sec; File Write Bytes/sec; File Control Bytes/sec; Context Switches/sec; System Calls/sec; File Data Operations/sec; System Up Time; Processor Queue Length; Processes; Threads; Alignment Fixups/sec; Exception Dispatches/sec; Floating Emulations/sec; % Registry Quota In Use
disabled = 0
instances = *
interval = 10
mode = single
object = System
useEnglishOnly=true

Re: Windows Perfmon data routing issues

adonio — Tue, 17 Sep 2019 03:21:06 GMT

looks like you arent specifying an index in your inputs.conf try and search index=main .... and see if the data is there.
otherwise, try this document:
https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.2.6/Troubleshooting/Cantfinddata

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