cannot collect WMI events on splunk 6.2.1

[mataharry]

I installed a splunk forwarder on windows, and setup monitoring of remote wmi.
Configured splunk to run on a domain user, with permissions.

wmi.conf

[WMI:getmylogs]
disabled = 0
event_log_file = Security
index = default
interval = 5
server = secure.hiddencastle.kp

But cannot retrieve anything.

I do not see any wplunk-wmi.exe process
and I double check that I can access the remote logs with the user using wbemtest.exe wbemtest

[yannK · Accepted solution]

Check if the wmi default monitor is enabled with a btool

splunk cmd btool inputs list script

[script://$SPLUNK_HOME\bin\scripts\splunk-wmi.path]
disabled = 1

and it this is the case, enable it in $SPLUNK_HOME\etc\system\local\inputs.conf

[script://$SPLUNK_HOME\bin\scripts\splunk-wmi.path]
disabled = 0

[mataharry]

It worked, after the restart we see events.

and the splunk-wmi.exe process shows up in my process explorer.