Description

This connector discovers and monitors the logical disks in a Microsoft Windows system through the DISKPART.EXE utility.

This connector is superseded by:

• WinStorageSpaces^[2]

hardware^[3] windows^[4]

Source^[5]

Target

Typical platform: Any system

Operating system: Microsoft Windows

Prerequisites

Leverages: The DISKPART.EXE command-line utility

Technology and protocols: Command Lines

This connector is not available for the local host (it is applicable to remote hosts only).

This connector is not available for remote hosts (it is applicable to the local host only).

Examples

metricshub HOSTNAME -t win -c +DiskPart --wmi -u USER

resourceGroups:
  <RESOURCE_GROUP>:
    resources:
      <HOSTNAME-ID>:
        attributes:
          host.name: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
          host.type: win
        connectors: [ +DiskPart ] # Optional, to load only this connector
        protocols:
          wmi:
            username: <USERNAME> # Change with actual credentials
            password: <PASSWORD> # Encrypted using metricshub-encrypt

Connector Activation Criteria

The Windows - DiskPart connector will be automatically activated, and its status will be reported as OK if all the below criteria are met:

• Operating System is Microsoft Windows
• The command below succeeds on the monitored host
  • Command: CHCP 437&&DISKPART.EXE /S ${file::exit.txt}
  • Output contains: Leaving DiskPart (regex)

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