Creating Custom Monitoring metric

[Migration User]

I have a VBScript that finds the % memory in use, but I'm not sure how to create it as a custom metric to monitor?

 

here is the script:

 

strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
    & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" _
    & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colSettings = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
    ("Select * from Win32_ComputerSystem")
For Each objComputer in colSettings
    'Wscript.Echo "Total Physical Memory: " & _
        'objComputer.TotalPhysicalMemory
dim TotMemByte

TotMemByte = objComputer.TotalPhysicalMemory

dim TotMem

TotMem = TotMemByte / 1048576

Next

strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
    & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" _
    & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colSettings = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
    ("Select * from Win32_OperatingSystem")
For Each objOperatingSystem in colSettings
    'Wscript.Echo "Available Physical Memory: " & _
       'objOperatingSystem.FreePhysicalMemory

dim FreeMemMeg

FreeMemMeg = objOperatingSystem.FreePhysicalMemory

dim FreeMem

FreeMem = FreeMemMeg / 1024

Next

dim c

c = FreeMem / TotMem * 100
dim d
d = round(c)

dim f

f = 100 - d

wscript.echo f & "%"
wscript.quit

Any Ideas?

[MonitorMan]

I see you are using WMI calls in your VBS. Even though you can use WMI in Monitor Solution, you may rather use performance counters instead. Your choice really.

I would start by viewing this video https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/videos/monitor-solution-7-custom-monitor-pack-disk-space-custom-monitor-packs-made-easy and then change out disk space counters for memory counters.

[Joseph_Carson]

Hi RufusUCS,

I agree with MonitorMan that the easiest way to do this is via Performance Counter Metrics unless you have a specific requirement to use WMI.

Kind Regards,

[Migration User]

Hi all,

 

thanks for the help, managed to get the same result but with a compound key, between the built in perfmon counters like MonitorMan sugested, works for now...

 

Kind Regards,