directory size in windows

[flexguy]

This is how I monitor the size of a directory on a windows machine:

1. fill in the correct zabbix-server-IP and de correct hostname of the windows system
in the commandstring in the vb-script (see below)
2. save the vb-script as c:\zabbix\dir_size.vbs on the windows system to be monitored.
3. add userparameter in the zabbix_agentd.conf:
UserParameter=dir_size[*],cscript.exe c:\zabbix\dir_size.vbs $1
4. restart zabbix agent
5. create 2 items in zabbix:

first one:
description: whatever
type: zabbix trapper
key: tr_dir_size
type: numeric

second one:
description: tr_dir_size
type: zabbix agent
key: dir_size[c:\root\sub]
type: text
interval: 300

explanation: the second one makes the zabbix agent execute the script every 300 seconds, while the first one catches the output of the script. The output is the size of directory c:\root\sub in bytes

The script itself:

Dim oF, oFS, dirsize
directory = WScript.Arguments(0)
Set objFS = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
set oF = oFS.GetFolder(directory)
dirsize = oF.Size
Set WshShell = CreateObject("wscript.Shell")
commandstring="c:\zabbix\zabbix_sender.exe -z ZBX_IP -s HOST_NAME -k tr_dir_size -o " & dirsize
WshShell.Run commandstring,0
WScript.Quit

Good luck,