Zabbix - Windows Folder monitoring

[Pascalkr]

Dear all,

I have been struggling to create a item / trigger to monitor a Windows folder.

We have a folder that should not have files longer then 10 minutes.
This folder is filled by a process and another process pick up the files and delete them.
If the files are longer then 10 minutes in this folder, then our process is stuck and we should receive an warning.

Alternative1: Monitor folder if it contains more then 20 files.
Alternative2: Monitor folder if the total size is more then 20kb

Please keep in mind I am not a Zabbix expert.
If there is a solution, please write it in baby steps, including how to create the trigger.

Friendly regards,

Pascal Kroeze

[Anderson]

i had a situation like this and i find a solution here in the forum, so you need to do something like:

in the file zabbix_agentd.conf in zabbix agent folder add this line in 'unsafe parameters'



UnsafeUserParameters=1
UserParameter = checksomething,DIR /A-D /B C:\Folder\Subfolder | FIND /C /V ".extension"

where C:\Folder\Subfolder is the path
".extension" is the file extension that you want to check. could be something like ".xml", ".doc", ".txt","*.*" etc

back in zabbix, you need to create a item like this:

Name Check file
Type Zabbix agent
Key checksomething
Host interface (ip from host)
Type of information numeric (float)
Update interval (in sec) 60

when the agent start to check the folder (you can confirm this in "latest data" page)

create a trigger like:

{HOST:checksomething.last(0)}>20

should work..

srry for my bad english