perf_counter: how to ?

[NOB]

Hi,

I am trying to request the performance counter for the
following item:

Network Interface\InterfaceName\Packets Outbound Errors

where the interface name is, e.g.
as displayed in perfmon:

Intel[R] Pro_1000 MT Dual Port Network Connection

as displayed in network interfaces:

Intel(R) Pro/1000 MT Dual Port Network Connection

However, whatever I try to request as key in zabbix_get the
answer is always: ZBX_UNSUPPORTED and the agent log file shows:

  2596:20070509:090506 Requested [perf_counter[Network Interface(Intel\[R\] Pro_1000 MT Dual Port Network Connection)\Packets Outbound Errors]]
  2596:20070509:090506 Can't add counter [Network Interface(Intel\[R\] [Unable to parse the counter path. Check the format and syntax of the 
specified path.
]

I am out of ideas.

What am I doing wrong ?

Edited: I am using 1.3.6 agent. Is it still a question of the size of the request ?
I found a definition of the size for the request of 108.

Regards,

Norbert.

[SierraX]

Test it with the Realname of connection. Like "LAN-Verbindung" in Germany

[NOB]

Thanks for the suggestion

Test it with the Realname of connection. Like "LAN-Verbindung" in Germany

but

perf_counter[\Network Interface(MS TCP Loopback interface)\Packets Outbound Errors]'

works and returns, of course, 0.000000 !

While the request

perf_counter[\Network Interface(Local Area Connection)\Packets Outbound Errors]

returns ZBX_UNSUPPORTED

Looking at the source code, performance counter names containing '['
are not very likely to be supported. There is just a simple check for '['.
Unfortunately, there is no debug otuput for the real name of the
performance counter checked.
And I can't compile the agent, myself -> no MS Visual Studio, here !

Norbert.

[SierraX]

You want errors from a Loop back device (a virtual device without any incoming error messages)? Is like ping to 127.0.0.1 nice to look but very useless.
We use (on german Windows) the following line to get incoming and outgoing NetTraffic

PerfCounter=netz.readspersec.bytes, "\Netzwerkschnittstelle(LAN-Verbindung)\Bytes gesendet/s",60

agentd=1.1.7

[NOB]

You want errors from a Loop back device (a virtual device without any incoming error messages)? Is like ping to 127.0.0.1 nice to look but very useless.
We use (on german Windows) the following line to get incoming and outgoing NetTraffic

PerfCounter=netz.readspersec.bytes, "\Netzwerkschnittstelle(LAN-Verbindung)\Bytes gesendet/s",60

agentd=1.1.7

OK. With the loopback interface was just a test case whether the basic notation works, nothing else. The loopback interface does not show
up in "Network Connections", anyway.

I tried the following

perf_counter[\Network Interface(Local Area Connection 2)\Packets Outbound Errors]

but got as answer ZBX_UNSUPPORTED and in the agent log:

 2064:20070509:140708 Requested [perf_counter[\Network Interface(Local Area Connection 2)\Packets Outbound Errors]]
  2064:20070509:140708 Can't get counter value [\Network Interface(Local Area Connection 2)\Packets Outbound Errors] [The specified instance is not present.
]

The same result is shown if "Local Area Connection" is used, instead.

Norbert.

[SierraX]

Are you really shure the Name of the Test is ok? It must the same Name like in the Windows Performance tool. Ive try to look on an english Windows but nobody use english Windows here. And i dont understand why do you use [ and not " like our line.

[NOB]

Are you really shure the Name of the Test is ok? It must the same Name like in the Windows Performance tool. Ive try to look on an english Windows but nobody use english Windows here. And i dont understand why do you use [ and not " like our line.

OK, this request is send via the zabbix_get command,

zabbix-get -i i.xxx.org -k perf_counter[...]

not configured in the zabbix_agentd.conf file.

The name of the device in the performance tool is exactly like the one
I used in the request, the name in the "network connection" dialog
box is different, again.

Name in performance tool:

Intel[R] PRO_1000 MT Dual Port Network Connection

Name in "network connection" dialog box:

Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Dual Port Network Connection

Either it's the limit of 64 characters per performance counter or
it's something else that goes wrong.
Perhaps the agent has changed between zabbix 1.1.x and zabbix 1.3.x
in this area.

Norbert.

[SierraX]

last idea. Did anybody try to change the 'FriendlyName' in the Registry to fix the problem?

[Theolude]

I've tried to to this, following documentation instruction, i've wrote (for example) :

PerfCounter = smtp_file_attente_envoi,"\12562\12564",10

In place of :

PerfCounter = smtp_file_attente_envoi,"\MSExchangeIS Boîte aux lettres(_Total)\Taille de la file d'attente pour envoi",10

And in the registre key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Perflib\009, i've well read :

12562
MSExchangeIS Mailbox
12564
Send Queue Size

When i try, i've :

C:\zabbix>zabbix_agentd.exe -t perf_counter[\12562\12586] -c zabbix_agentd.conf
perf_counter[\12562\12586]                    [m|ZBX_NOTSUPPORTED]

Is anybody can help us / have an idea ???

Théo