vfs.fs.discovery on Windows, additional macro

[jlrd]

I would like to see an additional macro added to the vfs.fs.discovery key on Windows. Currently vfs.fs.discovery returns 2 macros, #FSNAME and #FSTYPE.

However currently #FSNAME returns the C drive as C:\. Hence the #FSNAME macro works great for the other vfs.* keys. But most Windows based things expect the C drive as C: (no \). For instance the perf counter paths per drive (for instance via perf_counter, perf_counter["\LogicalDisk(C\Avg. Disk Read Queue Length",5]) expect the disk value to be in <letter>:. WMI also keys off of the <letter>: style (see class Win32_LogicalDisk property DeviceID).

I understand that C:\ is the "root" of the filesystem and vfs.fs.discovery is inherently for the file system. It would be nice if the vfs.fs.discovery key also returned a #FSLETTER macro. This would preserve #FSNAME in its present form and not break existing configs. For example:

{
"data":[
{
"{#FSNAME}":"A:\\",
"{#FSLETTER}":"A:",
"{#FSTYPE}":"UNKNOWN"},
{
"{#FSNAME}":"C:\\",
"{#FSLETTER}":"C:",
"{#FSTYPE}":"NTFS"},
{
"{#FSNAME}":"D:\\",
"{#FSLETTER}":"D:",
"{#FSTYPE}":"NTFS"},
{
"{#FSNAME}":"E:\\",
"{#FSLETTER}":"E:",
"{#FSTYPE}":"UNKNOWN"}]}

This would allow greater use (re-use) of that discovery. As of now the only work around I have found is to create my own discovery script that returns <letter>: format. This is unfortunately redundant especially when it is so tantalizingly close with vfs.fs.discovery.

If there is a better forum for feature requests, i.e. a bug system please let me know.

Thanks,
Joel.

[zalex_ua]

You should be happy, see:
http://www.zabbix.com/documentation/...rade_notes_201

https://support.zabbix.com/browse/ZBX-5094