Windows Storage Spaces (WMI)

Description

This connector provides monitoring physical disks through Windows Storage Management's WMI provider. It supports all disk types, including disks on NVMe bus and NVDIMM. When available, temperature sensors are also discovered and monitored.

Connector ID: WinStorageSpaces

This connector supersedes:

Target

Typical platform: Any system

Operating system: Microsoft Windows

Prerequisites

Leverages: Windows Storage Spaces

Technology and protocols: WMI

Examples

CLI

hws HOSTNAME -t win -f WinStorageSpaces --wmi -u USER

hws-config.yaml

hosts:
- host:
    hostname: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
    type: win
  selectedConnectors: [ WinStorageSpaces ] # Optional, to load only this connector
  wmi:
    username: <USERNAME> # Change with actual credentials
    password: <PASSWORD> # Encrypted using hws-encrypt

Connector Activation Criteria

The Windows Storage Spaces (WMI) connector will be automatically activated, and its status will be reported as OK if all the below criteria are met:

Operating System is Microsoft Windows
The WMI query below to the managed host succeeds:
- Namespace: root\Microsoft\Windows\Storage
- WQL Query: SELECT ObjectId FROM MSFT_Volume

Metrics

Type	Collected Metrics	Specific Attributes (Labels)
Disk Controller	`hw.status{hw.type="disk_controller",state="present"}`	`model`
Logical Disk, RAID	`hw.logical_disk.limit` `hw.logicaldisk.utilization{state="free\|used"}` `hw.status{hw.type="logical_disk",state="ok\|degraded\|failed"}` `hw.status{hw.type="logical_disk",state="present"}`	`info`
Physical Disk	`hw.errors{hw.type="physical_disk"}` `hw.physical_disk.endurance_utilization{state="remaining"}` `hw.physical_disk.size` `hw.status{hw.type="physical_disk",state="ok\|degraded\|failed"}` `hw.status{hw.type="physical_disk",state="predicted_failure"}` `hw.status{hw.type="physical_disk",state="present"}`	`firmware_version` `serial_number` `vendor`
Temperature Sensor	`hw.status{hw.type="temperature",state="present"}` `hw.temperature` `hw.temperature.limit{limit_type="high.critical"}` `hw.temperature.limit{limit_type="high.degraded"}`	`sensor_location`

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