Configure WMI Permissions and Security
To monitor Windows-based machine hardware with Splunk AppDynamics Database Visibility, Splunk AppDynamics uses Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) to remotely gather the metrics. WMI is often complicated to troubleshoot when the Database Agent is running on a Linux or Unix-like machine.
This page describes requirements for the target machine configuration that can help you avoid some problems and pitfalls. It also provides some additional considerations regarding using WMI to monitor a SQL Server database agent and preventing unauthorized remote access to WMI.
Named Windows Account:
The user specified in the collector configuration that the Splunk AppDynamics Database Agent uses to connect to the target machine is referred to as <named Windows account>.
The following are required when the Database Agent is hosted on AIX, Linux or Solaris platforms to monitor Windows >= 7 systems.
- Ensure that the named Windows account is a member of the local Administrators group.
- Ensure User Account Meets Minimum Security Requirements When Using WMI
- Enable Remote Registry Access
- Grant access to WBEM scripting locator
The following are required when the Database Agent is hosted on AIX, Linux, or Solaris platforms to monitor Windows >= 2012 systems.
The following is required when the Database Agent is hosted on Windows.
- Ensure that the named Windows account is a member of the local Administrators group.