Typically ipMonitor's Memory Monitor is used to monitor memory on a Windows system, however, this script can prove to be handy for troubleshooting issues with monitoring memory over WMI.
This script will allow you to monitor the physical memory on a remote machine, without using SNMP and Microsoft's Performance Monitoring SNMP Extensions.
The sample script returns the following:
- 1 if amount of available memory exceeds the threshold
- 0 if the amount of available memory is less than or equal to the threshold value
Sample Monitor Settings
For the following example, we will assume the following:
Minimum Amount of Available Memory Required: 128
Unit for Comparison: MB
Script Location: c:\ipm7scripts\
For Windows 2000
Executable Name: cscript.exe
Directory: c:\winnt\system32\
Command Line Parameters: perfmon_physmem.vbs REMOTESRV 128 MB
Startup Directory: c:\ipm7scripts\
Compare the Process Return Value = SELECTED
Expected Return Value: 1
For Windows XP / 2003
Executable Name: cscript.exe
Directory: c:\windows\system32\
Command Line Parameters: perfmon_physmem.vbs REMOTESRV 128 MB
Startup Directory: c:\ipm7scripts\
Compare the Process Return Value = SELECTED
Expected Return Value: 1
In the event the amount of Available Memory on the remote machine is less than or equal to the threshold value, the script will return a 0, which will trigger an Alert.
