From 677e922dbeb8ef8e95ff0bdbbb807c585387c0be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cameron Sparr <cameronsparr@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 15:40:02 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] modify Windows default conf to use win perf over WMI

---
 etc/telegraf_windows.conf | 90 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 67 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/etc/telegraf_windows.conf b/etc/telegraf_windows.conf
index df35261d7..7e66cb209 100644
--- a/etc/telegraf_windows.conf
+++ b/etc/telegraf_windows.conf
@@ -82,39 +82,83 @@
 #                                  INPUTS                                     #
 ###############################################################################
 
+# Windows Performance Counters plugin.
+# These are the recommended method of monitoring system metrics on windows,
+# as the regular system plugins (inputs.cpu, inputs.mem, etc.) rely on WMI,
+# which utilizes a lot of system resources.
+#
+# See more configuration examples at:
+#   https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/master/plugins/inputs/win_perf_counters
+
+[[inputs.win_perf_counters]]
+  [[inputs.win_perf_counters.object]]
+    # Processor usage, alternative to native, reports on a per core.
+    ObjectName = "Processor"
+    Instances = ["*"]
+    Counters = ["% Idle Time", "% Interrupt Time", "% Privileged Time", "% User Time", "% Processor Time"]
+    Measurement = "win_cpu"
+    #IncludeTotal=false #Set to true to include _Total instance when querying for all (*).
+
+  [[inputs.win_perf_counters.object]]
+    # Disk times and queues
+    ObjectName = "LogicalDisk"
+    Instances = ["*"]
+    Counters = ["% Idle Time", "% Disk Time","% Disk Read Time", "% Disk Write Time", "% User Time", "Current Disk Queue Length"]
+    Measurement = "win_disk"
+    #IncludeTotal=false #Set to true to include _Total instance when querying for all (*).
+
+  [[inputs.win_perf_counters.object]]
+    ObjectName = "System"
+    Counters = ["Context Switches/sec","System Calls/sec"]
+    Instances = ["------"]
+    Measurement = "win_system"
+    #IncludeTotal=false #Set to true to include _Total instance when querying for all (*).
+
+  [[inputs.win_perf_counters.object]]
+    # Example query where the Instance portion must be removed to get data back, such as from the Memory object.
+    ObjectName = "Memory"
+    Counters = ["Available Bytes","Cache Faults/sec","Demand Zero Faults/sec","Page Faults/sec","Pages/sec","Transition Faults/sec","Pool Nonpaged Bytes","Pool Paged Bytes"]
+    Instances = ["------"] # Use 6 x - to remove the Instance bit from the query.
+    Measurement = "win_mem"
+    #IncludeTotal=false #Set to true to include _Total instance when querying for all (*).
+
+
+# Windows system plugins using WMI (disabled by default, using
+# win_perf_counters over WMI is recommended)
+
 # Read metrics about cpu usage
-[[inputs.cpu]]
-  # Whether to report per-cpu stats or not
-  percpu = true
-  # Whether to report total system cpu stats or not
-  totalcpu = true
-  # Comment this line if you want the raw CPU time metrics
-  fielddrop = ["time_*"]
+#[[inputs.cpu]]
+  ## Whether to report per-cpu stats or not
+  #percpu = true
+  ## Whether to report total system cpu stats or not
+  #totalcpu = true
+  ## Comment this line if you want the raw CPU time metrics
+  #fielddrop = ["time_*"]
 
 # Read metrics about disk usage by mount point
-[[inputs.disk]]
-  # By default, telegraf gather stats for all mountpoints.
-  # Setting mountpoints will restrict the stats to the specified mountpoints.
-  # mount_points=["/"]
+#[[inputs.disk]]
+  ## By default, telegraf gather stats for all mountpoints.
+  ## Setting mountpoints will restrict the stats to the specified mountpoints.
+  ## mount_points=["/"]
 
-  # Ignore some mountpoints by filesystem type. For example (dev)tmpfs (usually
-  # present on /run, /var/run, /dev/shm or /dev).
-  ignore_fs = ["tmpfs", "devtmpfs"]
+  ## Ignore some mountpoints by filesystem type. For example (dev)tmpfs (usually
+  ## present on /run, /var/run, /dev/shm or /dev).
+  #ignore_fs = ["tmpfs", "devtmpfs"]
 
 # Read metrics about disk IO by device
-[[inputs.diskio]]
-  # By default, telegraf will gather stats for all devices including
-  # disk partitions.
-  # Setting devices will restrict the stats to the specified devices.
-  # devices = ["sda", "sdb"]
-  # Uncomment the following line if you do not need disk serial numbers.
-  # skip_serial_number = true
+#[[inputs.diskio]]
+  ## By default, telegraf will gather stats for all devices including
+  ## disk partitions.
+  ## Setting devices will restrict the stats to the specified devices.
+  ## devices = ["sda", "sdb"]
+  ## Uncomment the following line if you do not need disk serial numbers.
+  ## skip_serial_number = true
 
 # Read metrics about memory usage
-[[inputs.mem]]
+#[[inputs.mem]]
   # no configuration
 
 # Read metrics about swap memory usage
-[[inputs.swap]]
+#[[inputs.swap]]
   # no configuration