check_cpu_utilization.ps1.py

Nagios Windows_SSH Monitoring Plugin

DESCRIPTION
This plugin monitors the CPU utilization on Windows machines via evaluation of the Process Performance Counters.
Processor(_Total)% User Time
Processor(_Total)% Processor Time
Processor(_Total)% Privileged Time
This plugin gives you the CPU Utilization for the system, across all cores.

Threshold violations result when a metric value is "equal to or greater than" the thresholds provided.
E.g. -warning 10 will need the number of files to be equal to 10 or higher to throw a WARNING.

SYNOPSIS
A PowerShell based plugin to check CPU Utilization via Windows Processor Performance Counters

NOTES:
This plugin will return performance data.

POWERSHELL PARAMETERS
metric
The Processor Metric you would like to evaluate.
User = Percent User Time (Default)
Proc = Percent Processor Time
Priv = Percent Privileged Time

warning
The CPU utilization you will tolerate before throwing a WARNING
critical
The CPU utilization you will tolerate before throwing a CRITICAL