WMI Numeric Provider Properties, General Tab

Allows you to specify WMI numeric provider properties. For information about the Microsoft WMI SDK, which includes a WMI object browser, see the Microsoft Web site msdn.microsoft.com. To monitor page faults for the OnePoint service, you could create the following WMI numeric provider:

In this example, if you wanted to monitor page faults for all services, you could leave the Object instance expression field blank. The fields are defined as follows:

Provider Name

Specifies the WMI provider name.

WMI namespace to be searched

Specifies the WMI namespace to which the class of the WMI numeric data belongs. Namespace is a unit for grouping classes and instances.

Class of objects to be measured

Specifies the WMI class to which the numeric data belongs. Class defines the basic unit of management. Each class is a template for a type of managed object. All instances of the type use the template.

Object instance expression

Specifies the instance to measure. Instances contain actual data. If you leave this field blank, all instances of the object are collected. You can use the same operators in this field as those used in the WMI where clause. For more information, see Microsoft WMI documentation.

Numeric property to sample

Specifies the numeric property to measure.

Text property to be instance

Property of the object used to differentiate the instance from other instances.

Sample every

Specifies how often to sample the WMI numeric data.