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Version: 10.2

Configuring WinSAR

WinSAR consistently monitors and records different aspects of system performance, such as memory consumption and various other activities like disk I/O and system resource allocation. This thorough logging offers a detailed perspective of system behavior over time, allowing users to analyze performance trends and optimize resource management.

Open iT supports configuring WinSAR reporting. This will produce the following aggregated data type used for historical reporting:

The following sections will guide you on the necessary configurations for WinSAR reports.

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Apply the configurations shown in the Open iT Core Client.

Requirements​

Configuring WinSAR Data Collection​

  1. Open winsar.xml in the Components directory, which is by default in C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\Configuration\Components.

  2. Under collect object, make sure that the WinSAR and Idle sub-objects are set to true.

    winsar.xml
    <Object>
        <Name>WinSAR</Name>
        <Description>Main collection scheme.</Description>
        <SubObjects>
            <Object>
                <Name>active</Name>
                <Description>Is this scheme active?</Description>
                <Value type="Bool">true</Value>
            </Object>
    winsar.xml
    <Object>
        <Name>Idle</Name>
        <Description>Idle collection scheme.</Description>
        <SubObjects>
            <Object>
                <Name>active</Name>
                <Description>Is this scheme active?</Description>
                <Value type="Bool">true</Value>
            </Object>

  3. Save the changes.

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Some antivirus programs may mistakenly flag the binary used in this feature as a potential threat or display a heuristic warning. This is a false positive, meaning the detection indicates no actual harm or malicious activity. If you encounter any warnings, we recommend whitelisting the application in your antivirus settings.

Verifying Data Collection​

  1. Open a command prompt with Administrator level privileges.

  2. Go to the bin directory, which is by default in C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\bin, run the command:

    Command Syntax
    cd $BIN_DIR
    Example
    cd C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\bin

  3. Run the command:

    Command Syntax
    openit_executor -r collect_license_sar-win

  4. Verify that there are archiver*.in files created in the server in the archiver directory, which is by default in C:\ProgramData\OpeniT\Data\incoming\archiver.

Sample Historical Report​

Physical and Logical Disks&#39; Read and Write

Physical and Logical Disks' Read and Write