Temperature monitoring - Tips needed

[m2mexpert]

I'm new to NetXMS but I really like it so far. I need to tips from more experienced users. I'm reading the docs and most of it makes sense but what I need help with is a bit more that the guides supply at this time.

I'm running a WIN 8.1 machine with VMWare workstation and 4 VM's. This machine is also my NetXMS server. What I'm trying to figure out is the best way to monitor the system temperatures (HDD's, CPU, Memory ... etc.). Call it a best practice if you will. How are other folks monitoring and alerting on temperatures?

[punknetx]

@m2mexpert said in Temperature monitoring - Tips needed:

I'm new to NetXMS but I really like it so far. I need to tips from more experienced users. I'm reading the docs and most of it makes sense but what I need help with is a bit more that the guides supply at this time.

I'm running a WIN 8.1 machine with VMWare workstation and 4 VM's. This machine is also my NetXMS server. What I'm trying to figure out is the best way to monitor the system temperatures (HDD's, CPU, Memory ... etc.). Call it a best practice if you will. How are other folks monitoring and alerting on temperatures?

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[alk]

First of all, if it's server-grade hardware (not desktop), this information (temperature, voltage, fan speeds, etc.) is usually available via management board (iLO, DRAC, etc.), over SNMP or SMCLP.

On some systems, motherboard temperature can be also retrieved using WMI: https://www.netxms.org/forum/general-support/useful-wmi-queries/msg7656/#msg7656

If management board is not available and "ACPIThermalSpot" do not provide valid temperature, you can try to install SpeedFan (http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php) and sfsnmp extension (http://deve.loping.net/projects/sfsnmp/), then collect information data via SNMP.
I never used SpeedFan/sfsnmp combination, but seen some reports that it works quite well.