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scheduled_task collector

The scheduled_task collector exposes metrics about Windows Task Scheduler


Metric name prefix	`scheduled_task`
Data source	OLE
Enabled by default?	No

Flags

`--collector.scheduled_task.include`

If given, the path of the task needs to match the include regexp in order for the corresponding metrics to be reported.

E.G. --collector.scheduled_task.include="Firefox.*"

`--collector.scheduled_task.exclude`

If given, the path of the task needs to not match the exclude regexp in order for the corresponding metrics to be reported.

E.G. --collector.scheduled_task.exclude="/Microsoft/.+"

Metrics

Name	Description	Type	Labels
`windows_scheduled_task_last_result`	The result that was returned the last time the registered task was run	gauge	task
`windows_scheduled_task_missed_runs`	The number of times the registered task missed a scheduled run	gauge	task
`windows_scheduled_task_state`	The current state of a scheduled task	gauge	task, state

For the values of the state label, see below.

State

A task can be in the following states:

disabled
queued
ready
running
unknown

Example metric

windows_scheduled_task_last_result{task="/Microsoft/Windows/Chkdsk/SyspartRepair"} 1
windows_scheduled_task_missed_runs{task="/Microsoft/Windows/Chkdsk/SyspartRepair"} 0
windows_scheduled_task_state{state="disabled",task="/Microsoft/Windows/Chkdsk/SyspartRepair"} 1
windows_scheduled_task_state{state="queued",task="/Microsoft/Windows/Chkdsk/SyspartRepair"} 0
windows_scheduled_task_state{state="ready",task="/Microsoft/Windows/Chkdsk/SyspartRepair"} 0
windows_scheduled_task_state{state="running",task="/Microsoft/Windows/Chkdsk/SyspartRepair"} 0
windows_scheduled_task_state{state="unknown",task="/Microsoft/Windows/Chkdsk/SyspartRepair"} 0

Useful queries

This collector does not yet have any useful queries added, we would appreciate your help adding them!

Alerting examples

prometheus.rules

  - alert: "WindowsScheduledTaskFailure"
    expr: "windows_scheduled_task_last_result == 0"
    for: "1d"
    labels:
      severity: "high"
    annotations:
      summary: "Scheduled Task Failed"
      description: "Scheduled task '{{ $labels.task }}' failed for 1 day"

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