windows_exporter/docs/collector.system.md

system collector

The system collector exposes metrics about ...

Metric name prefix	system
Data source	Performance Counters
Enabled by default?	Yes

Flags

None

Metrics

Name	Description	Type	Labels
windows_system_context_switches_total	Total number of context switches	counter	None
windows_system_exception_dispatches_total	Total exceptions dispatched by the system	counter	None
windows_system_processes	Number of process contexts currently loaded or running on the operating system	gauge	None
windows_system_process_limit	The size of the user-mode portion of the virtual address space of the calling process, in bytes. This value depends on the type of process, the type of processor, and the configuration of the operating system.	gauge	None
windows_system_processor_queue_length	Number of threads in the processor queue. There is a single queue for processor time even on computers with multiple processors.	gauge	None
windows_system_system_calls_total	Total combined calls to Windows NT system service routines by all processes running on the computer	counter	None
windows_system_system_up_time	Time of last boot of system	gauge	None
windows_system_threads	Number of Windows system threads	gauge	None

Example metric

Show current number of system threads

windows_system_threads{instance="localhost"}

Show current number of processes

windows_system_processes{instance="localhost"}

Useful queries

Find hosts that have rebooted in the last 24 hours

time() - windows_system_system_up_time < 86400

Alerting examples

This collector does not yet have alerting examples, we would appreciate your help adding them!