telegraf doesnt collect cpu metrics on german system

[TheReal1604]

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Relevant telegraf.conf:

# Telegraf configuration

# Telegraf is entirely plugin driven. All metrics are gathered from the
# declared inputs, and sent to the declared outputs.

# Plugins must be declared in here to be active.
# To deactivate a plugin, comment out the name and any variables.

# Use 'telegraf -config telegraf.conf -test' to see what metrics a config
# file would generate.

# Global tags can be specified here in key="value" format.
[global_tags]
  # dc = "us-east-1" # will tag all metrics with dc=us-east-1
  # rack = "1a"

# Configuration for telegraf agent
[agent]
  ## Default data collection interval for all inputs
  interval = "10s"
  ## Rounds collection interval to 'interval'
  ## ie, if interval="10s" then always collect on :00, :10, :20, etc.
  round_interval = true

  ## Telegraf will cache metric_buffer_limit metrics for each output, and will
  ## flush this buffer on a successful write.
  metric_buffer_limit = 1000
  ## Flush the buffer whenever full, regardless of flush_interval.
  flush_buffer_when_full = true

  ## Collection jitter is used to jitter the collection by a random amount.
  ## Each plugin will sleep for a random time within jitter before collecting.
  ## This can be used to avoid many plugins querying things like sysfs at the
  ## same time, which can have a measurable effect on the system.
  collection_jitter = "0s"

  ## Default flushing interval for all outputs. You shouldn't set this below
  ## interval. Maximum flush_interval will be flush_interval + flush_jitter
  flush_interval = "10s"
  ## Jitter the flush interval by a random amount. This is primarily to avoid
  ## large write spikes for users running a large number of telegraf instances.
  ## ie, a jitter of 5s and interval 10s means flushes will happen every 10-15s
  flush_jitter = "0s"

  ## Logging configuration:
  ## Run telegraf in debug mode
  debug = false
  ## Run telegraf in quiet mode
  quiet = false
  ## Specify the log file name. The empty string means to log to stdout.
  logfile = "/Program Files/Telegraf/telegraf.log"

  ## Override default hostname, if empty use os.Hostname()
  hostname = ""


###############################################################################
#                                  OUTPUTS                                    #
###############################################################################

# Configuration for influxdb server to send metrics to
[[outputs.influxdb]]
  # The full HTTP or UDP endpoint URL for your InfluxDB instance.
  # Multiple urls can be specified but it is assumed that they are part of the same
  # cluster, this means that only ONE of the urls will be written to each interval.
  # urls = ["udp://localhost:8089"] # UDP endpoint example
  urls = ["http://localhost:8086"] # required
  # The target database for metrics (telegraf will create it if not exists)
  database = "telegraf" # required
  # Precision of writes, valid values are "ns", "us" (or "µs"), "ms", "s", "m", "h".
  # note: using second precision greatly helps InfluxDB compression
  precision = "s"

  ## Write timeout (for the InfluxDB client), formatted as a string.
  ## If not provided, will default to 5s. 0s means no timeout (not recommended).
  timeout = "5s"
  # username = "telegraf"
  # password = "metricsmetricsmetricsmetrics"
  # Set the user agent for HTTP POSTs (can be useful for log differentiation)
  # user_agent = "telegraf"
  # Set UDP payload size, defaults to InfluxDB UDP Client default (512 bytes)
  # udp_payload = 512


###############################################################################
#                                  INPUTS                                     #
###############################################################################

# Windows Performance Counters plugin.
# These are the recommended method of monitoring system metrics on windows,
# as the regular system plugins (inputs.cpu, inputs.mem, etc.) rely on WMI,
# which utilize more system resources.
#
# See more configuration examples at:
#   https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/master/plugins/inputs/win_perf_counters

[[inputs.win_perf_counters]]
  PreVistaSupport = false
  PrintValid = true
  [[inputs.win_perf_counters.object]]
    # Processor usage, alternative to native, reports on a per core.
    ObjectName = "Prozessor"
    Instances = ["*"]
    Counters = [
      "Leerlaufzeit (%)",
	  "Prozessorzeit (%)"
    ]
    Measurement = "win_cpu"
    # Set to true to include _Total instance when querying for all (*).
    IncludeTotal=true

  [[inputs.win_perf_counters.object]]
    # Disk times and queues
    ObjectName = "LogicalDisk"
    Instances = ["*"]
    Counters = [
      "% Idle Time",
      "% Disk Time","% Disk Read Time",
      "% Disk Write Time",
      "% User Time",
      "Current Disk Queue Length",
    ]
    Measurement = "win_disk"
    # Set to true to include _Total instance when querying for all (*).
    #IncludeTotal=false

  [[inputs.win_perf_counters.object]]
    ObjectName = "System"
    Counters = [
      "Context Switches/sec",
      "System Calls/sec",
      "Processor Queue Length",
    ]
    Instances = ["------"]
    Measurement = "win_system"
    # Set to true to include _Total instance when querying for all (*).
    #IncludeTotal=false

  [[inputs.win_perf_counters.object]]
    # Example query where the Instance portion must be removed to get data back,
    # such as from the Memory object.
    ObjectName = "Arbeitsspeicher"
    Counters = [
      "Verfügbare Bytes"
    ]
    # Use 6 x - to remove the Instance bit from the query.
    Instances = ["------"]
    Measurement = "win_mem"
    # Set to true to include _Total instance when querying for all (*).
    #IncludeTotal=false


# Windows system plugins using WMI (disabled by default, using
# win_perf_counters over WMI is recommended)

# # Read metrics about cpu usage
# [[inputs.cpu]]
#   ## Whether to report per-cpu stats or not
#   percpu = true
#   ## Whether to report total system cpu stats or not
#   totalcpu = true
#   ## Comment this line if you want the raw CPU time metrics
#   fielddrop = ["time_*"]


# # Read metrics about disk usage by mount point
# [[inputs.disk]]
#   ## By default, telegraf gather stats for all mountpoints.
#   ## Setting mountpoints will restrict the stats to the specified mountpoints.
#   ## mount_points=["/"]
#
#   ## Ignore some mountpoints by filesystem type. For example (dev)tmpfs (usually
#   ## present on /run, /var/run, /dev/shm or /dev).
#   # ignore_fs = ["tmpfs", "devtmpfs"]


# # Read metrics about disk IO by device
# [[inputs.diskio]]
#   ## By default, telegraf will gather stats for all devices including
#   ## disk partitions.
#   ## Setting devices will restrict the stats to the specified devices.
#   ## devices = ["sda", "sdb"]
#   ## Uncomment the following line if you do not need disk serial numbers.
#   ## skip_serial_number = true


# # Read metrics about memory usage
# [[inputs.mem]]
#   # no configuration


# # Read metrics about swap memory usage
# [[inputs.swap]]
#   # no configuration

System info:

[Include Telegraf version, operating system name, and other relevant details]

Telegraf version: v1.2.0
OS: Windows Server 2008 R2

Steps to reproduce:

1. Install Telegraf
2. Edit Telegraf.conf to check the processor win_perf_counters
3. Test it via:
   C:\"Program Files"\Telegraf\telegraf.exe --config C:\"Program Files"\Telegraf\telegraf.conf --test

Expected behavior:

The test should deliver us some metrics about cpu usage, actually we only get that the metric is valid:

Actual behavior:

We only get valid metrics from the RAM.

* Plugin: inputs.win_perf_counters, Collection 1
Valid: \Prozessor(*)\Leerlaufzeit (%)
Valid: \Prozessor(*)\Prozessorzeit (%)
Valid: \Arbeitsspeicher\Verfügbare Bytes
> win_mem,objectname=Arbeitsspeicher,host=tp-desktopts Verfügbare_Bytes=63247572992 1485513044000000000

Additional info:

We tried also PreVistaSupport = true

We also found the issue #1730 and the PR #1944 . Maybe someone had an Idea how to configure this?

[sparrc]

This should be fixed in 1.3 with #2261

[TheReal1604]

@sparrc do you have an idea when the 1.3 comes up? :-)

[sparrc]

in around 3 months, could you try using version 1.1.2 and use the PreVistaSupport option?

[TheReal1604]

@sparrc I tested this, it is not working, same result as above.

* Plugin: inputs.win_perf_counters, Collection 1
Valid: \Prozessor(*)\Leerlaufzeit (%)
Valid: \Prozessor(*)\Prozessorzeit (%)
Valid: \Arbeitsspeicher\Verfügbare Bytes
> win_mem,objectname=Arbeitsspeicher,host=tp-desktopts Verfügbare_Bytes=63247572325 1485513044000000000