How to monitor Windows 2012 Server using local admin account?
Windows 2012 server can not be monitored using local admin account from a remote machine. We have to follow these steps on the monitored server to allow remote WMI polling for the local admin account.
If you want to use a local user to monitor the target machine (no matter if workgroup or domain machine), set up this user account as following.
Note: This approach does not work with a domain user!
Note: This approach does not work with a domain user!
- Open the Computer/Server Management tool on the target machine.
- Navigate to System | Local Users and Groups | Groups.
- Add the local user to Distributed COM Users and to Performance Monitor Users.
- Navigate to Services and Applications below in the management panel.
- Right-click WMI Control and choose Properties.
- Select the Security tab.
- Navigate to the namespace you are interested in (e.g., Root\CIMV2).
- Click on the Security button.
- Add the local user and give these permissions: Execute Methods, Enable Account andRemote Enable.
- Start DCOMCNFG.exe
- Select COM Security
- In section Launch and Activation Permissions click Edit Limits...
- Add the local user and allow these permissions: Local Launch, Remote Launch and Remote Activation
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