# Configuring WinSAR

WinSAR consistently monitors and records different aspects of system performance, such as memory consumption and various other activities like disk I/O and system resource allocation. This thorough logging offers a detailed perspective of system behavior over time, allowing users to analyze performance trends and optimize resource management.

# Requirements

An Open iT Client connected to an Open iT Server or a coexistent Open iT setup
Activated SystemAnalyzer and SAR

# Introduction

Open iT supports configuring WinSAR reporting. This will produce the following aggregated data type used for historical reporting:

(36) WinSAR

The following sections will guide you on the necessary configurations for WinSAR reports.

Apply the configurations shown in the Open iT client.

# Configuring WinSAR Data Collection

Open winsar.xml in the Components directory, which is by default in C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\Configuration\Components.

Under collect object, make sure that the WinSAR and Idle sub-objects are set to true.

winsar.xml
<Object>
   <Name>WinSAR</Name>
   <Description>Main collection scheme.</Description>
   <SubObjects>
       <Object>
           <Name>active</Name>
           <Description>Is this scheme active?</Description>
           <Value type="Bool">true</Value>
       </Object>

winsar.xml
<Object>
   <Name>Idle</Name>
   <Description>Idle collection scheme.</Description>
   <SubObjects>
       <Object>
           <Name>active</Name>
           <Description>Is this scheme active?</Description>
           <Value type="Bool">true</Value>
       </Object>

Save the changes.

Some antivirus programs may mistakenly flag the binary used in this feature as a potential threat or display a heuristic warning. This is a false positive, meaning the detection indicates no actual harm or malicious activity. If you encounter any warnings, we recommend whitelisting the application in your antivirus settings.

# Verifying Data Collection

Open a command prompt with Administrator level privileges.
Go to the bin directory, which is by default in C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\bin, run the command:
Command Syntax
```
 cd $BIN_DIR
```
Example
```
 cd C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\bin
```

Run the command:

Command Syntax
 openit_executor -r collect_license_sar-win

Verify that there are archiver*.in files created in the server in the archiver directory, which is by default in C:\ProgramData\OpeniT\Data\incoming\archiver.

# Sample Historical Report

Physical and Logical Disks' Read and Write