Problem
Some Services inside the Windows Agent may go to stale. Kind of this services are affected by the WMI timeout.
Solution
Please follow this guidance to increase the timeout.
- Got to the agent directory C:\ProgramData\checkmk\agent
Open the check_mk.user.yml file and search for the wmi_timeout section. Remove the '#' and select the value
global: ... wmi_timeout: 7 # <- 7 sec, default ist 3 ...
You can modify this file even you're using the Agent Bakery!
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