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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">David,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">I
was able to catch a system this afternoon that wasn't
reporting services. I get this back when running the
get-wmiobject command:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">PS
C:\> Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Service<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Get-WmiObject
:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">At
line:1 char:14<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">+
Get-WmiObject <<<< -Class Win32_Service<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:)
[Get-WmiObject], COMException<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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+ FullyQualifiedErrorId :
GetWMICOMException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetWmiObjectCommand<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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Looks like it's a problem with your system.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">One
other thing… I noticed that whenever the PS client runs it
takes the CPU up to 100% for 5-15 seconds or so on many of
the systems it's installed on. I'm already getting push
back from other systems admins because of that. I imagine
many people will be complaining about it sooner or later,
that's kind of a bad thing. </span><span
style="font-family: Wingdings; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">J</span><span
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Off
to Google that…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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I don't have a lot of experience with WMI, but it seems like it can
be a pretty heavyweight way to get fairly trivial information. There
may be some tuning or checks that can be done to make sure it's
running as best it can, but a google search or others be able to
give better advice than I.<br>
<br>
It would also pay to watch the memory footprint of the client
long-term. I've tried to do as much preemptive garbage collection as
I can, but I'm not convinced there aren't leaks, especially
interfacing with COM objects, which given the error above makes WMI
a big candidate. I wouldn't be surprised if some of the WMI data
could be gained by alternative means such as poking about in the
registry, but I don't have time to investigate at present.<br>
<br>
David.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31,
73, 125);">Scot Kreienkamp<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31,
73, 125);">Senior Systems Engineer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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73, 125);"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:skreien@la-z-boy.com">skreien@la-z-boy.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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windowtext;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:
10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"; color:
windowtext;"> David Baldwin
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:david.baldwin@ausport.gov.au">mailto:david.baldwin@ausport.gov.au</a>] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 09, 2011 9:31 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Scot Kreienkamp; <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:xymon@xymon.com">xymon@xymon.com</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Xymon] Windows PS client svcs data
missing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">On 10/05/11 2:09 AM, Scot Kreienkamp wrote:
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hi everyone,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I've run into a problem with the Windows
Powershell client intermittently omitting service data on
Win2008. Here's the relevant parts of the client data file:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard
(build 7600)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">---snip---<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Persistent Routes:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> None<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">[ifstat]<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">fe80::619f:8c8:bf22:6ca5%11 2254617444
2999570366<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">10.100.1.211 2254617444 2999570366<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">::1 0 0<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">127.0.0.1 0 0<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">[svcs]<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Name
StartupType Status DisplayName<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">[uptime]<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">sec: 8168297<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">94 days 12 hours 58 minutes 17 seconds<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Bootup: 20110203213923.713291-360<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">[who]<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">SESSIONNAME USERNAME
ID STATE TYPE DEVICE<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">---snip---<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As you can see, the svcs portion is empty.
I already updated the client to the latest PS client files
available and it still is happening. I'm not a programmer so
I'm not sure how I can help troubleshoot this, but I'm willing
to help in any way I can.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif";">services
information is gathered from WMI. The builtin powershell
"get-services" doesn't return sufficient information.<br>
<br>
Try the following:<br>
<br>
open a powershell window (powershell.exe lives in
C:\WINDOWS\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0)<br>
<br>
Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Service<br>
<br>
Try running it a few times. Is it slow, or does it sometimes
not return any information?<br>
<br>
Also, if you look at the Client data report (link at the
bottom of various pages - cpu, disk, procs, svcs), do you
see sections for [WMI:Win32...] towards the bottom of the
report. There should be:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<pre>WMI:Win32_OperatingSystem<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>WMI:Win32_ComputerSystem<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>WMI:Win32_BIOS<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>WMI:Win32_Processor<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>WMI:Win32_PhysicalMemory<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>WMI:Win32_LogicalDisk<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>WMI:Win32_QuickFixEngineering<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>WMI:Win32_Product<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><o:p> </o:p></pre>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif";">If these are
missing there may be a problem with the WMI service. Try
restarting it in the first instance.<br>
<br>
David.<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p>
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