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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Thanks for the reply Jamison. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>You’re quite right that I’ve asked the
question before and I’m still hoping that one day someone (maybe me) will find
the answer. It seems to me that this is a Xymon server issue to do with the way
it handles the SVCS data from Windows clients. I’ve done some more testing and
if I use the values “status=started startup=automatic” then I get the problem
already shown.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>If I use “startup=automatic status=started”
then I get the opposite, in that I get a message saying “SQLSERVERAGENT is stopped/automatic
- want started/automatic” even when it is started and the icon is green. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>If I change it to just use status=started
and forget about the startup type then I get “AdobeARMservice is
started/automatic - want started/Any” whether it is red or green.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>It would appear that the Xymon server is
correctly interpreting the results but not displaying the message correctly.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Unfortunately, I’m a stubborn bugger so
won’t give in and change to local mode unless I absolutely have to. I’m already
thinking about hiding the ‘svcs’ column and creating a server side script to
handle the client data then write to a new column called ‘services’. I reckon I
could have that up and running within a week and even use the existing
analysis.cfg data to find the services to check as I could use grep to pull
that out. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>I’d still rather have a system that
handles it as it should rather than using workarounds that are non-standard for
our installation.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Neil.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
xymon-bounces@xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces@xymon.com] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Jamison Maxwell<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 27 April 2012 03:37<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> xymon@xymon.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Xymon] Windows
service monitoring</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>I’ve dropped Xymon
into a couple of places I’ve worked and have always had weird problems
monitoring Windows in central. Considering you can edit the conf files by
specifying the UNC path, I have always broken down and done the configuration
on the clients themselves. I know that that is not the answer you’re
looking for, but I’ve noticed you’ve posted the same question a few times
without many answers back…..<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Jamison Maxwell<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><a
href="mailto:Jamison@newasterisk.com">Jamison@newasterisk.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
xymon-bounces@xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces@xymon.com] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Neil Simmonds<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, April 26, 2012
3:17 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> xymon@xymon.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Xymon] Windows service
monitoring<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>We are monitoring various Windows services using BBWin 0.12
in central mode reporting to a Xymon 4.3.4 server.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>In the analysis.cfg file for a number of servers we have the
following type of entry,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>SVC SQLSERVERAGENT status=started startup=automatic<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>As far as I can see from the analysis.cfg help that is
exactly the correct format, however when this flags red, we get the following
message,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<pre style='background:black'><font size=2 color="#d8d8bf" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#D8D8BF'>SQLSERVERAGENT is started/automatic - want started/automatic<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>When I look down the list of processes SQLSERVERAGENT is
clearly shown as stopped,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<pre style='background:black'><font size=2 color="#d8d8bf" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#D8D8BF'>SQLSERVERAGENT automatic stopped SQLSERVERAGENT<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Does anyone have any idea why the message is incorrect and
if there is a way to fix it?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Regards,</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
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