[Xymon] Xymon Service alert not showing proper status for stopped service - windows

[Don Kuhlman]

Hi David. Thanks for the information.  I checked the webpage and it's running 4.3.7

Now, I am also getting similar port errors on the same server that appear to be false alarms.  I setup a port 1433 (SQL) monitor and it's also telling me that isn't listening, but I see a port 1433 listens or connections.

red Tue Apr 10 08:00:07 2012 - Ports NOT ok
&red local=1433 state=LISTENING : (found 0, req. 1 or more)
&green Listen (found 51, req. none)



Active Connections


Proto  Local Address          Foreign Address        State

TCP    0.0.0.0:80             0.0.0.0:0              LISTENING

TCP    0.0.0.0:111            0.0.0.0:0              LISTENING

TCP    0.0.0.0:135            0.0.0.0:0              LISTENING

TCP    0.0.0.0:445            0.0.0.0:0              LISTENING

TCP    0.0.0.0:803            0.0.0.0:0              LISTENING

TCP    0.0.0.0:1433           0.0.0.0:0              LISTENING

TCP    0.0.0.0:2383           0.0.0.0:0              LISTENING

TCP    0.0.0.0:2799           0.0.0.0:0              LISTENING

TCP    xx.xx.xx.nn:139         0.0.0.0:0              LISTENING

TCP    xx.xx.xx.nn:1433        xx.xx.xx.nn:1850        ESTABLISHED

TCP    xx.xx.xx.nn:1433        xx.xx.xx.nn:1214      ESTABLISHED

TCP    xx.xx.xx.nn:1433        xx.xx.xx.nn:1483      ESTABLISHED

TCP    xx.xx.xx.nn:1433        xx.xx.xx.nn:4308      ESTABLISHED

TCP    xx.xx.xx.nn:1433        xx.xx.xx.nn:4389      ESTABLISHED

TCP    xx.xx.xx.nn:1433        xx.xx.xx.nn:4937      ESTABLISH

TCP    [::]:80                [::]:0                 LISTENING

TCP    [::]:135               [::]:0                 LISTENING

TCP    [::]:445               [::]:0                 LISTENING

TCP    [::]:1433              [::]:0                 LISTENING


From: David Baldwin <david.baldwin at ausport.gov.au<mailto:david.baldwin at ausport.gov.au>>
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:22:53 +1000
To: Don Kuhlman <don.kuhlman at schawk.com<mailto:don.kuhlman at schawk.com>>
Cc: Xymon Email List <xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com>>
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Xymon Service alert not showing proper status for stopped service - windows

Don,
Hi folks. I just received this alert and am trying to figure out why it's showing this way.

It's alerting on a service on a windows sql box - the service that looks stopped is
SQLSERVERAGENT automatic stopped SQL Server Agent (MSSQLSERVER)

but the alert text shows &red SQLSERVERAGENT is started/automatic - want started/automatic

Is this a time delay, or is there something I'm missing that's causing the disconnect ?

Will Xymon try to restart this service or do we manually code something to do that?
My goal is to setup specific MYSQL and MS SQL server monitoring on a DB page, but I hope to get a better understanding of how to watch and validate these items.

What version are you running? This was definitely an issue with 4.2.0 and fixed in 4.3.x

David.
Thanks

Don K


red Fri Apr 06 13:02:17 2012 - Services NOT ok
&green MSSQLSERVER is started/automatic - want started/automatic
&green SQLBrowser is started/automatic - want started/automatic
&red SQLSERVERAGENT is started/automatic - want started/automatic
&green SQLWriter is started/automatic - want started/automatic
&green BBWin is started/automatic - want started/automatic

Name                                StartupType  Status         DisplayName
MSSQLSERVER                         automatic    started        SQL Server (MSSQLSERVER)
MSSQLServerOLAPService              automatic    started        SQL Server Analysis Services (MSSQLSERVER)
SQLBrowser                          automatic    started        SQL Server Browser
SQLSERVERAGENT                      automatic    stopped        SQL Server Agent (MSSQLSERVER)
SQLWriter                           automatic    started        SQL Server VSS Writer
BBWin                               automatic    started        Big Brother Xymon Client





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David Baldwin - Senior Systems Administrator (Datacentres + Networks)
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