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

[Larry Barber]

Try something like LISTEN=%.*:1443, I think Xymon tries to match the entire
entry.

Thanks,
Larry Barber

On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 8:56 AM, Don Kuhlman <Don.Kuhlman at schawk.com> wrote:

>  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>
> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:22:53 +1000
> To: Don Kuhlman <don.kuhlman at schawk.com>
> Cc: Xymon Email List <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
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> David Baldwin - Senior Systems Administrator (Datacentres + Networks)
> Information and Communication Technology Services
> Australian Sports Commission          http://ausport.gov.au
> Tel 02 62147830 Fax 02 62141830       PO Box 176 Belconnen ACT 2616david.baldwin at ausport.gov.au          Leverrier Street Bruce ACT 2617
>
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