[Xymon] Xymon Powershell Windows client

[Ryan Davis]

Where is the zip file for distribution?

On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 11:07 AM, Scot Kreienkamp <
Scot.Kreienkamp at la-z-boy.com> wrote:

>  Yes it can monitor a cluster, just not like dito is thinking.
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> Have the client setup on both nodes, configure xymon to monitor both nodes
> and the cluster address, and use combo tests to get a cluster status.
> Setup the combo tests so they show status on the cluster address, and
> configure the combo tests so that as long as one of the two nodes is green
> then the cluster is green as well.  That is the best way, I do the same
> thing with Linux clusters here.
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> The other (less desirable) way is to hard code the cluster name in the
> config of the client, then set that service to failover and start with the
> cluster.
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> Scot Kreienkamp
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> *From:* Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] *On Behalf Of *
> zak.beck at accenture.com
> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 17, 2015 10:22 AM
> *To:* dito74 at gmail.com; xymon-developer at lists.sourceforge.net;
> xymon at xymon.com
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> *Subject:* Re: [Xymon] Xymon Powershell Windows client
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> Hi
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> I'm not sure I understand the question fully, I'm sure there will be other
> people on the list who can help.
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> The client runs as a Windows service and monitors the space and processes
> running on that one server. It then reports back those results every 5
> minutes (by default) to the Xymon server.
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> If you're asking whether this client can be running on server 1 and
> monitor server 2, no, it cannot. As far as I know, Xymon is not really
> designed like that.
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> However, if each node is attached to shared storage, and the storage is
> presented as a mapped drive, then yes, it can monitor that. You'd need to
> use in the local config:
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> <wanteddisks>3 4</wanteddisks>
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> and use the update I committed earlier today.
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> Thanks
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> Zak
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> *From:* Dito [mailto:dito74 at gmail.com <dito74 at gmail.com>]
> *Sent:* 17 February 2015 13:53
> *To:* Beck, Zak; xymon-developer at lists.sourceforge.net; xymon at xymon.com
> *Subject:* Re: [Xymon] Xymon Powershell Windows client
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> can it be used in a MS cluster resource?  can I monitor sql resource and
> space on it,  independently of which node it is running on?
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> On Fri, Feb 13, 2015, 06:35 null <zak.beck at accenture.com> wrote:
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>  Hi all,
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> Today I have uploaded a new version of the Xymon Powershell client to SVN
> (in sandbox/WinPSClient). We (Accenture) are very pleased to be
> contributing these changes to the open source community. I've been working
> on this now for around 8 months on and off and hopefully the changes made
> will be of benefit to everyone!
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> Whilst making changes, we have focussed mainly on making it work,
> improving reliability and most importantly improving performance.
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> In most cases, on our 64 bit OS virtual machines, a data collection now
> takes around 5 seconds. On heavily loaded (CPU load or event log load)
> servers, the script is now considerably faster than originally. Key to this
> has been reducing the amount of WMI usage as this was a major culprit.
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> We have also implemented some new features, largely based on our in-house
> requirements but hopefully useful to others:
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> ·         Showing the process owner and command line in [procs]. This has
> been implemented using c# code, compiled at runtime.
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> ·         Adding Active Directory replication test, Terminal Services
> sessions test
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> ·         Ability to restart any stopped Windows service
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> ·         Client self-update
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> ·         Dirsize and dirtime checks (which were originally external
> scripts)
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> Some things have changed slightly; for example, the local configuration
> which was registry-based is now XML-based (you can still use registry
> settings if you prefer).  In the SVN repository I have also uploaded a Word
> document which describes how to install and the configuration options.
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> I have uploaded all the revisions we have made to SVN so there is a
> history of development. Whilst we will endeavour to continue contributing
> changes and improvements in coming months, this is an open source project
> and as such we are not offering any formal support. If anyone wishes to
> bugfix, branch or whatever, please do so!
>
> Zak Beck
> Accenture
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