[Xymon] WG: Re: Windows Service Checking

[Ulric Eriksson]

That is correct, whitespace in service names are not allowed, but that 
rule is not enforced and there are services with names that contain 
whitespace. I learned that the hard way, which is why MrBig allows 
services to be identified either by their service names or by their 
display names.

Ulric



Den 2016-05-13 kl. 09:57, skrev Lukas Kohl:
> Hello,
> have you tried double clicking the service in services ?
> Afaik, Service names with whitespaces are not allowed.
>
>
>
> Regards,
> Lukas
>
>
>
>
> Von: <zak.beck at accenture.com>
> An: <davieb at gmail.com>
> Kopie: xymon at xymon.com
> Datum: 13.05.2016 09:47
> Betreff: Re: [Xymon] Windows Service Checking
> Gesendet von: "Xymon" <xymon-bounces at xymon.com>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
> Hi
>
> Fair enough – it must be something to do with analysis.cfg then.
>
> The man page is a bit light on information in this area – have you 
> tried \ (backslash-space) for the spaces?
>
> Maybe someone else could chip in with the correct configuration.
>
> Zak
>
> *From:* David Boyer [mailto:davieb at gmail.com] *
> Sent:* 12 May 2016 17:59*
> To:* Beck, Zak <zak.beck at accenture.com>*
> Subject:* Re: [Xymon] Windows Service Checking
>
> Zak,
>      Using TaskMgr to view the Services, it 's listed as
> "NetBackup Client Service"... Since this is our intranet, I can't just 
> cut/paste info.
> But using the Internet workstation I can use an example of how it looks.
> This is the display in TaskMgr:
> Inline image 1
> And listed in Component Services as:
> Inline image 2
> I also have teh CcmExec service and find it ok.. I wonder if it's 
> related to Services with spaces in
> the name.  As I've noticed there are very few of them.
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
>
> On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 11:25 AM, <_zak.beck at accenture.com_ 
> <mailto:zak.beck at accenture.com>> wrote:
> Hi David
>
> Is the name "Netbackup Client Server" listed on the svcs page in the 
> name column?
>
> In Windows, services have a display name and a name. The display name 
> is what is generally shown in Control Panel -> Services.
>
> The name is what is listed on the svcs page in the left-most column 
> (display name in the right-most) and I believe it is the name you will 
> need to match.
>
> Sometimes these can be quite different, for example, the service "SMS 
> Agent Host" (displayname) has the name CcmExec.
>
> Cheers
>
> Zak
>
> *From:* Xymon [mailto:_xymon-bounces at xymon.com_ 
> <mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com>] *On Behalf Of *David Boyer*
> Sent:* 12 May 2016 15:57*
> To:* _xymon at xymon.com_ <mailto:xymon at xymon.com>*
> Subject:* [Xymon] Windows Service Checking
>
> I'm using Xymon 4.3.27 server and WinPSClient 2.15.
> I've put the following lines in the analysis.cfg file.
> SVC "Netbackup Client Service"
> SVC XymonPSClient
> Xymon correctly matches up the XymonPSClient on the SVCS page,
> but the "Netbackup Client Server".
> I've tried it with/without the quotes in the analysis.cfg file.
> What am I missing?
> Thanks,
> Dave
>  [Anhang "smime.p7s" gelöscht von Lukas Kohl/NBG1/ERGODirekt] 
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