[Xymon] [External] Monitor Windows service if installed

[Jeremy Ruffer]

Hi Colin,

I use BBWin for this.

If the service isn't installed it is ignored but if it does exist it must
be running or it will go red.

HTH

Jeremy


On Mon, 11 Oct 2021, 22:55 Colin Coe, <colin.coe at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Zak but not quote what I was looking for.
>
> A service installed on approx half our Windows VDI nodes randomly stops.
> I want the 'svcs' to go red if:
> - the service is installed; and
> - the service is not running.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
>
> On Mon, 11 Oct 2021 at 16:16, Beck, Zak <zak.beck at accenture.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi
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>> https://www.xymon.com/help/manpages/man5/analysis.cfg.5.html
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>> You need to use the svc directive in analysis.cfg. You can alert on
>> whether the service is started or stopped, and the startup setting. This
>> should work with both the BBWIN client and the Powershell client.
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>> Cheers
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>>
>> Zak
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>> Is there a way to alert if a particular Windows service is installed but
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