[Xymon] [External] Xymon WinPSclient uptime bug

[SebA]

Hi Zak,

I can reproduce this in v.2.28 and the latest v2.34 on this server, and
judging by the time on the Xymon server the uptime message (which has a
timestamp of 16:26:38) is sent during the following message:

2019-02-01 16:26:38  Sending output for procruntime
2019-02-01 16:26:38  Using ASCII encoding
2019-02-01 16:26:38  Connecting to host x.x.x.x
2019-02-01 16:26:39  Sent 96 bytes to server
2019-02-01 16:26:39  Received 0 bytes from server

The uptime in c:\xymon-lastcollect.txt is correct when I follow the
procedure you described, but I think that may be calculated later:

2019-02-01 16:26:39  Sending to server
2019-02-01 16:26:39  Using ASCII encoding
2019-02-01 16:26:40  Connecting to host x.x.x.x
2019-02-01 16:26:40  Sent 912722 bytes to server
2019-02-01 16:26:40  Received 578 bytes from server

>From the above xymon-lastcollect.txt:

[date]
Fri 01 Feb 16:26:39 2019

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That log was from v.2.28.  I think tried with v2.34 and it had the same
behaviour but the time on the Xymon server for the uptime report was 25
seconds before I manually ran the xymonclient.ps1 script.  However, there
was no other way it could have been reported to the server and time of the
servers are in sync.  So, I don't know how that happened unless it is using
the time from a file that it is sending using externaldatalocation - except
those files don't have seconds in the time.  They are sent earlier than the
main report though.

Kind regards,

SebA



On Thu, 31 Jan 2019 at 09:42, Beck, Zak <zak.beck at accenture.com> wrote:

> Hi Seb
>
>
>
> I can’t replicate this one.
>
>
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> What do you have in analysis.cfg for UP?
>
>
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> *UP bootlimit toolonglimit [color]*
>
> The cpu status goes yellow/red if the system has been up for less than
> "bootlimit" time, or longer than "toolonglimit". The time is in minutes, or
> you can add h/d/w for hours/days/weeks - eg. "2h" for two hours, or "4w"
> for 4 weeks.
>
> Defaults: bootlimit=1h, toolonglimit=-1 (infinite), color=yellow.
>
>
>
> Secondly, on a server where this happens, can you open an administrator
> powershell prompt and try this:
>
>
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> Stop-Service xymonpsclient
>
> cd "c:\program files\xymon"
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> .\xymonclient.ps1
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>
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> And press ctrl-c when you see this line:
>
>
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> 2019-01-31 09:24:19  Delaying until next run: 30 seconds
>
>
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> Then open c:\xymon-lastcollect.txt and tell me what you get under [uptime]
> – here’s an example:
>
>
>
> [uptime]
>
> sec: 408029
>
> 4 days 17 hours 20 minutes 29 seconds
>
> Bootup: 20190126160344.494100+000
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>
>
>
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> You can then go back to powershell and
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> Start-Service xymonpsclient
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>
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> Paths above subject to where you have installed the client.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> Zak
>
>
>
> *From:* Xymon <xymon-bounces at xymon.com> *On Behalf Of *SebA
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 30 January 2019 18:19
> *To:* Xymon Mailing List <xymon at xymon.com>
> *Subject:* [External] [Xymon] Xymon WinPSclient uptime bug
>
>
>
> I've noticed a minor bug in the Xymon WinPSclient uptime report - after
> stopping and starting the service it says "
>
> Machine recently rebooted
>
> " in the uptime column on the Xymon server display.  I don't mind it going
> yellow - arguably a warning might be in order here, but if so, it should
> say 'Xymon client recently started'.  Once the client has been running for
> a bit, it reports the correct uptime.
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
> SebA
>
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