[Xymon] help with xymonpsclient
Timothy Williams
tlwilliams4 at vcu.edu
Thu Apr 23 15:15:29 CEST 2020
I have to edit the file so that it starts/runs on some machines. Try
changing about line 2499 from
if ($serviceexclds -ne '') TO: if ($serviceexclds -ne "")
*Timothy L. Williams*
On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 8:58 AM Beck, Zak <zak.beck at accenture.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
>
>
> You did copy nssm.exe to the same location as the client script?
>
>
>
> You could try running it without the service – this is often helpful with
> startup issues.
>
>
>
> You need to start a powershell prompt with Administrator permissions – you
> can usually do this by using Run (Win+R) and type in powershell.exe.
>
>
>
> Then use cd to change directory to the location where you installed the
> client – e.g.
>
>
>
> cd "\program files\xymon"
>
>
>
> and then to run the client:
>
>
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> .\xymonclient.ps1
>
>
>
> You’ll a load of logging, if there are any exception messages in red you
> have a problem.
>
>
>
> Cheers
>
>
>
> Zak
>
>
>
> *From:* Xymon <xymon-bounces at xymon.com> *On Behalf Of *Chris Pretorius
> *Sent:* 23 April 2020 06:29
> *To:* Timothy Williams <tlwilliams4 at vcu.edu>
> *Cc:* xymon at xymon.com
> *Subject:* [External] Re: [Xymon] help with xymonpsclient
>
>
>
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> Hi Timothy
>
>
>
> Yes, the same location. I backed up the older files, deployed the new
> files and started the install process.
>
>
>
> Are there any logs I can look at that can reveal why the service fails to
> start?
>
> The client logs didn’t change during the install and start process.
>
>
>
> Regards
>
>
>
> *From:* Timothy Williams <tlwilliams4 at vcu.edu>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 22 April 2020 20:24
> *To:* Chris Pretorius <chrisp at lightstoneauto.co.za>
> *Cc:* xymon at xymon.com
> *Subject:* Re: [Xymon] help with xymonpsclient
>
>
>
> Is that the same location as the older client was? Myself I use a C:\Utils
> folder to avoid permission issues in Program files. Xymon XML config files
> tell it where to create logs, etc. Make sure service has permission to
> create files there.
>
>
>
> here is an excerpt of my xymonclient_config.xml:
>
>
>
> <XymonSettings>
> <servers>xymon.xxxx.xxx</servers>
> <clientlogfile>c:\Logs\xymonclient.log</clientlogfile>
> <clientconfigfile>c:\Utils\clientconfig.cfg</clientconfigfile>
> <clientlogretain>3</clientlogretain>
> <clientfqdn>0</clientfqdn>
> <clientlower>0</clientlower>
> <clientremotecfgexec>1</clientremotecfgexec>
> </XymonSettings>
>
> *Timothy L. Williams*
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 2:11 PM Chris Pretorius <
> chrisp at lightstoneauto.co.za> wrote:
>
> Hi Timothy
>
>
>
> Please ignore my previous post
>
>
>
> I managed to get past the error and the client installed successfully.
>
>
>
> When I run the start command I get the following error:
>
>
>
> PS C:\Program Files\xymon> .\xymonclient.ps1 install
>
> Service "XymonPSClient" installed successfully!
>
> PS C:\Program Files\xymon> .\xymonclient.ps1 start
>
> start-service : Failed to start service 'XymonPSClient (XymonPSClient)'.
>
> At C:\Program Files\xymon\xymonclient.ps1:4139 char:60
>
> + ... $xymonsvcname).Status -ne "Running") { start-service $xymonsvcname }
>
> + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> + CategoryInfo : OpenError:
> (System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController:ServiceController) [Start-Service],
>
> ServiceCommandException
>
> + FullyQualifiedErrorId :
> StartServiceFailed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.StartServiceCommand
>
>
>
> Kind regards
>
>
>
> *From:* Chris Pretorius
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 22 April 2020 18:16
> *To:* Timothy Williams <tlwilliams4 at vcu.edu>
> *Cc:* xymon at xymon.com
> *Subject:* RE: [Xymon] help with xymonpsclient
>
>
>
> Hi Timothy
>
>
>
> The installation of the latest xymonclient.ps1 failed with the errors
> below.
>
>
>
> The server is Window2016 server
>
>
>
> IE version 11
>
>
>
> Had to set the execution policy to Bypass, Setting it to remoteexecution
> failed
>
>
>
>
>
> PS C:\Program Files\xymon> .\xymonclient.ps1 install
>
> At C:\Program Files\xymon\xymonclient.ps1:28 char:19
>
> + <!--[if lt IE 7 ]> <html lang="en" class="no-js ie6"> <![endif]-->
>
> + ~
>
> Missing file specification after redirection operator.
>
> At C:\Program Files\xymon\xymonclient.ps1:28 char:20
>
> + <!--[if lt IE 7 ]> <html lang="en" class="no-js ie6"> <![endif]-->
>
> + ~
>
> The '<' operator is reserved for future use.
>
> At C:\Program Files\xymon\xymonclient.ps1:28 char:55
>
> + <!--[if lt IE 7 ]> <html lang="en" class="no-js ie6"> <![endif]-->
>
> + ~
>
> The '<' operator is reserved for future use.
>
> At C:\Program Files\xymon\xymonclient.ps1:29 char:16
>
> + <!--[if IE 7 ]> <html lang="en" class="no-js ie7"> <![endif]-->
>
> + ~
>
> Missing file specification after redirection operator.
>
> At C:\Program Files\xymon\xymonclient.ps1:29 char:20
>
> + <!--[if IE 7 ]> <html lang="en" class="no-js ie7"> <![endif]-->
>
> + ~
>
> The '<' operator is reserved for future use.
>
> At C:\Program Files\xymon\xymonclient.ps1:29 char:55
>
> + <!--[if IE 7 ]> <html lang="en" class="no-js ie7"> <![endif]-->
>
> + ~
>
> The '<' operator is reserved for future use.
>
> At C:\Program Files\xymon\xymonclient.ps1:30 char:16
>
> + <!--[if IE 8 ]> <html lang="en" class="no-js ie8"> <![endif]-->
>
> + ~
>
> Missing file specification after redirection operator.
>
> At C:\Program Files\xymon\xymonclient.ps1:30 char:20
>
> + <!--[if IE 8 ]> <html lang="en" class="no-js ie8"> <![endif]-->
>
> + ~
>
> The '<' operator is reserved for future use.
>
> At C:\Program Files\xymon\xymonclient.ps1:30 char:55
>
> + <!--[if IE 8 ]> <html lang="en" class="no-js ie8"> <![endif]-->
>
> + ~
>
> The '<' operator is reserved for future use.
>
> At C:\Program Files\xymon\xymonclient.ps1:31 char:16
>
> + <!--[if IE 9 ]> <html lang="en" class="no-js ie9"> <![endif]-->
>
> + ~
>
> Missing file specification after redirection operator.
>
> Not all parse errors were reported. Correct the reported errors and try
> again.
>
> + CategoryInfo : ParserError: (:) [], ParseException
>
> + FullyQualifiedErrorId : MissingFileSpecification
>
>
>
> Kind regards
>
>
>
> *From:* Timothy Williams <tlwilliams4 at vcu.edu>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 22 April 2020 16:54
> *To:* Chris Pretorius <chrisp at lightstoneauto.co.za>
> *Cc:* xymon at xymon.com
> *Subject:* Re: [Xymon] help with xymonpsclient
>
>
>
> Chris,
>
>
>
> You are using an outdated script. I could not find the WMI process in any
> recent versions. I did go back and find it in a 2.19
>
> Version 2.42 now contains:
>
>
>
> WriteLog "XymonCollectInfo: CPU info"
> $script:cpuinfo = [ProcessorInformation]::GetSystemInfo()
> $script:numcores = $cpuinfo.NumberOfProcessors
> WriteLog "Found $($script:numcores) cores"
>
>
>
> Latest version properly shows all 24 cores on my Dell R540.
>
> *Timothy L. Williams*
>
> *Operating Systems Analyst*
>
> Virginia Commonwealth University Computer Center
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 10:20 AM Chris Pretorius <
> chrisp at lightstoneauto.co.za> wrote:
>
> Good day
>
>
>
> I have a windows server 2016 that I use winpsclient to collect the server
> matrix and send to xymon
>
>
>
> Problem is the server has 24 cpu’s allocated and on xymon it reports only
> 12 cores if you open the cpu page for the monitored host
>
>
>
> Looks like this is the part in the xymonclient.ps1 script that collects
> the cpu count:
>
>
>
> WriteLog "XymonCollectInfo: CPU info (WMI)"
>
> $script:cpuinfo = @(Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Processor)
>
> #$script:totalload = 0
>
> $script:numcpus = $cpuinfo.Count
>
> $script:numcores = 0
>
> $script:numvcpus = 0
>
> foreach ($cpu in $cpuinfo) {
>
> #$script:totalload += $cpu.LoadPercentage
>
> $script:numcores += $cpu.NumberOfCores
>
> $script:numvcpus += $cpu.NumberOfLogicalProcessors
>
> }
>
> #$script:totalload /= $numcpus
>
>
>
> WriteLog "Found $($script:numcpus) CPUs, total of $($script:numcores)
> cores"
>
>
>
> How do I modify the script to count the correct number of processors?
>
>
>
> Kind regards
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *Chris Pretorius *Senior Linux Administrator
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