[Xymon] Xymon Service alert not showing proper status for stopped service - windows

[David Baldwin]

Don,

It would help if you could post the relevant sections of your
analysis.cfg file as well as the section of the client report.

David.
> Hi David. Thanks for the information.  I checked the webpage and it's
> running 4.3.7
>
> Now, I am also getting similar port errors on the same server that
> appear to be false alarms.  I setup a port 1433 (SQL) monitor and it's
> also telling me that isn't listening, but I see a port 1433 listens or
> connections.
>
> red Tue Apr 10 08:00:07 2012 - Ports NOT ok
> &red local=1433 state=LISTENING : (found 0, req. 1 or more)
> &green Listen (found 51, req. none)
>
>
>
> Active Connections
>
>
> Proto  Local Address          Foreign Address        State
>
> TCP    0.0.0.0:80             0.0.0.0:0              LISTENING
>
> TCP    0.0.0.0:111            0.0.0.0:0              LISTENING
>
> TCP    0.0.0.0:135            0.0.0.0:0              LISTENING
>
> TCP    0.0.0.0:445            0.0.0.0:0              LISTENING
>
> TCP    0.0.0.0:803            0.0.0.0:0              LISTENING
>
> TCP    0.0.0.0:1433           0.0.0.0:0              LISTENING
>
> TCP    0.0.0.0:2383           0.0.0.0:0              LISTENING
>
> TCP    0.0.0.0:2799           0.0.0.0:0              LISTENING
>
> TCP    xx.xx.xx.nn:139         0.0.0.0:0              LISTENING
>
> TCP    xx.xx.xx.nn:1433        xx.xx.xx.nn:1850        ESTABLISHED
>
> TCP    xx.xx.xx.nn:1433        xx.xx.xx.nn:1214      ESTABLISHED
>
> TCP    xx.xx.xx.nn:1433        xx.xx.xx.nn:1483      ESTABLISHED
>
> TCP    xx.xx.xx.nn:1433        xx.xx.xx.nn:4308      ESTABLISHED
>
> TCP    xx.xx.xx.nn:1433        xx.xx.xx.nn:4389      ESTABLISHED
>
> TCP    xx.xx.xx.nn:1433        xx.xx.xx.nn:4937      ESTABLISH
>
> TCP    [::]:80                [::]:0                 LISTENING
>
> TCP    [::]:135               [::]:0                 LISTENING
>
> TCP    [::]:445               [::]:0                 LISTENING
>
> TCP    [::]:1433              [::]:0                 LISTENING
>
>
> From: David Baldwin <david.baldwin at ausport.gov.au
> <mailto:david.baldwin at ausport.gov.au>>
> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:22:53 +1000
> To: Don Kuhlman <don.kuhlman at schawk.com <mailto:don.kuhlman at schawk.com>>
> Cc: Xymon Email List <xymon at xymon.com <mailto:xymon at xymon.com>>
> Subject: Re: [Xymon] Xymon Service alert not showing proper status for
> stopped service - windows
>
> Don,
>> Hi folks. I just received this alert and am trying to figure out why
>> it's showing this way.
>>
>> It's alerting on a service on a windows sql box - the service that
>> looks stopped is 
>> SQLSERVERAGENT automatic stopped SQL Server Agent (MSSQLSERVER)
>>
>> but the alert text shows &red SQLSERVERAGENT is started/automatic -
>> want started/automatic
>>
>> Is this a time delay, or is there something I'm missing that's
>> causing the disconnect ?
>>
>> Will Xymon try to restart this service or do we manually code
>> something to do that?
>> My goal is to setup specific MYSQL and MS SQL server monitoring on a
>> DB page, but I hope to get a better understanding of how to watch and
>> validate these items.
>>
> What version are you running? This was definitely an issue with 4.2.0
> and fixed in 4.3.x
>
> David.
>> Thanks
>>
>> Don K
>>
>>
>>     red Fri Apr 06 13:02:17 2012 - Services NOT ok
>>     &green MSSQLSERVER is started/automatic - want started/automatic
>>     &green SQLBrowser is started/automatic - want started/automatic
>>     &red SQLSERVERAGENT is started/automatic - want started/automatic
>>     &green SQLWriter is started/automatic - want started/automatic
>>     &green BBWin is started/automatic - want started/automatic
>>
>>     Name                                StartupType  Status        
>>     DisplayName
>>     MSSQLSERVER                        
>>     automatic    started        SQL Server (MSSQLSERVER)
>>     MSSQLServerOLAPService              automatic    started        SQL
>>     Server Analysis Services (MSSQLSERVER)
>>     SQLBrowser                          automatic    started        SQL
>>     Server Browser
>>     SQLSERVERAGENT                      automatic    stopped        SQL
>>     Server Agent (MSSQLSERVER)
>>     SQLWriter                          
>>     automatic    started        SQL Server VSS Writer
>>     BBWin                              
>>     automatic    started        Big Brother Xymon Client
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> -- 
> David Baldwin - Senior Systems Administrator (Datacentres + Networks)
> Information and Communication Technology Services
> Australian Sports Commission          http://ausport.gov.au
> Tel 02 62147830 Fax 02 62141830       PO Box 176 Belconnen ACT 2616
> david.baldwin at ausport.gov.au          Leverrier Street Bruce ACT 2617
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David Baldwin - Senior Systems Administrator (Datacentres + Networks)
Information and Communication Technology Services
Australian Sports Commission          http://ausport.gov.au
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