[Xymon] Xymon mtime (on Windows client)

Tue Dec 19 00:20:37 CET 2017

Peter,

It's Windows, so uses "\" not "/" as path separator.

Two pieces required in two config files:

section in client-local.cfg under host to be checked - can use either
file: or log: depending on whether you are just interested in metadata
or also want to inspect new content (e.g. logfile):

[myhost.mydomain]
file:C:\MyFolder\MyFile.log
log:C:\MyFolder\MyFile.log:10240

section in analysis.cfg - example will go red unless file is created in
past 10 days:

FILE C:\MyFolder\MyFile.log MTIME<864000 red

On the "files" test for the host, there should be a link for the file
test which should display the section of the client report - sample
below is based on using log: in client-local.cfg:

[logfile:C:\MyFolder\MyFile.log]
type:100000 (file)
mode:777 (not implemented)
linkcount:1
owner:0 (MYDOMAIN\myuser)
group:0 (MYDOMAIN\mygroup)
size:11100
atime:1510103234 (2017/11/08-12:07:14)
ctime:1509427381 (2017/10/31-16:23:01)
mtime:1513142264 (2017/12/13-16:17:44)
FileVersion:
FileDescription:

If that is missing, there is also a link at the foot of the page to
"Client data" - look for [file:...] or [logfile:...] headers

David.
> Hi David
> I tried using xymonPSClient but get then same results.
>
> I think the problem is somewhere in the  analysis file.
> The line I am using is
>
> FILE        /bginfo/Junk.txt RED mtime<600
>
> I have also tried
>
> FILE        c:/bginfo/Junk.txt RED mtime<600
>
> without success.
>
>
>
> Cheers
> *Peter Wain|Senior Infrastructure Support | Strategy, Capability and
> Innovation Division**
> Forest, Fire and Regions | *Department of Environment, Land, Water and
> Planning
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> From:        David Baldwin <david.baldwin at ausport.gov.au>
> To:        <peter.wain at delwp.vic.gov.au>, <xymon at xymon.com>,
> Date:        15/12/2017 11:56 AM
> Subject:        Re: [Xymon] Xymon mtime (on Windows client)
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>
> Peter,
>
> Which client are you running? BBWin or Powershell?
>
> I was just dealing with this issue - I have some files that should be
> generated each day and so wanted to check MTIME did not get too old.
> Problem was, when the file was generated it appeared to be really old,
> and took about 11 hours before the test worked - coincidentally what
> the local time zone offset is. Turns out BBWin generates epoch time
> (seconds since 1/1/1970) with timezone offset applied.
>
> So I switched to using Powershell client on those hosts and problem
> solved.
>
> Windows client XymonPSClient has been updated to v2.27. You can
> download it here:
> _https://sourceforge.net/p/xymon/code/HEAD/tree/sandbox/WinPSClient/_
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> David.
> Hi
>
>  I am attempting (without much luck) to get the mtime working. I want
> an alert to change to red if the file is older than 10 minutes. The
> file resides on a Windows 2012r2 box.
>
> The details are
>
> Server Ubuntu 16.04.3.LTS
>
> Xymon:        xymon-4.3.28
>
> Client-local.cfg
>
> [MGTPW0D01W]_
> __FILE:C:/Bginfo/Junk.txt_ <FILE:///C:/Bginfo/Junk.txt>
>
> Analysis.cfg
>
> HOST=MGTPW0D01W
>         FILE    /Bginfo/junk.txt mtime<300 RED
>          
>
> XYMON
>
> The Xymon display page shows the file is older than 10 minutes but
> does not update the display.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Cheers
>
> Peter
>
>
> *
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