[Xymon] [EXT] Re: [External] Monitor Windows service if installed

[Alan Ford]

Colin,
The external script is the way to do it.
Use either xymondlog or xymonxlog(for xml output)
Like this

xymon xymonserver "xymondlog servname.svc"

and you can first check to see if the service exists, then check to see if its started...

You could get even trickier and use an external script to create a file in analysis.d for that servername (eg. svc_servername.cfg)
With this in it.

HOST=servername
   SVC "Name of service" "status=%^stop" RED


Alan Ford



-----Original Message-----
From: Xymon <xymon-bounces at xymon.com> On Behalf Of Tom Schmidt
Sent: Tuesday, 12 October 2021 12:26 PM
To: Colin Coe <colin.coe at gmail.com>
Cc: Xymon Mailing List <xymon at xymon.com>
Subject: [EXT] Re: [Xymon] [External] Monitor Windows service if installed

Colin,
    There is not a configuration in Xymon to do that.  It would require a custom external script to monitor and alert like you desire, to only alert if a service is installed but not started.  I assume you want the alert to be green or clear if the service is not installed.

Tom

On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 4:38 PM Colin Coe <colin.coe at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks but how to make it go only if it is installed *and* not running?
>
> On Tue, 12 Oct 2021 at 06:25, Tom Schmidt <tom at 4schmidts.com> wrote:
>>
>> Colin,
>>   An example from what I use to monitor that the Xymon Powershell
>> Client service is running, I have this in the server/etc/analysis.cfg
>> file:
>>
>> # Windows Powershell client - WinPSClient CLASS=powershell
>>         SVC     XymonPSClient startup=automatic status=%(start|started)
>>
>> If the XymonPSClient service is not running or is not configured to
>> automatically start, then the alert for the service will be red.  If
>> the service is not installed, it likewise will go red.
>>
>> Tom
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 3:55 PM 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
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> https://www.xymon.com/help/manpages/man5/analysis.cfg.5.html
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> 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.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Cheers
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Zak
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> From: Xymon <xymon-bounces at xymon.com> On Behalf Of Colin Coe
>> >> Sent: 11 October 2021 03:39
>> >> To: Xymon Mailing List <xymon at xymon.com>
>> >> Subject: [External] [Xymon] Monitor Windows service if installed
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