Thank you for your reply Zak
I will test your suggestion as soon as I can get a maintenance slot on the server.
In the mean time I (hacked) the script to manually update the cpu count under duress from management ?
I am not sure how this will influence the real reported cpu load for this server but the load reported on Xymon has halved basically. I am also new to hyperv so not sure how the cpu scheduler allocates cpu resources to the VM.
Since I made the change to the script, the cpu load on the server has reduced from a windows perspective. But that could be due to the work load on the server now dropping as there is less data to process due to the lock down we have here.
Kind regards
From: Beck, Zak <zak.beck at accenture.com> Sent: Thursday, 23 April 2020 14:58 To: Chris Pretorius <chrisp at lightstoneauto.co.za>; Timothy Williams <tlwilliams4 at vcu.edu> Cc: xymon at xymon.com Subject: RE: [Xymon] help with xymonpsclient
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:
.\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<mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com>> On Behalf Of Chris Pretorius Sent: 23 April 2020 06:29 To: Timothy Williams <tlwilliams4 at vcu.edu<mailto:tlwilliams4 at vcu.edu>> Cc: xymon at xymon.com<mailto: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<mailto:tlwilliams4 at vcu.edu>> Sent: Wednesday, 22 April 2020 20:24 To: Chris Pretorius <chrisp at lightstoneauto.co.za<mailto:chrisp at lightstoneauto.co.za>> Cc: xymon at xymon.com<mailto: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<mailto: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<mailto:tlwilliams4 at vcu.edu>> Cc: xymon at xymon.com<mailto: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<mailto:tlwilliams4 at vcu.edu>> Sent: Wednesday, 22 April 2020 16:54 To: Chris Pretorius <chrisp at lightstoneauto.co.za<mailto:chrisp at lightstoneauto.co.za>> Cc: xymon at xymon.com<mailto: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<mailto: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
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