[Xymon] Service names from XymonPSClient

Scot Kreienkamp <Scot.Kreienkamp at la-z-boy.com> wrote on 09/08/2016 10:34:48:

try double \\ ?

Scot Kreienkamp

Nope, results in this:

MSSQL$MICROSOFT\\: No matching service - want started/Any

Thanks, JT

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On Aug 8, 2016, at 8:04 PM, Jonathan Trott <jtrott at dancrai.com> wrote:

Hi all.

I have a windows service "MSSQL$MICROSOFT##WID" that is being reported by the XymonPSClient. To monitor this service I need to add the following line in my analysis.cfg file:

SVC MSSQL$MICROSOFT##WID status=started

But, the # characters are seen as the start of a comment, so the result is this:

MSSQL$MICROSOFT: No matching service - want started/Any

I tried escaping the # characters with \ but that just resulted in:

MSSQL$MICROSOFT\: No matching service - want started/Any

Any ideas?

Thanks, JT