Monitoring Multiple Windows Services with BBWin
Greetings!
I am brand new to this list. Also, I'm brand new to Xymon and BBWin. However, I have worked with an old version of Big Brother for several years.
I have created a brand new Xymon environment, with Xymon 4.3.27 on Linux as my master server.
I am attempting to use BBWin 0.13 on various Windows 2008 and 2012 servers. All is working well with one exception.
I need to monitor multiple Windows services on a given Windows server. Even though I add all of the services to the BBWin.cfg file, only one shows up on the "svcs" webpage for that server. Perhaps I have an error in my syntax?
I will appreciate any help anyone can provide.
Here's is an excerpt from the BBWin.cfg file on the server in question:
<svcs>
<setting name="alwaysgreen" value="false" />
<setting name="autoreset" value="false" />
<setting name="alarmcolor" value="yellow" />
<!-- The line bellow show you svcs rules. If the "Automatic Updates" service is stopped, it will be automatically restarted and a red status will be sent
until the service get it's correct status
<setting name="Automatic Updates" value="started" autoreset="true" alarmcolor="red" />
-->
<setting name="Tomcat7" value="started" autoreset="false" alarmcolor="red" />
<setting name="netsense_dbgateway" value="started" autoreset="false" alarmcolor="red" />
<setting name="netsense_eventlogger" value="started" autoreset="false" alarmcolor="red" />
<setting name="Netsense_GIS" value="started" autoreset="false" alarmcolor="red" />
<setting name="Netsense_ImportData" value="started" autoreset="false" alarmcolor="red" />
<setting name="netsense_logger" value="started" autoreset="false" alarmcolor="red" />
<setting name="netsense_metricscollector" value="started" autoreset="false" alarmcolor="red" />
<setting name="netsense_mips" value="started" autoreset="false" alarmcolor="red" />
<setting name="netsense_publisher_amrdef" value="started" autoreset="false" alarmcolor="red" />
<setting name="netsense_rcs" value="started" autoreset="false" alarmcolor="red" />
<setting name="netsense_reports" value="started" autoreset="false" alarmcolor="red" />
<setting name="netsense_selftest" value="started" autoreset="false" alarmcolor="red" />
<setting name="MASMonitor" value="started" autoreset="false" alarmcolor="red" />
</svcs>
Many thanks!
Doug
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Thank you, Kris! I'm could have sworn I read somewhere the exact opposite - "Service Name" instead of "Display name" or "Description"! Many of my services (third-party software) have no "Description". So, I tried "Display name" instead. This appears to work for me.
And thanks for pointing me to the BBWin GUI. I'll check it out.
Again, many thanks!
Doug
Kris Springer <kspringer at innovateteam.com> 04/06/17 6:43 PM >>> Use the name of the service that appears in the 'Description' column when you view all the running services in Task Manager. You've got all the actual service names in your config, but BBWin looks at the 'Description' names instead. If you use the 'BBWin Gui' you can avoid many of these sorts of config issues. https://sourceforge.net/projects/bbwingui/
Thank you.
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On 4/6/2017 4:32 PM, Douglas Weaver wrote:
Greetings!
I am brand new to this list.
Also, I'm brand new to Xymon and BBWin.
However, I have worked with an old version of Big Brother for several years.
I have created a brand new Xymon environment, with Xymon 4.3.27 on Linux as my master server.
I am attempting to use BBWin 0.13 on various Windows 2008 and 2012 servers.
All is working well with one exception.
I need to monitor multiple Windows services on a given Windows server.
Even though I add all of the services to the BBWin.cfg file, only one shows up on the "svcs" webpage for that server.
Perhaps I have an error in my syntax?
I will appreciate any help anyone can provide.
Here's is an excerpt from the BBWin.cfg file on the server in question:
<svcs>
<setting name="alwaysgreen" value="false" />
<setting name="autoreset" value="false" />
<setting name="alarmcolor" value="yellow" />
<!-- The line bellow show you svcs rules. If the "Automatic Updates" service is stopped, it will be automatically restarted and a red status will be sent
until the service get it's correct status
<setting name="Automatic Updates" value="started" autoreset="true" alarmcolor="red" />
-->
<setting name="Tomcat7" value="started" autoreset="false" alarmcolor="red" />
<setting name="netsense_dbgateway" value="started" autoreset="false" alarmcolor="red" />
<setting name="netsense_eventlogger" value="started" autoreset="false" alarmcolor="red" />
<setting name="Netsense_GIS" value="started" autoreset="false" alarmcolor="red" />
<setting name="Netsense_ImportData" value="started" autoreset="false" alarmcolor="red" />
<setting name="netsense_logger" value="started" autoreset="false" alarmcolor="red" />
<setting name="netsense_metricscollector" value="started" autoreset="false" alarmcolor="red" />
<setting name="netsense_mips" value="started" autoreset="false" alarmcolor="red" />
<setting name="netsense_publisher_amrdef" value="started" autoreset="false" alarmcolor="red" />
<setting name="netsense_rcs" value="started" autoreset="false" alarmcolor="red" />
<setting name="netsense_reports" value="started" autoreset="false" alarmcolor="red" />
<setting name="netsense_selftest" value="started" autoreset="false" alarmcolor="red" />
<setting name="MASMonitor" value="started" autoreset="false" alarmcolor="red" />
</svcs>
Many thanks!
Doug
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Hi and welcome
If you are "restarting from scratch", you should really start using the brand new and great powershell client. It works better, currently developed and supported by its creator Zak ;)
Some cut&past for instructions. You will find an how to included in the downloaded files
WinPSClient works and is maintained. It can be found @ http://svn.code.sf.net/p/xymon/code/sandbox/WinPSClient
If you have svn installed the following command will download it for you:
"svn checkout http://svn.code.sf.net/p/xymon/code/sandbox/WinPSClient ."
Have fun! Alessandro
Da: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] Per conto di Douglas Weaver Inviato: venerdì 7 aprile 2017 01:33 A: xymon at xymon.com Oggetto: [EXCH Prio5][Xymon] Monitoring Multiple Windows Services with BBWin [bayes]
Greetings!
I am brand new to this list. Also, I'm brand new to Xymon and BBWin. However, I have worked with an old version of Big Brother for several years.
I have created a brand new Xymon environment, with Xymon 4.3.27 on Linux as my master server.
Thanks Alessandro :)
I am the current maintainer of the client Alessandro mentions. We've added a lot since it was originally created by Henrik Storner and David Baldwin and it's used in some very large environments globally, so it is well tested.
Some advantages over BBWin:
· It's maintained
· It's more like the Linux client (in terms of configuration)
· You can push configuration from the server (via client-local.cfg) rather than editing config files on clients
· More test types, including a few Windows specific tests, built-in
There's documentation in the location Alessandro gives, plenty of people here on the list use it so please feel free to ask any questions.
Zak
From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Alessandro Tinivelli Sent: 07 April 2017 08:31 To: xymon at xymon.com Subject: [Xymon] [EXCH Prio5]R: [EXCH Prio5] Monitoring Multiple Windows Services with BBWin
Hi and welcome
If you are "restarting from scratch", you should really start using the brand new and great powershell client. It works better, currently developed and supported by its creator Zak ;)
Some cut&past for instructions. You will find an how to included in the downloaded files
WinPSClient works and is maintained. It can be found @ http://svn.code.sf.net/p/xymon/code/sandbox/WinPSClient<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__svn.code.sf.net_p_xymon_code_sandbox_WinPSClient&d=DwMFAw&c=eIGjsITfXP_y-DLLX0uEHXJvU8nOHrUK8IrwNKOtkVU&r=S-aLwpx-PHBTBMIG_c2JczRC0SfuZCmsiH9Iams25FI&m=6iyT3q16s3LxlKUHiVjRYOz5qnA5vlInFB_iLu7XzOA&s=VVS4NWiP8tex1LPZarcBjuU0_XpQaf8CtErnpEA3Xxs&e=>
If you have svn installed the following command will download it for you:
Have fun! Alessandro
Da: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] Per conto di Douglas Weaver Inviato: venerdì 7 aprile 2017 01:33 A: xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com> Oggetto: [EXCH Prio5][Xymon] Monitoring Multiple Windows Services with BBWin [bayes]
Greetings!
I am brand new to this list. Also, I'm brand new to Xymon and BBWin. However, I have worked with an old version of Big Brother for several years.
I have created a brand new Xymon environment, with Xymon 4.3.27 on Linux as my master server.
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Yes, Zak's WinPSClient is definitely the way to go !?
BBWin does not report correct memory values at least for Windows Server 2012/R2.
Dominique
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Thanks Alessandro :)
I am the current maintainer of the client Alessandro mentions. We've added a lot since it was originally created by Henrik Storner and David Baldwin and it's used in some very large environments globally, so it is well tested.
Some advantages over BBWin:
· It's maintained
· It's more like the Linux client (in terms of configuration)
· You can push configuration from the server (via client-local.cfg) rather than editing config files on clients
· More test types, including a few Windows specific tests, built-in
There's documentation in the location Alessandro gives, plenty of people here on the list use it so please feel free to ask any questions.
Zak
From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Alessandro Tinivelli Sent: 07 April 2017 08:31 To: xymon at xymon.com Subject: [Xymon] [EXCH Prio5]R: [EXCH Prio5] Monitoring Multiple Windows Services with BBWin
Hi and welcome
If you are "restarting from scratch", you should really start using the brand new and great powershell client. It works better, currently developed and supported by its creator Zak ;)
Some cut&past for instructions. You will find an how to included in the downloaded files
WinPSClient works and is maintained. It can be found @ http://svn.code.sf.net/p/xymon/code/sandbox/WinPSClient<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__svn.code.sf.net_p_xymon_code_sandbox_WinPSClient&d=DwMFAw&c=eIGjsITfXP_y-DLLX0uEHXJvU8nOHrUK8IrwNKOtkVU&r=S-aLwpx-PHBTBMIG_c2JczRC0SfuZCmsiH9Iams25FI&m=6iyT3q16s3LxlKUHiVjRYOz5qnA5vlInFB_iLu7XzOA&s=VVS4NWiP8tex1LPZarcBjuU0_XpQaf8CtErnpEA3Xxs&e=>
If you have svn installed the following command will download it for you:
Have fun! Alessandro
Da: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] Per conto di Douglas Weaver Inviato: venerdì 7 aprile 2017 01:33 A: xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com> Oggetto: [EXCH Prio5][Xymon] Monitoring Multiple Windows Services with BBWin [bayes]
Greetings!
I am brand new to this list. Also, I'm brand new to Xymon and BBWin. However, I have worked with an old version of Big Brother for several years.
I have created a brand new Xymon environment, with Xymon 4.3.27 on Linux as my master server.
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Hi,
Is there any official documentation about what Windows Server-versions WinPSClient supports?
Regards,
Carl Melgaard
Fra: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] På vegne af zak.beck at accenture.com Sendt: 7. april 2017 09:44 Til: Alessandro.Tinivelli at faacgroup.com; xymon at xymon.com Emne: Re: [Xymon] [EXCH Prio5]R: [EXCH Prio5] Monitoring Multiple Windows Services with BBWin
Thanks Alessandro :)
I am the current maintainer of the client Alessandro mentions. We've added a lot since it was originally created by Henrik Storner and David Baldwin and it's used in some very large environments globally, so it is well tested.
Some advantages over BBWin:
It's maintainedIt's more like the Linux client (in terms of configuration)You can push configuration from the server (via client-local.cfg) rather than editing config files on clientsMore test types, including a few Windows specific tests, built-in
There's documentation in the location Alessandro gives, plenty of people here on the list use it so please feel free to ask any questions.
Zak
From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Alessandro Tinivelli Sent: 07 April 2017 08:31 To: xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com> Subject: [Xymon] [EXCH Prio5]R: [EXCH Prio5] Monitoring Multiple Windows Services with BBWin
Hi and welcome
If you are "restarting from scratch", you should really start using the brand new and great powershell client. It works better, currently developed and supported by its creator Zak ;)
Some cut&past for instructions. You will find an how to included in the downloaded files
WinPSClient works and is maintained. It can be found @ http://svn.code.sf.net/p/xymon/code/sandbox/WinPSClient<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__svn.code.sf.net_p_xymon_code_sandbox_WinPSClient&d=DwMFAw&c=eIGjsITfXP_y-DLLX0uEHXJvU8nOHrUK8IrwNKOtkVU&r=S-aLwpx-PHBTBMIG_c2JczRC0SfuZCmsiH9Iams25FI&m=6iyT3q16s3LxlKUHiVjRYOz5qnA5vlInFB_iLu7XzOA&s=VVS4NWiP8tex1LPZarcBjuU0_XpQaf8CtErnpEA3Xxs&e=>
If you have svn installed the following command will download it for you:
Have fun! Alessandro
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Greetings!
I am brand new to this list. Also, I'm brand new to Xymon and BBWin. However, I have worked with an old version of Big Brother for several years.
I have created a brand new Xymon environment, with Xymon 4.3.27 on Linux as my master server.
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Hi
Any version which supports Powershell v2 or above.
Per Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerShell#PowerShell_2.0 -
PowerShell 2.0 is integrated with Windows 7<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7> and Windows Server 2008 R2<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Server_2008_R2>[50]<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerShell#cite_note-50> and is released for Windows XP<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP> with Service Pack 3, Windows Server 2003<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Server_2003> with Service Pack 2, and Windows Vista<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Vista> with Service Pack 1.
Zak
From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Carl Melgaard Sent: 18 April 2017 13:39 To: xymon at xymon.com Subject: Re: [Xymon] [EXCH Prio5]R: [EXCH Prio5] Monitoring Multiple Windows Services with BBWin
Hi,
Is there any official documentation about what Windows Server-versions WinPSClient supports?
Regards,
Carl Melgaard
Fra: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] På vegne af zak.beck at accenture.com<mailto:zak.beck at accenture.com> Sendt: 7. april 2017 09:44 Til: Alessandro.Tinivelli at faacgroup.com<mailto:Alessandro.Tinivelli at faacgroup.com>; xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com> Emne: Re: [Xymon] [EXCH Prio5]R: [EXCH Prio5] Monitoring Multiple Windows Services with BBWin
Thanks Alessandro :)
I am the current maintainer of the client Alessandro mentions. We've added a lot since it was originally created by Henrik Storner and David Baldwin and it's used in some very large environments globally, so it is well tested.
Some advantages over BBWin:
It's maintainedIt's more like the Linux client (in terms of configuration)You can push configuration from the server (via client-local.cfg) rather than editing config files on clientsMore test types, including a few Windows specific tests, built-in
There's documentation in the location Alessandro gives, plenty of people here on the list use it so please feel free to ask any questions.
Zak
From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Alessandro Tinivelli Sent: 07 April 2017 08:31 To: xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com> Subject: [Xymon] [EXCH Prio5]R: [EXCH Prio5] Monitoring Multiple Windows Services with BBWin
Hi and welcome
If you are "restarting from scratch", you should really start using the brand new and great powershell client. It works better, currently developed and supported by its creator Zak ;)
Some cut&past for instructions. You will find an how to included in the downloaded files
WinPSClient works and is maintained. It can be found @ http://svn.code.sf.net/p/xymon/code/sandbox/WinPSClient<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__svn.code.sf.net_p_xymon_code_sandbox_WinPSClient&d=DwMFAw&c=eIGjsITfXP_y-DLLX0uEHXJvU8nOHrUK8IrwNKOtkVU&r=S-aLwpx-PHBTBMIG_c2JczRC0SfuZCmsiH9Iams25FI&m=6iyT3q16s3LxlKUHiVjRYOz5qnA5vlInFB_iLu7XzOA&s=VVS4NWiP8tex1LPZarcBjuU0_XpQaf8CtErnpEA3Xxs&e=>
If you have svn installed the following command will download it for you:
Have fun! Alessandro
Da: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] Per conto di Douglas Weaver Inviato: venerdì 7 aprile 2017 01:33 A: xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com> Oggetto: [EXCH Prio5][Xymon] Monitoring Multiple Windows Services with BBWin [bayes]
Greetings!
I am brand new to this list. Also, I'm brand new to Xymon and BBWin. However, I have worked with an old version of Big Brother for several years.
I have created a brand new Xymon environment, with Xymon 4.3.27 on Linux as my master server.
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Alessandro.Tinivelli@faacgroup.com
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Carl.Melgaard@STAB.RM.DK
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dominique.frise@unil.ch
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DWeaver@mlgw.org
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kspringer@innovateteam.com
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zak.beck@accenture.com