"Talking to the Xymon Server

The "xymonsend.ps1" script contains a PowerShell function "XymonSend" that lets you communicate with the Xymon server in the same way that the "bb" utility does on the Unix platforms. To use it, you must "source" this into your PowerShell commandline window: At the "PS" prompt, enter

            PS C:\xymon> . .\xymonsend.ps1 

.."

Here's an example of how I use it - pointless script to test if c:\windows exists and send the result to xymon (but you get the idea). It will display as the column “customtest” for the host “testserver01”

$date=get-date -format "ddd MMM dd HH':'mm':'ss zzz yyyy" $DELAY="+10m" $xymonserver="xymon01" $machine="testserver01" $column="Customtest"

#test logic if(Test-Path c:\windows){ $colour="green" $msg="&green ALL OK!" } else { $colour="red" $msg="&red world is ending" }

#send to xymon server . c:\xymon\xymonsend.ps1

xymonsend "status$delay $machine.$column $colour $date

$msg

" "$xymonserver"

Then schedule that in windows to run however often you want, you need to set the delay to a value longer than then the interval between each run of your schedule task to avoid it going purple.

Regards,

Brandon

-----Original Message----- From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Stef Coene Sent: Tuesday, 7 April 2015 11:47 PM To: xymon at xymon.com Subject: [Xymon] Xymon PS Client

Hi,

We are using the Powershell client on new servers. But we are missing the option to execute external scripts. Has anyone an updated version or written a patch so you can execute external scripts with the Powershell cient?

And if not, how do you execute external scripts when using the Powershell client?

Stef

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