Windows PS xymonclient

list Timothy Williams
Wed, 20 Feb 2019 14:08:38 -0500
Message-Id: <CAMVnr4OQZVocx-_+ahAZR3mcRvCyZ+-J68Dch=user-34ba58adf6ab@xymon.invalid>

Another issue I had with missing data categories was the size of the data
file exceeding the buffer size set in Xymon. File got truncated leading to
missing data to analyse. Check the size of MAXMSG_STATUS, MAXMSG_CLIENT and
MAXMSG_DATA.
Also, on one server, a user had installed a service with square brackets as
part of the name [ xx ], which Xymon interpreted as a section, then would
not read the rest of the data file. Got that service name changed..

Tim Williams


On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 1:55 PM Root, Paul T <user-76fdb6883669@xymon.invalid>
wrote:

Nope, 2.34. That was what was on github, or where ever it was that I got
it.


I’m not a developer, and don’t really get how to use git.  I poked and
prodded until I got the file.


I’ll try to find 2.28 and try it on those 2 machines.


*From:* SebA <user-4631430d620a@xymon.invalid>
*Sent:* Wednesday, February 20, 2019 12:10 PM
*To:* Root, Paul T <user-76fdb6883669@xymon.invalid>
*Cc:* Kris Springer <user-c2caa0a7a8d5@xymon.invalid>; xymon at xymon.com
*Subject:* Re: [Xymon] Windows PS xymonclient


Hi Paul,


Do you mean v2.37 (that's the latest)?  If so, I had the same issue on one
of our servers.  Downgrading to v2.28 fixed it, restarting the new version
fixed it multiple times for just the 1st cycle, I got it working in a
powershell admin prompt (running for at least an hour), then closed it and
restarted the service on the new version, and it's been fine since then!
I'm not touching it now!  ;-)


Clutching at straws a little bit, but I wonder if it might be related to
not much memory being available.  On the first run, it's using less memory
so it works...  (We have a process hogging almost all the RAM on that
server.)


BTW, the empty sections I was getting are:


[netstat]
[ports]
[ipconfig]
[route]


Kind regards,

SebA


On Wed, 20 Feb 2019 at 18:06, Root, Paul T <user-76fdb6883669@xymon.invalid>
wrote:

Old version was 2.19, not 2.18.


I put it back in on one of the machines and ports and who are back to
normal.


*From:* Xymon <xymon-bounces at xymon.com> *On Behalf Of *Root, Paul T
*Sent:* Wednesday, February 20, 2019 12:03 PM
*To:* 'Kris Springer' <user-c2caa0a7a8d5@xymon.invalid>; xymon at xymon.com
*Subject:* Re: [Xymon] Windows PS xymonclient


Thanks Kris,

                No, these are all 2008R2 servers.   Both ports and who
worked with the 2.18 version, that I was using.


Paul.


*From:* Kris Springer <user-c2caa0a7a8d5@xymon.invalid>
*Sent:* Wednesday, February 20, 2019 12:01 PM
*To:* Root, Paul T <user-76fdb6883669@xymon.invalid>; xymon at xymon.com
*Subject:* Re: [Xymon] Windows PS xymonclient


Not sure if it's your issue or not, but I've found that 'who' is blank for
Windows Home editions.  Only Pro editions or Servers shows me 'who'
output.  Also, Windows Home editions don't have RDP, so it wouldn't be
there anyway.  Also, I've seen these sorts of issues on my servers before,
and a reboot usually fixes it.

Kris Springer


On 2/20/19 10:47 AM, Root, Paul T wrote:

So I only have 6 windows servers that I’m concerned with in my xymon
installation.


Today, I decided to upgrade the service. So I downloaded the v2.34 ps1
file. And I copied the file in place and restarted via the services window.


This worked just fine on 4 machines.   But on 2 machines, I get the ports
test gone red because I’m looking for RDP, but I’m getting no output at
all.  Going into who, it is also blank.

Processes and SVCS are both fine.


So next I started the powershell as an administrator, and did the
‘Set-ExecutablePolicy RemoteSigned” and then did a .\xymonclient.ps1
install. Then a stop and start.


Still stays the same blank page.


Does anyone have any ideas?


Paul Root

Lead Operations Engineer    - IT Managed Services

XXX Commerce Dr

Woodbury, Mn 55125

XXX-XXX-XXXX  user-76fdb6883669@xymon.invalid


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