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From: Troy Adams [mailto:user-81e3256385bc@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 12:50 PM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: [xymon] performance alerts

I'm trying to figure out how to get "bad performance" alerts.

Here is my bb-hosts entry:

  192.168.10.121 mbox1  # imaps

I want to get an alert when the response time goes above 100 ms.

Any thougths?


Troy


Troy Adams
Athabasca University

On 01/13/2011 01:59 PM, Root, Paul wrote:

write a script to ping, parse the output.  Use bb (or xymon) to send the
test results, red if more than 100ms, green otherwise. Maybe a yellow in
there.
 
 
Paul Root
Lead Internet Systems Eng
Network Services
 
 
    *From:* Troy Adams [mailto:user-81e3256385bc@xymon.invalid]
    *Sent:* Thursday, January 13, 2011 12:50 PM
    *To:* xymon at xymon.com
    *Subject:* [xymon] performance alerts

    I'm trying to figure out how to get "bad performance" alerts.

    Here is my bb-hosts entry:

      192.168.10.121 mbox1  # imaps

    I want to get an alert when the response time goes above 100 ms.

    Any thougths?


    Troy


    Troy Adams
    Athabasca University


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Are you sure that's necessary? I think that might be configurable built-in with the TCP tests. 
On 01/13/2011 01:59 PM, Root, Paul wrote: 

write a script to ping, parse the output.  Use bb (or xymon) to send the test results, red if more than 100ms, green otherwise. Maybe a yellow in there. 

Paul Root Lead Internet Systems Eng Network Services 


    ------------------------------------------------------------------------     *From:* Troy Adams [ mailto:user-81e3256385bc@xymon.invalid ]     *Sent:* Thursday , January 13, 2011 12:50 PM     *To:* xymon at xymon.com     *Subject:* [xymon] performance alerts 
    I'm trying to figure out how to get "bad performance" alerts. 
    Here is my bb-hosts entry: 
      192.168.10.121 mbox1  # imaps 
    I want to get an alert when the response time goes above 100 ms. 
    Any thougths? 

    Troy 

    Troy Adams     Athabasca University 

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On 14/01/11 8:47 AM, Troy Adams wrote:

Yes, I was hoping to use the built-in TCP tests and their TCP
Connection times.

Any idea on how to do that?

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From: "Ryan Novosielski" <user-ae4522577e16@xymon.invalid>
To: xymon at xymon.com
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 12:03:52 PM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain
Subject: Re: [xymon] performance alerts

Are you sure that's necessary? I think that might be configurable
built-in with the TCP tests.

On 01/13/2011 01:59 PM, Root, Paul wrote:

write a script to ping, parse the output.  Use bb (or xymon) to send
the
test results, red if more than 100ms, green otherwise. Maybe a
yellow in
there.

Paul Root
Lead Internet Systems Eng
Network Services

    *From:* Troy Adams [ mailto:user-81e3256385bc@xymon.invalid ]
    *Sent:* Thursday , January 13, 2011 12:50 PM
    *To:* xymon at xymon.com
    *Subject:* [xymon] performance alerts

    I'm trying to figure out how to get "bad performance" alerts.

    Here is my bb-hosts entry:

      192.168.10.121 mbox1  # imaps

    I want to get an alert when the response time goes above 100 ms.

    Any thougths?

    Troy

    Troy Adams
    Athabasca University

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From: Troy Adams [mailto:user-81e3256385bc@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 12:50 PM

I'm trying to figure out how to get "bad performance" alerts.

Here is my bb-hosts entry:

 192.168.10.121 mbox1  # imaps

I want to get an alert when the response time goes above 100 ms.

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On 1/14/2011 10:59 AM, Troy Adams wrote:

You'll have to go to the 4.3.0 beta3 version for that.

Thank you for that.

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On 24/01/11 3:55 AM, dOCtoR MADneSs wrote:

Hi,

I found this Xymon client :
http://xymon.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/xymon/sandbox/WinPSClient/
I tried to install it the way I found logical.

1st : I fought with Windows 7 Home Premium to allow execution on
PowerShell scripts. I finally edited registry and allow it manually.
2nd : As administrator, I ran "powershell", then tried to install the
service this way :
.\xymonclient.ps1 install

But I got many errors about adding service and modifying registry (all
errors are related to permission denial).

Can D Baldwin, or anyone else informed about powershell and Xymon client
installation, help me ?

-- 
David Baldwin - IT Unit
Australian Sports Commission          www.ausport.gov.au
Tel 02 62147830 Fax 02 62141830       PO Box 176 Belconnen ACT 2616
user-cbbf693f2c89@xymon.invalid          Leverrier Street Bruce ACT 2617


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Le 24/01/2011 07:10, David Baldwin a écrit :

On 24/01/11 3:55 AM, dOCtoR MADneSs wrote:

Hi,

I found this Xymon client :
http://xymon.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/xymon/sandbox/WinPSClient/
I tried to install it the way I found logical.

1st : I fought with Windows 7 Home Premium to allow execution on
PowerShell scripts. I finally edited registry and allow it manually.
2nd : As administrator, I ran "powershell", then tried to install the
service this way :
.\xymonclient.ps1 install

But I got many errors about adding service and modifying registry (all
errors are related to permission denial).

Can D Baldwin, or anyone else informed about powershell and Xymon client
installation, help me ?

You'd need to have Administrator access to install I'm pretty sure.

Please send me the errors and I'll see what I can do. I can probably
find a Windows 7 box to test on.

Thanks, David.

Le 24/01/2011 07:10, David Baldwin a écrit :

On 24/01/11 3:55 AM, dOCtoR MADneSs wrote:

Hi,

I found this Xymon client :
http://xymon.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/xymon/sandbox/WinPSClient/
I tried to install it the way I found logical.

1st : I fought with Windows 7 Home Premium to allow execution on
PowerShell scripts. I finally edited registry and allow it manually.
2nd : As administrator, I ran "powershell", then tried to install the
service this way :
.\xymonclient.ps1 install

But I got many errors about adding service and modifying registry (all
errors are related to permission denial).

Can D Baldwin, or anyone else informed about powershell and Xymon client
installation, help me ?

You'd need to have Administrator access to install I'm pretty sure.

Please send me the errors and I'll see what I can do. I can probably
find a Windows 7 box to test on.

Thanks, David.

On 25/01/11 8:05 AM, dOCtoR MADneSs wrote:

Le 24/01/2011 07:10, David Baldwin a écrit :

On 24/01/11 3:55 AM, dOCtoR MADneSs wrote:

Hi,

I found this Xymon client :
http://xymon.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/xymon/sandbox/WinPSClient/
I tried to install it the way I found logical.

1st : I fought with Windows 7 Home Premium to allow execution on
PowerShell scripts. I finally edited registry and allow it manually.
2nd : As administrator, I ran "powershell", then tried to install the
service this way :
.\xymonclient.ps1 install

But I got many errors about adding service and modifying registry (all
errors are related to permission denial).

Can D Baldwin, or anyone else informed about powershell and Xymon client
installation, help me ?

You'd need to have Administrator access to install I'm pretty sure.

Please send me the errors and I'll see what I can do. I can probably
find a Windows 7 box to test on.

Thanks, David.

Hi,

Can you give me informations about XymonPSClient.exe ?

David.

-- 
David Baldwin - IT Unit
Australian Sports Commission          www.ausport.gov.au
Tel 02 62147830 Fax 02 62141830       PO Box 176 Belconnen ACT 2616
user-cbbf693f2c89@xymon.invalid          Leverrier Street Bruce ACT 2617


Keep up to date with what's happening in Australian sport visit http://www.ausport.gov.au

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Le 25/01/2011 01:28, David Baldwin a écrit :

On 25/01/11 8:05 AM, dOCtoR MADneSs wrote:

Le 24/01/2011 07:10, David Baldwin a écrit :

On 24/01/11 3:55 AM, dOCtoR MADneSs wrote:

Hi,

I found this Xymon client :
http://xymon.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/xymon/sandbox/WinPSClient/
I tried to install it the way I found logical.

1st : I fought with Windows 7 Home Premium to allow execution on
PowerShell scripts. I finally edited registry and allow it manually.
2nd : As administrator, I ran "powershell", then tried to install the
service this way :
.\xymonclient.ps1 install

But I got many errors about adding service and modifying registry (all
errors are related to permission denial).

Can D Baldwin, or anyone else informed about powershell and Xymon client
installation, help me ?

You'd need to have Administrator access to install I'm pretty sure.

Please send me the errors and I'll see what I can do. I can probably
find a Windows 7 box to test on.

Thanks, David.

Hi,

Can you give me informations about XymonPSClient.exe ?

XymonPSClient.exe is just a renamed copy of ABC_SRVANY.EXE which is just
the service runner that spawns the powershell process to run the script
- it is xymonclient.ps1 that is the actual client code.

Where logs and temporary files are stored ?

%TEMP%\xymonclient.log - contains date stamp and a copy of the last
client report - written out as a debugging aid, the script doesn't
actually need any temporary files
%TEMP%\xymonconfig.cfg - contains the config returned from the server
after each report is sent (i.e client-local.cfg section).

Note that value of %TEMP% - or in PS $env:TEMP - will depend on whether
you are running the service as specific user or just as a local service,
and on the version of Windows you are using.

David.

On 23/02/11 10:10 PM, dOCtoR MADneSS wrote:

Le 25/01/2011 01:28, David Baldwin a écrit :

On 25/01/11 8:05 AM, dOCtoR MADneSs wrote:

Le 24/01/2011 07:10, David Baldwin a écrit :

On 24/01/11 3:55 AM, dOCtoR MADneSs wrote:

Hi,

I found this Xymon client :
http://xymon.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/xymon/sandbox/WinPSClient/
I tried to install it the way I found logical.

1st : I fought with Windows 7 Home Premium to allow execution on
PowerShell scripts. I finally edited registry and allow it manually.
2nd : As administrator, I ran "powershell", then tried to install the
service this way :
.\xymonclient.ps1 install

But I got many errors about adding service and modifying registry (all
errors are related to permission denial).

Can D Baldwin, or anyone else informed about powershell and Xymon client
installation, help me ?

You'd need to have Administrator access to install I'm pretty sure.

Please send me the errors and I'll see what I can do. I can probably
find a Windows 7 box to test on.

Thanks, David.

Hi,

Can you give me informations about XymonPSClient.exe ?

XymonPSClient.exe is just a renamed copy of ABC_SRVANY.EXE which is just
the service runner that spawns the powershell process to run the script
- it is xymonclient.ps1 that is the actual client code.

Where logs and temporary files are stored ?

%TEMP%\xymonclient.log - contains date stamp and a copy of the last
client report - written out as a debugging aid, the script doesn't
actually need any temporary files
%TEMP%\xymonconfig.cfg - contains the config returned from the server
after each report is sent (i.e client-local.cfg section).

Note that value of %TEMP% - or in PS $env:TEMP - will depend on whether
you are running the service as specific user or just as a local service,
and on the version of Windows you are using.

David.

Hi,

I finally installed XymonPSClient in following the readme. The logfile 
is generated in c:\windows\temp. But I can't see anything sent to xymon 
server. The following command :
xymonsend "ping" "xymonserver"
reports me the xymon version running on server. But nothing else. The 
windows client is defined in bb-hosts file. All I can see is "conn", 
"info" and "trends".

Any idea ? I'm new to windows 7 (home premium), and don't understand 
everything about how it works (or how it doesn't)

David.

-- 
David Baldwin - IT Unit
Australian Sports Commission          www.ausport.gov.au
Tel 02 62147830 Fax 02 62141830       PO Box 176 Belconnen ACT 2616
user-cbbf693f2c89@xymon.invalid          Leverrier Street Bruce ACT 2617


Keep up to date with what's happening in Australian sport visit http://www.ausport.gov.au

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Le 24/02/2011 06:05, David Baldwin a écrit :

On 23/02/11 10:10 PM, dOCtoR MADneSS wrote:

Le 25/01/2011 01:28, David Baldwin a écrit :

On 25/01/11 8:05 AM, dOCtoR MADneSs wrote:

Le 24/01/2011 07:10, David Baldwin a écrit :

On 24/01/11 3:55 AM, dOCtoR MADneSs wrote:

Hi,

I found this Xymon client :
http://xymon.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/xymon/sandbox/WinPSClient/
I tried to install it the way I found logical.

1st : I fought with Windows 7 Home Premium to allow execution on
PowerShell scripts. I finally edited registry and allow it manually.
2nd : As administrator, I ran "powershell", then tried to install the
service this way :
.\xymonclient.ps1 install

But I got many errors about adding service and modifying registry (all
errors are related to permission denial).

Can D Baldwin, or anyone else informed about powershell and Xymon client
installation, help me ?

You'd need to have Administrator access to install I'm pretty sure.

Please send me the errors and I'll see what I can do. I can probably
find a Windows 7 box to test on.

Thanks, David.

Hi,

Can you give me informations about XymonPSClient.exe ?

XymonPSClient.exe is just a renamed copy of ABC_SRVANY.EXE which is just
the service runner that spawns the powershell process to run the script
- it is xymonclient.ps1 that is the actual client code.

Where logs and temporary files are stored ?

%TEMP%\xymonclient.log - contains date stamp and a copy of the last
client report - written out as a debugging aid, the script doesn't
actually need any temporary files
%TEMP%\xymonconfig.cfg - contains the config returned from the server
after each report is sent (i.e client-local.cfg section).

Note that value of %TEMP% - or in PS $env:TEMP - will depend on whether
you are running the service as specific user or just as a local service,
and on the version of Windows you are using.

David.

Hi,

I finally installed XymonPSClient in following the readme. The logfile
is generated in c:\windows\temp. But I can't see anything sent to xymon
server. The following command :
xymonsend "ping" "xymonserver"
reports me the xymon version running on server. But nothing else. The
windows client is defined in bb-hosts file. All I can see is "conn",
"info" and "trends".

Any idea ? I'm new to windows 7 (home premium), and don't understand
everything about how it works (or how it doesn't)

In the file xymonclient.log the section at the top has the config values
- most of these can be overridden in the registry as per README

Two values to check:
clientname is the name that is being reported to the server in the
client report - it needs to match an entry in hosts.cfg/bb-hosts
(probably exact case match) - check "Ghost Clients" report.
servers is the address or list of addresses the client should be
reporting to.

The fact that you can "ping" the xymon server means you're pretty close
to it working.

David.

-----Original Message-----
From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of dOCtoR MADneSS
Sent: Friday, 25 February 2011 2:40 AM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] [xymon] About Windows PS Client

Le 24/02/2011 06:05, David Baldwin a écrit :

On 23/02/11 10:10 PM, dOCtoR MADneSS wrote:

Le 25/01/2011 01:28, David Baldwin a écrit :

On 25/01/11 8:05 AM, dOCtoR MADneSs wrote:

Le 24/01/2011 07:10, David Baldwin a écrit :

On 24/01/11 3:55 AM, dOCtoR MADneSs wrote:

Hi,

I found this Xymon client :
http://xymon.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/xymon/sandbox/WinPSClient/
I tried to install it the way I found logical.

1st : I fought with Windows 7 Home Premium to allow execution on
PowerShell scripts. I finally edited registry and allow it manually.
2nd : As administrator, I ran "powershell", then tried to install the
service this way :
.\xymonclient.ps1 install

But I got many errors about adding service and modifying registry (all
errors are related to permission denial).

Can D Baldwin, or anyone else informed about powershell and Xymon client
installation, help me ?

You'd need to have Administrator access to install I'm pretty sure.

Please send me the errors and I'll see what I can do. I can probably
find a Windows 7 box to test on.

Thanks, David.

Hi,

Can you give me informations about XymonPSClient.exe ?

XymonPSClient.exe is just a renamed copy of ABC_SRVANY.EXE which is just
the service runner that spawns the powershell process to run the script
- it is xymonclient.ps1 that is the actual client code.

Where logs and temporary files are stored ?

%TEMP%\xymonclient.log - contains date stamp and a copy of the last
client report - written out as a debugging aid, the script doesn't
actually need any temporary files
%TEMP%\xymonconfig.cfg - contains the config returned from the server
after each report is sent (i.e client-local.cfg section).

Note that value of %TEMP% - or in PS $env:TEMP - will depend on whether
you are running the service as specific user or just as a local service,
and on the version of Windows you are using.

David.

Hi,

I finally installed XymonPSClient in following the readme. The logfile
is generated in c:\windows\temp. But I can't see anything sent to xymon
server. The following command :
xymonsend "ping" "xymonserver"
reports me the xymon version running on server. But nothing else. The
windows client is defined in bb-hosts file. All I can see is "conn",
"info" and "trends".

Any idea ? I'm new to windows 7 (home premium), and don't understand
everything about how it works (or how it doesn't)

In the file xymonclient.log the section at the top has the config values
- most of these can be overridden in the registry as per README

Two values to check:
clientname is the name that is being reported to the server in the
client report - it needs to match an entry in hosts.cfg/bb-hosts
(probably exact case match) - check "Ghost Clients" report.
servers is the address or list of addresses the client should be
reporting to.

The fact that you can "ping" the xymon server means you're pretty close
to it working.

David.

Thank you for your support .It seems that HKLM/Software/Wow6432Node is
an hidden registry key, as I can't see it, nor create it with that name
(error tells me that another key has the same name). In log file,
everything was OK, but nothing was sent to Xymon servers. I set it
manually with ".\xymonclient.ps1 set servers "1.2.3.4 2.3.4.5"". And
it's OK ! I can see reports on the xymon servers. I had to change a few
things in xymonclient.ps1 file, to get "usual" format for disk space
(used/total instead of total\used). Everything is OK now !
Is there any docs on using/creating plugins for your windows client ?

-----Original Message-----
From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of dOCtoR MADneSS
Sent: Friday, 25 February 2011 8:27 AM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] [xymon] About Windows PS Client

Le 24/02/2011 20:46, Shea, Graeme A a écrit :

Are you using a  64 bit or a 32 bit copy of Windows?  WOW6432Node should only exist on Windows 64 bit though some programs write the registry entries anyway.

The HKLM/Software/Wow6432Node can be a trap but should not be hidden, if you are running 64 bit then are you using a 32 version of RegEdit? If you use a 32 bit program to address the registry then the program sees this key instead of HKLM/Software and does not see a separate Wow6432Node at all. You can see this if you go the windows\SysWOW64 directory and run regedt32 (the 32 bit version).  WOW stands for Windows On Windows as in running Windows 32 bit on Windows 64 bit.

This is much the same as in the file system. 32 bit programs see \Windows\SysWOW64 as \Windows\System32. All the 32 bit utilities are in \Windows\SysWOW64 and for compatibility reasons the 64 bit ones are in \Windows\System32.

Regards
Graeme

-----Original Message-----
From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of dOCtoR MADneSS
Sent: Friday, 25 February 2011 2:40 AM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] [xymon] About Windows PS Client

Le 24/02/2011 06:05, David Baldwin a écrit :

On 23/02/11 10:10 PM, dOCtoR MADneSS wrote:

Le 25/01/2011 01:28, David Baldwin a écrit :

On 25/01/11 8:05 AM, dOCtoR MADneSs wrote:

Le 24/01/2011 07:10, David Baldwin a écrit :

On 24/01/11 3:55 AM, dOCtoR MADneSs wrote:

Hi,

I found this Xymon client :
http://xymon.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/xymon/sandbox/WinPSClient/
I tried to install it the way I found logical.

1st : I fought with Windows 7 Home Premium to allow execution on
PowerShell scripts. I finally edited registry and allow it manually.
2nd : As administrator, I ran "powershell", then tried to install the
service this way :
.\xymonclient.ps1 install

But I got many errors about adding service and modifying registry (all
errors are related to permission denial).

Can D Baldwin, or anyone else informed about powershell and Xymon client
installation, help me ?

You'd need to have Administrator access to install I'm pretty sure.

Please send me the errors and I'll see what I can do. I can probably
find a Windows 7 box to test on.

Thanks, David.

Hi,

Can you give me informations about XymonPSClient.exe ?

XymonPSClient.exe is just a renamed copy of ABC_SRVANY.EXE which is just
the service runner that spawns the powershell process to run the script
- it is xymonclient.ps1 that is the actual client code.

Where logs and temporary files are stored ?

%TEMP%\xymonclient.log - contains date stamp and a copy of the last
client report - written out as a debugging aid, the script doesn't
actually need any temporary files
%TEMP%\xymonconfig.cfg - contains the config returned from the server
after each report is sent (i.e client-local.cfg section).

Note that value of %TEMP% - or in PS $env:TEMP - will depend on whether
you are running the service as specific user or just as a local service,
and on the version of Windows you are using.

David.

Hi,

I finally installed XymonPSClient in following the readme. The logfile
is generated in c:\windows\temp. But I can't see anything sent to xymon
server. The following command :
xymonsend "ping" "xymonserver"
reports me the xymon version running on server. But nothing else. The
windows client is defined in bb-hosts file. All I can see is "conn",
"info" and "trends".

Any idea ? I'm new to windows 7 (home premium), and don't understand
everything about how it works (or how it doesn't)

In the file xymonclient.log the section at the top has the config values
- most of these can be overridden in the registry as per README

Two values to check:
clientname is the name that is being reported to the server in the
client report - it needs to match an entry in hosts.cfg/bb-hosts
(probably exact case match) - check "Ghost Clients" report.
servers is the address or list of addresses the client should be
reporting to.

The fact that you can "ping" the xymon server means you're pretty close
to it working.

David.

Thank you for your support .It seems that HKLM/Software/Wow6432Node is
an hidden registry key, as I can't see it, nor create it with that name
(error tells me that another key has the same name). In log file,
everything was OK, but nothing was sent to Xymon servers. I set it
manually with ".\xymonclient.ps1 set servers "1.2.3.4 2.3.4.5"". And
it's OK ! I can see reports on the xymon servers. I had to change a few
things in xymonclient.ps1 file, to get "usual" format for disk space
(used/total instead of total\used). Everything is OK now !
Is there any docs on using/creating plugins for your windows client ?

-----Original Message-----
From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of dOCtoR MADneSS
Sent: Friday, 25 February 2011 8:27 AM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] [xymon] About Windows PS Client

Le 24/02/2011 20:46, Shea, Graeme A a écrit :

Are you using a  64 bit or a 32 bit copy of Windows?  WOW6432Node should only exist on Windows 64 bit though some programs write the registry entries anyway.

The HKLM/Software/Wow6432Node can be a trap but should not be hidden, if you are running 64 bit then are you using a 32 version of RegEdit? If you use a 32 bit program to address the registry then the program sees this key instead of HKLM/Software and does not see a separate Wow6432Node at all. You can see this if you go the windows\SysWOW64 directory and run regedt32 (the 32 bit version).  WOW stands for Windows On Windows as in running Windows 32 bit on Windows 64 bit.

This is much the same as in the file system. 32 bit programs see \Windows\SysWOW64 as \Windows\System32. All the 32 bit utilities are in \Windows\SysWOW64 and for compatibility reasons the 64 bit ones are in \Windows\System32.

Regards
Graeme

I'm sure my windows is 64bits. And I start registry editor with 
"regedit" command from powershell with admins rights. And in c:\windows 
I can't see any Wow64 directory. I remember you that I use windows 7 
home premium (don't know if it's important).

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-----Original Message-----
From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of dOCtoR MADneSS
Sent: Friday, 25 February 2011 8:27 AM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] [xymon] About Windows PS Client

Le 24/02/2011 20:46, Shea, Graeme A a écrit :

Are you using a  64 bit or a 32 bit copy of Windows?  WOW6432Node should only exist on Windows 64 bit though some programs write the registry entries anyway.

The HKLM/Software/Wow6432Node can be a trap but should not be hidden, if you are running 64 bit then are you using a 32 version of RegEdit? If you use a 32 bit program to address the registry then the program sees this key instead of HKLM/Software and does not see a separate Wow6432Node at all. You can see this if you go the windows\SysWOW64 directory and run regedt32 (the 32 bit version).  WOW stands for Windows On Windows as in running Windows 32 bit on Windows 64 bit.

This is much the same as in the file system. 32 bit programs see \Windows\SysWOW64 as \Windows\System32. All the 32 bit utilities are in \Windows\SysWOW64 and for compatibility reasons the 64 bit ones are in \Windows\System32.

Regards
Graeme

-----Original Message-----
From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of dOCtoR MADneSS
Sent: Friday, 25 February 2011 2:40 AM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] [xymon] About Windows PS Client

Le 24/02/2011 06:05, David Baldwin a écrit :

On 23/02/11 10:10 PM, dOCtoR MADneSS wrote:

Le 25/01/2011 01:28, David Baldwin a écrit :

On 25/01/11 8:05 AM, dOCtoR MADneSs wrote:

Le 24/01/2011 07:10, David Baldwin a écrit :

On 24/01/11 3:55 AM, dOCtoR MADneSs wrote:

Hi,

I found this Xymon client :
http://xymon.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/xymon/sandbox/WinPSClient/
I tried to install it the way I found logical.

1st : I fought with Windows 7 Home Premium to allow execution on
PowerShell scripts. I finally edited registry and allow it manually.
2nd : As administrator, I ran "powershell", then tried to install the
service this way :
.\xymonclient.ps1 install

But I got many errors about adding service and modifying registry (all
errors are related to permission denial).

Can D Baldwin, or anyone else informed about powershell and Xymon client
installation, help me ?

You'd need to have Administrator access to install I'm pretty sure.

Please send me the errors and I'll see what I can do. I can probably
find a Windows 7 box to test on.

Thanks, David.

Hi,

Can you give me informations about XymonPSClient.exe ?

XymonPSClient.exe is just a renamed copy of ABC_SRVANY.EXE which is just
the service runner that spawns the powershell process to run the script
- it is xymonclient.ps1 that is the actual client code.

Where logs and temporary files are stored ?

%TEMP%\xymonclient.log - contains date stamp and a copy of the last
client report - written out as a debugging aid, the script doesn't
actually need any temporary files
%TEMP%\xymonconfig.cfg - contains the config returned from the server
after each report is sent (i.e client-local.cfg section).

Note that value of %TEMP% - or in PS $env:TEMP - will depend on whether
you are running the service as specific user or just as a local service,
and on the version of Windows you are using.

David.

Hi,

I finally installed XymonPSClient in following the readme. The logfile
is generated in c:\windows\temp. But I can't see anything sent to xymon
server. The following command :
xymonsend "ping" "xymonserver"
reports me the xymon version running on server. But nothing else. The
windows client is defined in bb-hosts file. All I can see is "conn",
"info" and "trends".

Any idea ? I'm new to windows 7 (home premium), and don't understand
everything about how it works (or how it doesn't)

In the file xymonclient.log the section at the top has the config values
- most of these can be overridden in the registry as per README

Two values to check:
clientname is the name that is being reported to the server in the
client report - it needs to match an entry in hosts.cfg/bb-hosts
(probably exact case match) - check "Ghost Clients" report.
servers is the address or list of addresses the client should be
reporting to.

The fact that you can "ping" the xymon server means you're pretty close
to it working.

David.

Thank you for your support .It seems that HKLM/Software/Wow6432Node is
an hidden registry key, as I can't see it, nor create it with that name
(error tells me that another key has the same name). In log file,
everything was OK, but nothing was sent to Xymon servers. I set it
manually with ".\xymonclient.ps1 set servers "1.2.3.4 2.3.4.5"". And
it's OK ! I can see reports on the xymon servers.

 I had to change a few
things in xymonclient.ps1 file, to get "usual" format for disk space
(used/total instead of total\used). Everything is OK now !

-----Original Message-----
From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of dOCtoR MADneSS
Sent: Friday, 25 February 2011 8:27 AM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] [xymon] About Windows PS Client

Le 24/02/2011 20:46, Shea, Graeme A a écrit :

Are you using a  64 bit or a 32 bit copy of Windows?  WOW6432Node should only exist on Windows 64 bit though some programs write the registry entries anyway.

The HKLM/Software/Wow6432Node can be a trap but should not be hidden, if you are running 64 bit then are you using a 32 version of RegEdit? If you use a 32 bit program to address the registry then the program sees this key instead of HKLM/Software and does not see a separate Wow6432Node at all. You can see this if you go the windows\SysWOW64 directory and run regedt32 (the 32 bit version).  WOW stands for Windows On Windows as in running Windows 32 bit on Windows 64 bit.

This is much the same as in the file system. 32 bit programs see \Windows\SysWOW64 as \Windows\System32. All the 32 bit utilities are in \Windows\SysWOW64 and for compatibility reasons the 64 bit ones are in \Windows\System32.

Regards
Graeme

I'm sure my windows is 64bits. And I start registry editor with 
"regedit" command from powershell with admins rights. And in c:\windows 
I can't see any Wow64 directory. I remember you that I use windows 7 
home premium (don't know if it's important).

David.

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Le 25/02/2011 00:27, Shea, Graeme A a écrit :

-----Original Message-----
From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of dOCtoR MADneSS
Sent: Friday, 25 February 2011 8:27 AM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] [xymon] About Windows PS Client

Le 24/02/2011 20:46, Shea, Graeme A a écrit :

Are you using a  64 bit or a 32 bit copy of Windows?  WOW6432Node should only exist on Windows 64 bit though some programs write the registry entries anyway.

The HKLM/Software/Wow6432Node can be a trap but should not be hidden, if you are running 64 bit then are you using a 32 version of RegEdit? If you use a 32 bit program to address the registry then the program sees this key instead of HKLM/Software and does not see a separate Wow6432Node at all. You can see this if you go the windows\SysWOW64 directory and run regedt32 (the 32 bit version).  WOW stands for Windows On Windows as in running Windows 32 bit on Windows 64 bit.

This is much the same as in the file system. 32 bit programs see \Windows\SysWOW64 as \Windows\System32. All the 32 bit utilities are in \Windows\SysWOW64 and for compatibility reasons the 64 bit ones are in \Windows\System32.

Regards
Graeme

-----Original Message-----
From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of dOCtoR MADneSS
Sent: Friday, 25 February 2011 2:40 AM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] [xymon] About Windows PS Client

Le 24/02/2011 06:05, David Baldwin a écrit :

On 23/02/11 10:10 PM, dOCtoR MADneSS wrote:

Le 25/01/2011 01:28, David Baldwin a écrit :

On 25/01/11 8:05 AM, dOCtoR MADneSs wrote:

Le 24/01/2011 07:10, David Baldwin a écrit :

On 24/01/11 3:55 AM, dOCtoR MADneSs wrote:

Hi,

I found this Xymon client :
http://xymon.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/xymon/sandbox/WinPSClient/
I tried to install it the way I found logical.

1st : I fought with Windows 7 Home Premium to allow execution on
PowerShell scripts. I finally edited registry and allow it manually.
2nd : As administrator, I ran "powershell", then tried to install the
service this way :
.\xymonclient.ps1 install

But I got many errors about adding service and modifying registry (all
errors are related to permission denial).

Can D Baldwin, or anyone else informed about powershell and Xymon client
installation, help me ?

You'd need to have Administrator access to install I'm pretty sure.

Please send me the errors and I'll see what I can do. I can probably
find a Windows 7 box to test on.

Thanks, David.

Hi,

Can you give me informations about XymonPSClient.exe ?

XymonPSClient.exe is just a renamed copy of ABC_SRVANY.EXE which is just
the service runner that spawns the powershell process to run the script
- it is xymonclient.ps1 that is the actual client code.

Where logs and temporary files are stored ?

%TEMP%\xymonclient.log - contains date stamp and a copy of the last
client report - written out as a debugging aid, the script doesn't
actually need any temporary files
%TEMP%\xymonconfig.cfg - contains the config returned from the server
after each report is sent (i.e client-local.cfg section).

Note that value of %TEMP% - or in PS $env:TEMP - will depend on whether
you are running the service as specific user or just as a local service,
and on the version of Windows you are using.

David.

Hi,

I finally installed XymonPSClient in following the readme. The logfile
is generated in c:\windows\temp. But I can't see anything sent to xymon
server. The following command :
xymonsend "ping" "xymonserver"
reports me the xymon version running on server. But nothing else. The
windows client is defined in bb-hosts file. All I can see is "conn",
"info" and "trends".

Any idea ? I'm new to windows 7 (home premium), and don't understand
everything about how it works (or how it doesn't)

In the file xymonclient.log the section at the top has the config values
- most of these can be overridden in the registry as per README

Two values to check:
clientname is the name that is being reported to the server in the
client report - it needs to match an entry in hosts.cfg/bb-hosts
(probably exact case match) - check "Ghost Clients" report.
servers is the address or list of addresses the client should be
reporting to.

The fact that you can "ping" the xymon server means you're pretty close
to it working.

David.

Thank you for your support .It seems that HKLM/Software/Wow6432Node is
an hidden registry key, as I can't see it, nor create it with that name
(error tells me that another key has the same name). In log file,
everything was OK, but nothing was sent to Xymon servers. I set it
manually with ".\xymonclient.ps1 set servers "1.2.3.4 2.3.4.5"". And
it's OK ! I can see reports on the xymon servers. I had to change a few
things in xymonclient.ps1 file, to get "usual" format for disk space
(used/total instead of total\used). Everything is OK now !
Is there any docs on using/creating plugins for your windows client ?

-----Original Message-----
From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of dOCtoR MADneSS
Sent: Friday, 25 February 2011 8:27 AM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] [xymon] About Windows PS Client

Le 24/02/2011 20:46, Shea, Graeme A a écrit :

Are you using a  64 bit or a 32 bit copy of Windows?  WOW6432Node should only exist on Windows 64 bit though some programs write the registry entries anyway.

The HKLM/Software/Wow6432Node can be a trap but should not be hidden, if you are running 64 bit then are you using a 32 version of RegEdit? If you use a 32 bit program to address the registry then the program sees this key instead of HKLM/Software and does not see a separate Wow6432Node at all. You can see this if you go the windows\SysWOW64 directory and run regedt32 (the 32 bit version).  WOW stands for Windows On Windows as in running Windows 32 bit on Windows 64 bit.

This is much the same as in the file system. 32 bit programs see \Windows\SysWOW64 as \Windows\System32. All the 32 bit utilities are in \Windows\SysWOW64 and for compatibility reasons the 64 bit ones are in \Windows\System32.

Regards
Graeme

I'm sure my windows is 64bits. And I start registry editor with
"regedit" command from powershell with admins rights. And in c:\windows
I can't see any Wow64 directory. I remember you that I use windows 7
home premium (don't know if it's important).


If you go to control panel\system there will be an entry beside "System Type". This will say if it is 32 or 64 bit.

Hope this helps
Regards
Graeme


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