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HELP- INSTALL CLIENT XYMON ON WINDOWS

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list Pablo Padilla · Tue, 6 Mar 2018 20:43:17 +0000 ·
Hi..

can xymon-client be installed on windows server to monitor Drive Spaces???

Saludos cordiales,
Pablo
list Bruce Ferrell · Tue, 6 Mar 2018 13:53:17 -0800 ·
quoted from Pablo Padilla
On 03/06/2018 12:43 PM, Pablo Padilla wrote:
Hi..

can xymon-client be installed on windows server to monitor Drive Spaces???

Saludos cordiales,
Pablo

Pablo

There is a windows client called BBwin:

http://bbwin.sourceforge.net/

and bbwingui, also on sourceforge, for configuring bbwin.

I think there is also a client written in powershell.  powershell irratates me so I don't use it
list Galen Johnson · Tue, 6 Mar 2018 22:41:07 -0500 ·
The powershell client is available at
https://sourceforge.net/p/xymon/code/HEAD/tree/sandbox/WinPSClient/.
Unlike bbwin, it is actively maintained.

=G=
quoted from Bruce Ferrell

On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 4:53 PM, Bruce Ferrell <user-24fbf1912cfe@xymon.invalid> wrote:
On 03/06/2018 12:43 PM, Pablo Padilla wrote:
Hi..

can xymon-client be installed on windows server to monitor Drive Spaces???

Saludos cordiales,
Pablo

Pablo

There is a windows client called BBwin:

http://bbwin.sourceforge.net/

and bbwingui, also on sourceforge, for configuring bbwin.

I think there is also a client written in powershell.  powershell
irratates me so I don't use it

list Kris Springer · Wed, 7 Mar 2018 14:02:53 -0800 ·
So I'm finally installing the Powershell client on one of my boxes to see how it goes.  It's running and sending data to the server.  I've got the xymonclient_config.xml set to use the local clientconfig.cfg file instead of pulling from the server, but I'm not quite sure the syntaxt of the local clientconfig.cfg file so I can monitor the specific services and processes that I want.  I'd rather define those locally like I can with BBwin.  I read the XymonPSClient.doc and at the very bottom it says I can use 'slimmode' but I must be missing something because when I add those lines into a blank clientconfig.cfg file nothing happens. Does anyone have a working sample?

Kris Springer

quoted from Galen Johnson


On 03/06/2018 07:41 PM, Galen Johnson wrote:
The powershell client is available at https://sourceforge.net/p/xymon/code/HEAD/tree/sandbox/WinPSClient/.  Unlike bbwin, it is actively maintained.
=G=

On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 4:53 PM, Bruce Ferrell <user-24fbf1912cfe@xymon.invalid> wrote:
On 03/06/2018 12:43 PM, Pablo Padilla wrote:
Hi..

can xymon-client be installed on windows server to monitor Drive Spaces???

Saludos cordiales,
Pablo


quoted from Galen Johnson

Pablo

There is a windows client called BBwin:

http://bbwin.sourceforge.net/

and bbwingui, also on sourceforge, for configuring bbwin.

I think there is also a client written in powershell.  powershell irratates me so I don't use it





Xymon@xymon.com

list Kris Springer · Wed, 7 Mar 2018 14:57:15 -0800 ·
I've also tried adding the slimmode option into the server's client-local.cfg, but that doesn't do anything either.  How do you test for specific Services and Processes with the Powershell client.  Following the instructions doesn't seem to work.

quoted from Kris Springer

Kris Springer



On 03/06/2018 07:41 PM, Galen Johnson wrote:
The powershell client is available at https://sourceforge.net/p/xymon/code/HEAD/tree/sandbox/WinPSClient/.  Unlike bbwin, it is actively maintained.
=G=

On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 4:53 PM, Bruce Ferrell <user-24fbf1912cfe@xymon.invalid> wrote:
On 03/06/2018 12:43 PM, Pablo Padilla wrote:
Hi..

can xymon-client be installed on windows server to monitor Drive Spaces???

Saludos cordiales,
Pablo


Xymon@xymon.com

Pablo

There is a windows client called BBwin:

http://bbwin.sourceforge.net/

and bbwingui, also on sourceforge, for configuring bbwin.

I think there is also a client written in powershell.  powershell irratates me so I don't use it


Xymon@xymon.com




Xymon@xymon.com

list Kris Springer · Wed, 7 Mar 2018 20:57:56 -0800 ·
Yes, I have been successfully using BBwin for many years with no trouble.  I just thought I'd try out the Powershell client, but so far the customizations are not working.  Anyone have a functioning sample config to specify Services and Processes?

Kris Springer



On 03/07/2018 03:33 PM, John Palys wrote:
I also endorse bbwin.  I used it a lot with original Big Brother and it works well.
Simple to install, setup and maintain.

They made a bbwin gui onfig file which helps in setup and maintenance of bbwin.


quoted from Kris Springer


On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 2:57 PM, Kris Springer <user-c2caa0a7a8d5@xymon.invalid> wrote:
I've also tried adding the slimmode option into the server's client-local.cfg, but that doesn't do anything either.  How do you test for specific Services and Processes with the Powershell client.  Following the instructions doesn't seem to work.

Kris Springer



On 03/06/2018 07:41 PM, Galen Johnson wrote:
The powershell client is available at https://sourceforge.net/p/xymon/code/HEAD/tree/sandbox/WinPSClient/.  Unlike bbwin, it is actively maintained.
=G=

On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 4:53 PM, Bruce Ferrell <user-24fbf1912cfe@xymon.invalid> wrote:
On 03/06/2018 12:43 PM, Pablo Padilla wrote:
Hi..

can xymon-client be installed on windows server to monitor Drive Spaces???

Saludos cordiales,
Pablo


Xymon@xymon.com

Pablo

There is a windows client called BBwin:

http://bbwin.sourceforge.net/

and bbwingui, also on sourceforge, for configuring bbwin.

I think there is also a client written in powershell.  powershell irratates me so I don't use it


Xymon@xymon.com




Xymon@xymon.com






--
John Palys
Systems Administrator
School Pathways, Inc.
XXX-XXX-XXXX #2010  Office
list Brandon Dale · Thu, 8 Mar 2018 05:24:23 +0000 ·
The PowerShell client only works in “Central” mode. So to monitor services and processes you need to add the relevant entries into your analysis.cfg file on your server.

Something like:

HOST=server01
                SVC testservice status=started startup=automatic
                PROC test.exe 1
DISK * 95 98
                DISK F IGNORE

For Disks it should pickup the disks automatically and use the values at the bottom of your analysis.cfg file or you can set your own values like above

The PowerShell client is much better than BBWin, it’s actively maintained and has a whole bunch of extra functionality and it’s written in PowerShell. On top of that it can replicate mostly everything BBwin already did with the exception of local mode. It even has its own update mechanism built into it and does hash checking on external scripts. It really is worth switching to.

For slimmode, I don’t actually use it but I do recall seeing something on this list about a bug in the current implementation, I’m not sure if that has been patched yet. You might be misunderstanding what slimmode does, it basically just stops certain sections of information being sent to the server so you can send smaller messages that contain less data. I assume this is for performance / security reasons. This is the information you will see in the clientlog column for the host in xymon. Or in you xymon powershell directory in the xymon-lastcollect.txt if you have that turned on. It is also the data that the server parses for each test so if you omit a bunch of services using slimmode then you won’t be able to report on their status.

Regards,
Brandon Dale
quoted from Kris Springer

From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Kris Springer
Sent: Thursday, 8 March 2018 3:58 PM
To: John Palys <user-6ab3068b00ee@xymon.invalid>; xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] HELP- INSTALL CLIENT XYMON ON WINDOWS

Yes, I have been successfully using BBwin for many years with no trouble.  I just thought I'd try out the Powershell client, but so far the customizations are not working.  Anyone have a functioning sample config to specify Services and Processes?


Kris Springer


On 03/07/2018 03:33 PM, John Palys wrote:
I also endorse bbwin.  I used it a lot with original Big Brother and it works well.
Simple to install, setup and maintain.
See this page http://www.squidworks.net/2012/04/new-bbwin-gui-version-2-release-for-bbwin-xymon-client/

They made a bbwin gui onfig file which helps in setup and maintenance of bbwin.


 http://www.squidworks.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/BBWin_Gui-2.2.zip


On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 2:57 PM, Kris Springer <user-c2caa0a7a8d5@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-c2caa0a7a8d5@xymon.invalid>> wrote:
I've also tried adding the slimmode option into the server's client-local.cfg, but that doesn't do anything either.  How do you test for specific Services and Processes with the Powershell client.  Following the instructions doesn't seem to work.

Kris Springer


On 03/06/2018 07:41 PM, Galen Johnson wrote:
The powershell client is available at https://sourceforge.net/p/xymon/code/HEAD/tree/sandbox/WinPSClient/.  Unlike bbwin, it is actively maintained.

=G=

On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 4:53 PM, Bruce Ferrell <user-24fbf1912cfe@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-24fbf1912cfe@xymon.invalid>> wrote:
On 03/06/2018 12:43 PM, Pablo Padilla wrote:
Hi..

can xymon-client be installed on windows server to monitor Drive Spaces???

Saludos cordiales,
Pablo


Pablo

There is a windows client called BBwin:

http://bbwin.sourceforge.net/

and bbwingui, also on sourceforge, for configuring bbwin.

I think there is also a client written in powershell.  powershell irratates me so I don't use it


--
John Palys
Systems Administrator
School Pathways, Inc.
XXX-XXX-XXXX #2010  Office
list Kris Springer · Wed, 7 Mar 2018 22:12:01 -0800 ·
Thanks for the info. I will try the analysis.cfg options you suggested. The problem is that the how-to for the PS client says that it works a certain way, but it doesn't seem to work that way. There's no mention of it being beta or non-functional. 

Thanks, 
Kris Springer 
quoted from Brandon Dale

-----Original Message-----
From: Brandon Dale <user-bf8ff8e1cedb@xymon.invalid>
To: Kris Springer <user-c2caa0a7a8d5@xymon.invalid>, John Palys <user-6ab3068b00ee@xymon.invalid>, "xymon at xymon.com" <xymon at xymon.com>
Sent: Wed, 07 Mar 2018 9:24 PM
Subject: RE: [Xymon] HELP- INSTALL CLIENT XYMON ON WINDOWS

The PowerShell client only works in “Central” mode. So to monitor services and processes you need to add the relevant entries into your analysis.cfg file on your server.

Something like:

HOST=server01
                SVC testservice status=started startup=automatic
                PROC test.exe 1
DISK * 95 98
                DISK F IGNORE

For Disks it should pickup the disks automatically and use the values at the bottom of your analysis.cfg file or you can set your own values like above

The PowerShell client is much better than BBWin, it’s actively maintained and has a whole bunch of extra functionality and it’s written in PowerShell. On top of that it can replicate mostly everything BBwin already did with the exception of local mode. It even has its own update mechanism built into it and does hash checking on external scripts. It really is worth switching to.

For slimmode, I don’t actually use it but I do recall seeing something on this list about a bug in the current implementation, I’m not sure if that has been patched yet. You might be misunderstanding what slimmode does, it basically just stops certain sections of information being sent to the server so you can send smaller messages that contain less data. I assume this is for performance / security reasons. This is the information you will see in the clientlog column for the host in xymon. Or in you xymon powershell directory in the xymon-lastcollect.txt if you have that turned on. It is also the data that the server parses for each test so if you omit a bunch of services using slimmode then you won’t be able to report on their status.

Regards,
Brandon Dale

From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Kris Springer
Sent: Thursday, 8 March 2018 3:58 PM
To: John Palys <user-6ab3068b00ee@xymon.invalid>; xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] HELP- INSTALL CLIENT XYMON ON WINDOWS

Yes, I have been successfully using BBwin for many years with no trouble.  I just thought I'd try out the Powershell client, but so far the customizations are not working.  Anyone have a functioning sample config to specify Services and Processes?


Kris Springer


On 03/07/2018 03:33 PM, John Palys wrote:
I also endorse bbwin.  I used it a lot with original Big Brother and it works well.
Simple to install, setup and maintain.
See this page http://www.squidworks.net/2012/04/new-bbwin-gui-version-2-release-for-bbwin-xymon-client/

They made a bbwin gui onfig file which helps in setup and maintenance of bbwin.


 http://www.squidworks.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/BBWin_Gui-2.2.zip


On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 2:57 PM, Kris Springer <user-c2caa0a7a8d5@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-c2caa0a7a8d5@xymon.invalid>> wrote:
I've also tried adding the slimmode option into the server's client-local.cfg, but that doesn't do anything either.  How do you test for specific Services and Processes with the Powershell client.  Following the instructions doesn't seem to work.

Kris Springer


On 03/06/2018 07:41 PM, Galen Johnson wrote:
The powershell client is available at https://sourceforge.net/p/xymon/code/HEAD/tree/sandbox/WinPSClient/.  Unlike bbwin, it is actively maintained.

=G=

On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 4:53 PM, Bruce Ferrell <user-24fbf1912cfe@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-24fbf1912cfe@xymon.invalid>> wrote:
On 03/06/2018 12:43 PM, Pablo Padilla wrote:
Hi..

can xymon-client be installed on windows server to monitor Drive Spaces???

Saludos cordiales,
Pablo


Pablo

There is a windows client called BBwin:

http://bbwin.sourceforge.net/

and bbwingui, also on sourceforge, for configuring bbwin.

I think there is also a client written in powershell.  powershell irratates me so I don't use it


--
John Palys
Systems Administrator
School Pathways, Inc.
XXX-XXX-XXXX #2010  Office
list Zak Beck · Thu, 8 Mar 2018 08:38:33 +0000 ·
Hi

Exactly as Brandon says – slimmode is to reduce the amount of data returned by the client for bandwidth / security reasons.

The slimmode bug mentioned was patched in v2.28 which is the current version on sourceforge.

Thanks

Zak
quoted from Brandon Dale

From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Brandon Dale
Sent: Thursday, 8 March 2018 05:24
To: Kris Springer <user-c2caa0a7a8d5@xymon.invalid>; John Palys <user-6ab3068b00ee@xymon.invalid>; xymon at xymon.com
Subject: [External] Re: [Xymon] HELP- INSTALL CLIENT XYMON ON WINDOWS

The PowerShell client only works in “Central” mode. So to monitor services and processes you need to add the relevant entries into your analysis.cfg file on your server.

Something like:

HOST=server01
                SVC testservice status=started startup=automatic
                PROC test.exe 1
DISK * 95 98
                DISK F IGNORE

For Disks it should pickup the disks automatically and use the values at the bottom of your analysis.cfg file or you can set your own values like above

The PowerShell client is much better than BBWin, it’s actively maintained and has a whole bunch of extra functionality and it’s written in PowerShell. On top of that it can replicate mostly everything BBwin already did with the exception of local mode. It even has its own update mechanism built into it and does hash checking on external scripts. It really is worth switching to.

For slimmode, I don’t actually use it but I do recall seeing something on this list about a bug in the current implementation, I’m not sure if that has been patched yet. You might be misunderstanding what slimmode does, it basically just stops certain sections of information being sent to the server so you can send smaller messages that contain less data. I assume this is for performance / security reasons. This is the information you will see in the clientlog column for the host in xymon. Or in you xymon powershell directory in the xymon-lastcollect.txt if you have that turned on. It is also the data that the server parses for each test so if you omit a bunch of services using slimmode then you won’t be able to report on their status.

Regards,
Brandon Dale

From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Kris Springer
Sent: Thursday, 8 March 2018 3:58 PM
To: John Palys <user-6ab3068b00ee@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-6ab3068b00ee@xymon.invalid>>; xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com>
Subject: Re: [Xymon] HELP- INSTALL CLIENT XYMON ON WINDOWS

Yes, I have been successfully using BBwin for many years with no trouble.  I just thought I'd try out the Powershell client, but so far the customizations are not working.  Anyone have a functioning sample config to specify Services and Processes?


Kris Springer


On 03/07/2018 03:33 PM, John Palys wrote:
I also endorse bbwin.  I used it a lot with original Big Brother and it works well.
Simple to install, setup and maintain.

See this page http://www.squidworks.net/2012/04/new-bbwin-gui-version-2-release-for-bbwin-xymon-client/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.squidworks.net_2012_04_new-2Dbbwin-2Dgui-2Dversion-2D2-2Drelease-2Dfor-2Dbbwin-2Dxymon-2Dclient_&d=DwMGaQ&c=eIGjsITfXP_y-DLLX0uEHXJvU8nOHrUK8IrwNKOtkVU&r=S-aLwpx-PHBTBMIG_c2JczRC0SfuZCmsiH9Iams25FI&m=h92a4saV_nOT3ACnQW-Fy49slykelRGJ_TeD6TzrV4I&s=fa2Kr2Svt6s_4rbfPwa47crFlR9K250CWyWF4X7wBQA&e=>;

They made a bbwin gui onfig file which helps in setup and maintenance of bbwin.


 http://www.squidworks.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/BBWin_Gui-2.2.zip<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.squidworks.net_wp-2Dcontent_uploads_2012_04_BBWin-5FGui-2D2.2.zip&d=DwMGaQ&c=eIGjsITfXP_y-DLLX0uEHXJvU8nOHrUK8IrwNKOtkVU&r=S-aLwpx-PHBTBMIG_c2JczRC0SfuZCmsiH9Iams25FI&m=h92a4saV_nOT3ACnQW-Fy49slykelRGJ_TeD6TzrV4I&s=jK-qDidAuokxlceLZ9ZazD757VDNQNVlbpbnHS4GKfM&e=>;
quoted from Kris Springer


On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 2:57 PM, Kris Springer <user-c2caa0a7a8d5@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-c2caa0a7a8d5@xymon.invalid>> wrote:
I've also tried adding the slimmode option into the server's client-local.cfg, but that doesn't do anything either.  How do you test for specific Services and Processes with the Powershell client.  Following the instructions doesn't seem to work.

Kris Springer


On 03/06/2018 07:41 PM, Galen Johnson wrote:

The powershell client is available at https://sourceforge.net/p/xymon/code/HEAD/tree/sandbox/WinPSClient/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__sourceforge.net_p_xymon_code_HEAD_tree_sandbox_WinPSClient_&d=DwMGaQ&c=eIGjsITfXP_y-DLLX0uEHXJvU8nOHrUK8IrwNKOtkVU&r=S-aLwpx-PHBTBMIG_c2JczRC0SfuZCmsiH9Iams25FI&m=h92a4saV_nOT3ACnQW-Fy49slykelRGJ_TeD6TzrV4I&s=J_tYj9kw270uN7N16Jwws8rcSIC3m3m0QneLZ1MVXlI&e=>;.  Unlike bbwin, it is actively maintained.
quoted from Kris Springer

=G=

On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 4:53 PM, Bruce Ferrell <user-24fbf1912cfe@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-24fbf1912cfe@xymon.invalid>> wrote:
On 03/06/2018 12:43 PM, Pablo Padilla wrote:
Hi..

can xymon-client be installed on windows server to monitor Drive Spaces???

Saludos cordiales,
Pablo

Xymon at xymon.com<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__lists.xymon.com_mailman_listinfo_xymon&d=DwMGaQ&c=eIGjsITfXP_y-DLLX0uEHXJvU8nOHrUK8IrwNKOtkVU&r=S-aLwpx-PHBTBMIG_c2JczRC0SfuZCmsiH9Iams25FI&m=h92a4saV_nOT3ACnQW-Fy49slykelRGJ_TeD6TzrV4I&s=PZz5V3KPdBFNDfnB_jugirKOq87pYnRQdTvv4bye1gc&e=>;

Pablo

There is a windows client called BBwin:

http://bbwin.sourceforge.net/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__bbwin.sourceforge.net_&d=DwMGaQ&c=eIGjsITfXP_y-DLLX0uEHXJvU8nOHrUK8IrwNKOtkVU&r=S-aLwpx-PHBTBMIG_c2JczRC0SfuZCmsiH9Iams25FI&m=h92a4saV_nOT3ACnQW-Fy49slykelRGJ_TeD6TzrV4I&s=Y0f567OnWZC6aWkUyXYENYEapxUPrFNfAGVu-a1ryLE&e=>;
quoted from Kris Springer

and bbwingui, also on sourceforge, for configuring bbwin.

I think there is also a client written in powershell.  powershell irratates me so I don't use it


Xymon at xymon.com<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__lists.xymon.com_mailman_listinfo_xymon&d=DwMGaQ&c=eIGjsITfXP_y-DLLX0uEHXJvU8nOHrUK8IrwNKOtkVU&r=S-aLwpx-PHBTBMIG_c2JczRC0SfuZCmsiH9Iams25FI&m=h92a4saV_nOT3ACnQW-Fy49slykelRGJ_TeD6TzrV4I&s=PZz5V3KPdBFNDfnB_jugirKOq87pYnRQdTvv4bye1gc&e=>;


Xymon at xymon.com<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__lists.xymon.com_mailman_listinfo_xymon&d=DwMGaQ&c=eIGjsITfXP_y-DLLX0uEHXJvU8nOHrUK8IrwNKOtkVU&r=S-aLwpx-PHBTBMIG_c2JczRC0SfuZCmsiH9Iams25FI&m=h92a4saV_nOT3ACnQW-Fy49slykelRGJ_TeD6TzrV4I&s=PZz5V3KPdBFNDfnB_jugirKOq87pYnRQdTvv4bye1gc&e=>;


Xymon at xymon.com<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__lists.xymon.com_mailman_listinfo_xymon&d=DwMGaQ&c=eIGjsITfXP_y-DLLX0uEHXJvU8nOHrUK8IrwNKOtkVU&r=S-aLwpx-PHBTBMIG_c2JczRC0SfuZCmsiH9Iams25FI&m=h92a4saV_nOT3ACnQW-Fy49slykelRGJ_TeD6TzrV4I&s=PZz5V3KPdBFNDfnB_jugirKOq87pYnRQdTvv4bye1gc&e=>;


--
John Palys
Systems Administrator
School Pathways, Inc.
XXX-XXX-XXXX #2010  Office


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list Kris Springer · Thu, 8 Mar 2018 07:02:57 -0800 ·
Thanks everyone for the tips.  Adding the specifics into the analysis.cfg file did the trick. 

Next question: when switching from BBwin to PSclient the netstat column went blank.  What's the column name needed in for network traffic when using the PSclient?

Kris Springer

quoted from Zak Beck

On 03/08/2018 12:38 AM, Beck, Zak wrote:

Hi


Exactly as Brandon says – slimmode is to reduce the amount of data returned by the client for bandwidth / security reasons.


The slimmode bug mentioned was patched in v2.28 which is the current version on sourceforge.


Thanks


Zak


From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces@xymon.com] On Behalf Of Brandon Dale
Sent: Thursday, 8 March 2018 05:24
To: Kris Springer ; John Palys ; xymon@xymon.com
Subject: [External] Re: [Xymon] HELP- INSTALL CLIENT XYMON ON WINDOWS


The PowerShell client only works in “Central” mode. So to monitor services and processes you need to add the relevant entries into your analysis.cfg file on your server.


Something like:


HOST=server01

                SVC testservice status=started startup=automatic

                PROC test.exe 1

DISK * 95 98

                DISK F IGNORE


For Disks it should pickup the disks automatically and use the values at the bottom of your analysis.cfg file or you can set your own values like above


The PowerShell client is much better than BBWin, it’s actively maintained and has a whole bunch of extra functionality and it’s written in PowerShell. On top of that it can replicate mostly everything BBwin already did with the exception of local mode. It even has its own update mechanism built into it and does hash checking on external scripts. It really is worth switching to.


For slimmode, I don’t actually use it but I do recall seeing something on this list about a bug in the current implementation, I’m not sure if that has been patched yet. You might be misunderstanding what slimmode does, it basically just stops certain sections of information being sent to the server so you can send smaller messages that contain less data. I assume this is for performance / security reasons. This is the information you will see in the clientlog column for the host in xymon. Or in you xymon powershell directory in the xymon-lastcollect.txt if you have that turned on. It is also the data that the server parses for each test so if you omit a bunch of services using slimmode then you won’t be able to report on their status.


Regards,

Brandon Dale


From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces@xymon.com] On Behalf Of Kris Springer
Sent: Thursday, 8 March 2018 3:58 PM
To: John Palys <user-6ab3068b00ee@xymon.invalid>; xymon@xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] HELP- INSTALL CLIENT XYMON ON WINDOWS


Yes, I have been successfully using BBwin for many years with no trouble.  I just thought I'd try out the Powershell client, but so far the customizations are not working.  Anyone have a functioning sample config to specify Services and Processes?


Kris Springer



On 03/07/2018 03:33 PM, John Palys wrote:

I also endorse bbwin.  I used it a lot with original Big Brother and it works well.

Simple to install, setup and maintain.


They made a bbwin gui onfig file which helps in setup and maintenance of bbwin.





On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 2:57 PM, Kris Springer <user-c2caa0a7a8d5@xymon.invalid> wrote:

I've also tried adding the slimmode option into the server's client-local.cfg, but that doesn't do anything either.  How do you test for specific Services and Processes with the Powershell client.  Following the instructions doesn't seem to work.

Kris Springer



On 03/06/2018 07:41 PM, Galen Johnson wrote:

The powershell client is available at https://sourceforge.net/p/xymon/code/HEAD/tree/sandbox/WinPSClient/.  Unlike bbwin, it is actively maintained.


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On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 4:53 PM, Bruce Ferrell <user-24fbf1912cfe@xymon.invalid> wrote:

On 03/06/2018 12:43 PM, Pablo Padilla wrote:

Hi..

can xymon-client be installed on windows server to monitor Drive Spaces???

Saludos cordiales,
Pablo


Xymon@xymon.com


Pablo

There is a windows client called BBwin:

http://bbwin.sourceforge.net/

and bbwingui, also on sourceforge, for configuring bbwin.

I think there is also a client written in powershell.  powershell irratates me so I don't use it


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