xymon 4.3.17 central mode SVCS service status text inaccurate

5 messages in this thread

list Rob Robertson · Fri, 17 Oct 2014 13:23:55 -0400 ·

Hi,

I have installed Xymon 4.3.17 on CentOS 6, using bbwin .13 on the Win hosts
in central configuration mode.

I'm seeing an odd issue when monitoring Windows services- the service
status color matches the state of the service (red=service down;
green=service up), but the text displayed does not.

For example, service1 is running, and shown as green as it should be. But
the status text displayed is 'service1 is stopped/disabled - want
started/any'. I've confirmed the service is running, and the data sent by
the client (via client data link on xymon page) shows it as such.

What I have in analysis.cfg is simply:

HOST=host1
            SVC service1 STATUS=started

I've seen some reports with previous xymon versions having similar problems
when monitoring Windows hosts in central mode. Is there a way around this
besides from switching to local mode?

Thanks,
Rob.

list Jeremy Laidman · Mon, 20 Oct 2014 10:40:37 +1100 ·

Try running "xymond_client --dump-config" to dump the config and verify
that it matches what you think it should.

Also try running xymond_client in test mode.  I've never done this for a
Windows server, so not sure how helpful this will be for SVC tests.

Cheers
Jeremy

▸ quoted from Rob Robertson



On 18 October 2014 04:23, Rob Robertson <user-73fc6fbc328f@xymon.invalid> wrote:

Hi,

I have installed Xymon 4.3.17 on CentOS 6, using bbwin .13 on the Win
hosts in central configuration mode.

I'm seeing an odd issue when monitoring Windows services- the service
status color matches the state of the service (red=service down;
green=service up), but the text displayed does not.

For example, service1 is running, and shown as green as it should be. But
the status text displayed is 'service1 is stopped/disabled - want
started/any'. I've confirmed the service is running, and the data sent by
the client (via client data link on xymon page) shows it as such.

What I have in analysis.cfg is simply:

HOST=host1
            SVC service1 STATUS=started

I've seen some reports with previous xymon versions having similar
problems when monitoring Windows hosts in central mode. Is there a way
around this besides from switching to local mode?

Thanks,
Rob.

list Neil Simmonds · Tue, 21 Oct 2014 08:30:39 +0100 ·

I’ve had this issue with BBWin 0.12, 0.13 and with the Windows powershell client although mostly how I have seen it is when the service goes red, the text still says, Service is is started/automatic - want started/Any. I suspect it is an issue in the way the Xymon is handling data for Windows services.

 
Regards,

Neil.

▸ quoted from Jeremy Laidman

From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Jeremy Laidman
Sent: 20 October 2014 00:41
To: Rob Robertson
Cc: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] xymon 4.3.17 central mode SVCS service status text inaccurate

Try running "xymond_client --dump-config" to dump the config and verify that it matches what you think it should.

Also try running xymond_client in test mode.  I've never done this for a Windows server, so not sure how helpful this will be for SVC tests.

Cheers

Jeremy

On 18 October 2014 04:23, Rob Robertson <user-73fc6fbc328f@xymon.invalid <mailto:user-73fc6fbc328f@xymon.invalid> > wrote:

Hi,

I have installed Xymon 4.3.17 on CentOS 6, using bbwin .13 on the Win hosts in central configuration mode. 

I'm seeing an odd issue when monitoring Windows services- the service status color matches the state of the service (red=service down; green=service up), but the text displayed does not.

For example, service1 is running, and shown as green as it should be. But the status text displayed is 'service1 is stopped/disabled - want started/any'. I've confirmed the service is running, and the data sent by the client (via client data link on xymon page) shows it as such. 

What I have in analysis.cfg is simply:

HOST=host1

            SVC service1 STATUS=started

I've seen some reports with previous xymon versions having similar problems when monitoring Windows hosts in central mode. Is there a way around this besides from switching to local mode?

Thanks,

Rob.

list Rob Robertson · Tue, 21 Oct 2014 16:08:16 -0400 ·

Dumping the config or running the xymond_client in test mode doesn't reveal anything unusual..

Thanks for your input.

▸ quoted from Jeremy Laidman

On Oct 19, 2014, at 7:40 PM, Jeremy Laidman <user-71895fb2e44c@xymon.invalid> wrote:

Try running "xymond_client --dump-config" to dump the config and verify that it matches what you think it should.

Also try running xymond_client in test mode.  I've never done this for a Windows server, so not sure how helpful this will be for SVC tests.

Cheers
Jeremy

On 18 October 2014 04:23, Rob Robertson <user-73fc6fbc328f@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Hi,

I have installed Xymon 4.3.17 on CentOS 6, using bbwin .13 on the Win hosts in central configuration mode.

I'm seeing an odd issue when monitoring Windows services- the service status color matches the state of the service (red=service down; green=service up), but the text displayed does not.

For example, service1 is running, and shown as green as it should be. But the status text displayed is 'service1 is stopped/disabled - want started/any'. I've confirmed the service is running, and the data sent by the client (via client data link on xymon page) shows it as such.

What I have in analysis.cfg is simply:

HOST=host1
            SVC service1 STATUS=started

I've seen some reports with previous xymon versions having similar problems when monitoring Windows hosts in central mode. Is there a way around this besides from switching to local mode?

Thanks,
Rob.

list Rob Robertson · Tue, 21 Oct 2014 16:11:55 -0400 ·

Yes, I agree. I've seen a few reports on this on the internet, even several versions back. Odd that it hasn't been fixed.

I guess I will forget about central mode and go back to maintaining the win client configs locally.

▸ quoted from Neil Simmonds

On Oct 21, 2014, at 3:30 AM, "Neil Simmonds" <user-feff97fabd3d@xymon.invalid> wrote:

I’ve had this issue with BBWin 0.12, 0.13 and with the Windows powershell client although mostly how I have seen it is when the service goes red, the text still says, Service is is started/automatic - want started/Any. I suspect it is an issue in the way the Xymon is handling data for Windows services.
 Regards,
Neil.
 From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Jeremy Laidman
Sent: 20 October 2014 00:41
To: Rob Robertson
Cc: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] xymon 4.3.17 central mode SVCS service status text inaccurate
 Try running "xymond_client --dump-config" to dump the config and verify that it matches what you think it should.
 Also try running xymond_client in test mode.  I've never done this for a Windows server, so not sure how helpful this will be for SVC tests.
 Cheers
Jeremy
  On 18 October 2014 04:23, Rob Robertson <user-73fc6fbc328f@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Hi,
 I have installed Xymon 4.3.17 on CentOS 6, using bbwin .13 on the Win hosts in central configuration mode.
 I'm seeing an odd issue when monitoring Windows services- the service status color matches the state of the service (red=service down; green=service up), but the text displayed does not.
 For example, service1 is running, and shown as green as it should be. But the status text displayed is 'service1 is stopped/disabled - want started/any'. I've confirmed the service is running, and the data sent by the client (via client data link on xymon page) shows it as such.
 What I have in analysis.cfg is simply:
 HOST=host1
            SVC service1 STATUS=started
 I've seen some reports with previous xymon versions having similar problems when monitoring Windows hosts in central mode. Is there a way around this besides from switching to local mode?
 Thanks,
Rob.

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