Fwd: How to monitor specific windows services using nsclient++

[Daniel Ceola]

Hi,

I use NSClient++ to monitor a number of services on our servers here.  For example, DNS Server, DHCP Server, IIS, Exchange store, and some services for line of business apps.

The command definition I use is:
# 'check_nt' command definition
define command{
        command_name    check_nt
        command_line    $USER1$/check_nt -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -p 12489 -v $ARG1$ $ARG2$
        }


Service definition:
#dhcp server
define service{
        use                     generic-service
        host_name               servername
        service_description     DHCP Server
        check_command           check_nt!SERVICESTATE!-d SHOWALL -l dhcpserver
        }
# Exchange Store service
define service{
        use                     generic-service
        host_name               exchangeserver
        service_description     Exchange Store Service
        check_command           check_nt!SERVICESTATE!-d SHOWALL -l MSExchangeIS
        }

>From what I have read, you need to use the service name that you would use if starting/stopping the service from a command line, rather than the display name from the services.msc snapin.  You can easily find the service name by running "sc query" at command prompt from the server (or by looking it up in the system registry)


Hope this helps!

Thanks,

Daniel Ceola

From: Manish Kumar [mailto:manikumar85 at gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 2:06 PM
To: nagios-users
Subject: [Nagios-users] Fwd: How to monitor specific windows services using nsclient++

In addition to my previous question...just wanted to elaborate..

How i can monitor which important windows services are running on a remote windows servers and their state using NSClient++ installed on the windows servers and check_nt plugin.

thanks..
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From: Manish Kumar <manikumar85 at gmail.com<mailto:manikumar85 at gmail.com>>
Date: Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 11:27 PM
Subject: How to monitor specific windows services using nsclient++
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Hi there,

Actually i want to monitor specific windows services using nagios and nsclient++ agent installed on Windows servers...

                 Also i don't know which critical windows services to monitor exactly but my boss says it should be done... Can you people give me some help regarding this..

Thanks...in advance...



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Thanks
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Manish Kumar
http://in.linkedin.com/in/manishkumar85
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