Check Windows Processes

[ofadl]

Hey everyone,

So im trying to look for a check, that would basically check for specific windows processes on windows servers to work with NSClient++ on be displayed on the nagios website, anyone have a guide in handy?

Thanks

[slansing]

Here you go, this should fit the bill:

http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/ ... ndows.html

[ofadl]

i was looking to define more specific processes such as and e.t.c :

AgentControl.exe
AFPSourceManager.exe
BRFSourceManager.exe
BRFInputHandler.exe
BZGSourceManager.exe
BZXSourceManager.exe
CBDSourceManager.exe
CCXSourceManager.exe
MNVSourceManager.exe
NelsonResearchReportsSourceManager.exe
NewsroomSourceManager.exe

[ofadl]

ok basically each server runs different processes, like i mentioned in my previous posts, i have an older version of nagios running that uses NRPE. The new nagios website im running uses NSClient++. I am trying to figure out how to use NSClient to run these specific processes, and uses a notepad file called host.proclist.txt. The service definition on the old nagios server is as follows:

define service{
use comtex-service-template-vna ; Name of service template to use
host_name vnaart622,vnainp110
service_description Check processes are running
check_command check_nrpe!check_procs_from_file!c:\\nrpe_nt\\host.proclist.txt

my question is, does NSClient use the same text file, same service? or how would i modify it to work? sorry if this sounds confusing

[sreinhardt]

You are going to want something similar to this:

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Add the following service definition to monitor the Explorer.exe process on the Windows machine and generate a CRITICAL alert if the process is not running.

define service{
	use			generic-service
	host_name			winserver
	service_description	Explorer
	check_command		check_nt!PROCSTATE!-d SHOWALL -l Explorer.exe
	}

edit: ofadl's explanation for npre works pretty well too!! Just depends on how you would like to check things.

[ofadl]

can you explain how that works? I know on nrpe, there was a text file for the list of processes to run, then was a service definition and command definition on the nagios machine

[abrist]

NSClient should have a config file in it's program directory. You can specify commands there. There is already an alias in that file for a process or service check. Think of the following (in an nrpe sense as):

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PROCSTATE

As the command, and

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-d SHOWALL -l Explorer.exe

As the arguments.

[ofadl]

is there a way i can set it up, to work the same way as it does on the old nagios server, using the host.proclist.txt file or some file specifying the types of desired processes to be run?

[abrist]

Is this list meant to be inclusive or exclusive? All encompassing, or particular?

[ofadl]

each server has a different list of processes to be run, some have more then others, but all use the same .txt file when working on old nagios with nrpe