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We have a Windows Internal Database for WSUS we'd like to monitor. How do we go about monitoring this service due to the special characters in the name?

Service name: MSSQL$MICROSOFT##WID

define service{
use generic-service
host_name VCAUTIL01
service_description MSSQL$MICROSOFT##WID
event_handler win_service_restart
event_handler_enabled 1
check_command check_nt!SERVICESTATE!-d SHOWALL -l $SERVICEDESC$
}


Thanks,

Paolo

Try changing the $ to "$$" (with the double quotes), I'm not sure if you'll need to escape out the ## or not. Could you try this, and let us know what the check is reporting?

Your service definition will need a backslash \ and two $$ signs.

MSSQL\$$INSTANCE

Refer to this doc https://support.nagios.com/kb/article.php?id=168

Thanks for the tips and link. Tried both "$$" and \$$. Got a check error. I did rule out that the ## doesn't require an escape. Ran a check with the name MSSQLMICROSOFT##WID and it passed.

Is it resolved?

If not, can you show us your testing command from the command line and the output produced.

Unfortunately it's not resolved. Here is the command:

/usr/local/nagios/bin/nagios -v /usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg

Please show us your check_nt command at the command line along with the output. Before making it work in Nagios, lets see it working on the command line first.

Box293, would this be the correct command to run check_nt?

/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nt -H x.x.x.x -v SERVICESTATE -d SHOWALL -l 'MSSQL\$$MICROSOFT##WID'

Try running the command like the example below and see if this works for you

Ran the suggested command and got this response:

root@nagios:/# /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nt -H 1.2.3.4 -v SERVICESTATE -d SHOWALL -l "MSSQL$"$"MICROSOFT##WID"
Connection refused
could not fetch information from server
root@nagios:/#

Got the same results pointing to the WSUS service which we're monitoring that service successfully.

root@nagios:/# /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nt -H 1.2.3.4 -v SERVICESTATE -d SHOWALL -l "WsusService"
Connection refused
could not fetch information from server
root@nagios:/#