ArcServer UDP Datastore monitor CLI

Hello,

Thank you for your message.

According to what you would like to achieve, you need to develop and use a custom script with the EXE/Script or EXE/Script Advanced sensor. The latter should follow the steps below:

• Execute the command you provided on the probe server or target device (remotely)
• Keep the first line of the output
• Parse the result to keep "Overall Status: <status>" or simply look for the word "running"
• If that word exists, then the script should return a corresponding code:
  • 0: not running
  • 1: running

That way, you can configure limits in the settings of the channel in PRTG or a custom lookup.

Please, note that the response returned by the script must follow the format corresponding to the sensor used. You will find it in this manual: https://www.paessler.com/manuals/prtg/custom_sensors.

If you have questions, do not hesitate.

Regards.

To close this request, my script looks as follows:

param ([string]$datastore)
invoke-command -computername DEVICE -scriptblock {
cd 'C:\Program Files\Arcserve\Unified Data Protection\Engine\BIN'
$a = .\as_dsmgr.exe /DSStat $Using:datastore

$lineNumber = 0
for($i = 0; $i -lt $a.length; $i++){
	if($a[$i] -like'*Overall Status:*') {
		$lineNumber = $i
		break
	}
}

if($a[$lineNumber] -like'*Running*') {
	Write-Host '0:Running'
}
elseif ($a[$lineNumber] -like'*Starting*'){
	Write-Host '1:Starting'
}
elseif ($a[$lineNumber] -like'*Stopping*'){
	Write-Host '1:Stopping'
}
elseif ($a[$lineNumber] -like'*Stopped*'){
	Write-Host '2:Stopped'
}
elseif ($a[$lineNumber] -like'*Status*'){
	Write-Host '2:State not captured in script'
}
else{
	Write-Host $a
}
}

I have then set PRTG to use the windows credentials then set the error and warning thresholds to be 0 and 1. And set 'Value' as the primary channel

Thank you for sharing the script. Just to make sure that it is correct, it does work as you expected ?

Yes, all works well. i need to improve the final if statement for unexpected output, as i currently appears Green so I need to tweak the last write-host to have an error value. Other than that I'm happy.

Next step would be to pass the server variable as currently the server name is hard coded.

Thank you for the confirmation.

Regarding the server name, you can pass it to the script by using the placeholder %host (device IP/DNS address) or "%device" (device name) in the Parameters field of the sensor.

Then for the else statement, you need to return an exit code different than 0 to trigger an error in the sensor. You will find the list of exit codes here: https://www.paessler.com/manuals/prtg/custom_sensors#standard_exescript.

The sensor should then behave as you want it to do.