Count number files into a windows directory

[patrick1140]

Hello,

An beguinner question...

I've a Mailserver running under windows (mdeamon) and i want check the number of mail in queues.

To to it i want count the # of files in e:\mdaemon\queues\xxx\xxx

Any idea ?

Thanks

[patrick1140]

Found :-)

This is how I monitor the size of a directory on a windows machine:

1. fill in the correct zabbix-server-IP and de correct hostname of the windows system
in the commandstring in the vb-script (see below)
2. save the vb-script as c:\zabbix\dir_size.vbs on the windows system to be monitored.
3. add userparameter in the zabbix_agentd.conf:
UserParameter=dir_size[*],cscript.exe c:\zabbix\dir_size.vbs $1
4. restart zabbix agent
5. create 2 items in zabbix:

first one:
description: whatever
type: zabbix trapper
key: tr_dir_size
type: numeric

second one:
description: tr_dir_size
type: zabbix agent
key: dir_size[c:\root\sub]
type: text
interval: 300

explanation: the second one makes the zabbix agent execute the script every 300 seconds, while the first one catches the output of the script. The output is the size of directory c:\root\sub in bytes

The script itself:

Dim oF, oFS, dirsize
directory = WScript.Arguments(0)
Set objFS = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
set oF = oFS.GetFolder(directory)
dirsize = oF.Size
Set WshShell = CreateObject("wscript.Shell")
commandstring="c:\zabbix\zabbix_sender.exe -z ZBX_IP -s HOST_NAME -k tr_dir_size -o " & dirsize
WshShell.Run commandstring,0
WScript.Quit

[Zaniwoop]

I think you are complicating this by creating 2 items.

Rather than have the script execute the zabbix_sender to return the value, write the output of dirsize to standard output. This will return the value you require to the calling item.

my script to return the number of files looks like this:

Option Explicit
Dim objFSO, objFolder, FolderName
Set objFSO = WScript.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
FolderName = Replace(WScript.Arguments(0),"/","\")
Set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder(FolderName)
WScript.StdOut.Write objFolder.Files.Count
Set objFolder = Nothing
Set objFSO = Nothing
WScript.Quit(0)

It changes forward-slashes to backslashes, as the zabbix_agentd doesn't like having backslashes passed in wildcard parameters

You need to run the script with the //nologo parameter

UserParameter=FileCount[*],cscript c:\FileCount.vbs [B]//nologo[/B] $1

To use this, you need to create an item with a key FileCount[e:/mdaemon/queues/xxx/xxx], of type numeric decimal. (Notice the use of forward-slashes)

[qix]

I like how you made it a wildcard item
This will allow setting template and host macros to support different install locations. Use the macro for the wildcard, and you're set.

[Josh]

I used the second method listed in this thread to count files on a win 2003 and 2008 server but it does not seem to work on win 2000 which is what I really needed this for. I can run the script just fine on the box and will give the correct number of files in the specified directory but Zabbix is having a hard time retrieving this number when it does it remotely. Is there a reg key or something I need to modify to allow Zabbix to do this in server 2000?

[qix]

Can you use other vb scripts as userparameters? Maybe vb scripting isn't working ok for the agent. Try it with a simple script that just echoes a string and see if that works.

[Zaniwoop]

The VB Script above does work with the agent.

[qix]

I was refering to Josh problem on that specific host.

[Josh]

Well the script does work on that host and returns the number of files. This is the error I am seeing in the log file and in the zabbix console.

4176:20111201:095651.828 unable to set job info: [0x00000057] The parameter is incorrect.

And this is my parameter

UserParameter=FileCount[*],cscript c:\FileCount.vbs //nologo $1

[Zaniwoop]

post a screen shot of the item...

[Josh]

Here is the screen shot of the item.

[Zaniwoop]

Ok, the only difference I see is my items' type is Zabbix agent (active)

[Josh]

And your is on server 2000?

[Josh]

This is the error message on the zabbix console. It looks like the server is passing the error back to zabbix and zabbix is saying "this is not a number". So it must be something that is happening when zabbix is asking the server to run that vbscript. Also, I changed the name of the Item so dont let that throw you off.

[qix]

Could be the agent sends a tab, space or linefeed or whatever. Does it store data when set to character or text?