Complete Newbie .....

[davidpfox]

Hi All,

As you can see from the title I am completely new to Zabbix, but keen to learn as much as possible in order to monitor Windows Servers.

I have SBS 2003 and 2008 that I am preparing for and would like to get some info based upon the following:

1. Using the Virtual Machine as the Zabbix Server
2. Installing agent etc. on a Windows Server 2003
3. Deploying Agent to XP Workstations

[walterheck]

You didn't really ask a question, so what do you expect people to answer? A forum post usually gets more response when you ask a specific question. Please read some documentation, give it a try and when you have specific questions feel free to ask them here.

Good luck!

[davidpfox]

Questions ...

Fair call - so my specific questions are as follows:
(1) I have downloaded and started my Virtual Machine of Zabbix 1.8, and wanting to install the Windows Agent on SERVER01 and I ran the command below I had an issue:
zabbix_agentd.exe --config d:\zabbix\zabbix_agentd.conf --install

I am assuming I need to setup the .conf file, but could not find anything about this in doco online (http://www.zabbix.com/documentation/1.8/start).

So ..... after running downloaded Virtual Zabbix, what are the steps in order to install the windows agent?

[Murilex]

In order to install zabbix_agentd on Windows, I've followed these steps (command prompt):
1. Create the directory c:\zabbix. This is important: enter in it (cd c:\zabbix);
2. Copy (from Linux to Windows) the file /opt/zabbix-1.8.3/bin/win32/zabbix_agentd.exe to the directory c:\zabbix
3. Copy (from Linux) the file /opt/zabbix-1.8.3/misc/conf/zabbix_agentd.win.conf to the Windows machine (c:\zabbix\zabbix_agentd.conf).
4. Add the IP/DNS of the monitored host to the entry Hostname in the file /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf.
5. Install the agent with the command: zabbix_agentd.exe -c c:\zabbix\zabbix_agentd.conf --install
6. Start the agent with the command: zabbix_agentd.exe -c c:\zabbix\zabbix_agentd.conf --start

After a first install on Windows, is more practical install zabbix agent on other windows machines by copying the entire directory c:\zabbix and then continuing the steps above from #4.

[wicked711]

I'm also a n00bie, but I think you can just this auto-installer that has a GUI that will prompt you to enter values for the conf file during install.

http://www.zabbix.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4460&page=7