how can i monitor when win after update need to reboot?

[molmi]

For more windows update from WSUS the reboot are required ...

can I monitor with zabbix when the server update must reboot for work ?

usually on weekend i'm login in in each server for check that it's a great job !

Thx!

[Russ]

According to this page there are two registry entries that can be checked:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Win dowsUpdate\Auto Update\RebootRequired
and
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\PendingFileRenameOperations

You should be able to write a simple VBScript that will check those keys and return a value, then add a custom parameter to the Zabbix client config file to run the VBScript and return the value to Zabbix.

[molmi]

thx

I do not know vbscripts I could help ... to make the scripts

[Russ]

A VBScript file is just a text file with a .vbs extension instead of .txt. Create a text file, name it CheckReboot.vbs (make sure you change the .txt extension to .vbs), then copy & paste the following code into it:

'CheckReboot.vbs - checks registry keys to determine if machine needs to reboot.
' Returns 1 if reboot is required, 0 if not

Function ReadRegistry (RegPath)
	Set oReg = CreateObject ("Wscript.shell")
	ReadRegistry = oReg.RegRead (RegPath)
End Function

iReturn = 0
On Error Resume Next

iReturn = iReturn + CInt (ReadRegistry ("HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Auto Update\RebootRequired"))
iReturn = iReturn + CInt (ReadRegistry ("HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\PendingFileRenameOperations"))

WScript.Echo iReturn

That's your VBScript file. I haven't given it much testing, but it should return 1 if the machine needs to reboot, and 0 if it doesn't.

You can add a custom parameter to your config file to check what that script returns, and use that to alert in Zabbix.