Zabbix 2.2 Sender DLL on Windows

[jlrd]

I do most of my external Zabbix monitoring now with UserParameter configs calling PowerShell scripts. I also have some other PowerShell scripts that execute the zabbix_sender.exe. I see that with Zabbix 2.2 the agent comes with a native DLL that encapsulates the sender exe functionality.

I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with this functionality yet? Are you consuming it with other native C/C++ code/executeables or have you wrapped it in .NET? Has anyone tired using it with Pinvoke and PowerShell?

Going to start testing soon with 2.2 and wanted to find some experiences if there were any yet.

Thanks,
Joel.

[mbsit]

Hi,
Don't forget about new unselectable item added in 2.2

wmi.get is added to Windows agent to provide WMI query support.

https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/2.2/manual/introduction/whatsnew220

https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/2.2/manual/config/items/itemtypes/zabbix_agent/win_keys?s[]=wmi&s[]=get

Bests,
Grzegorz

[jlrd]

That is a nice feature. It will eliminate a few of my basic external PowerShell scripts. Most of my external scripts now are for custom LLD and state monitoring that's not achievable with the basic agent keys or perfmon.

I was interested to see that the Linux side of things got the Loadable Module support. Is the sender DLL an attempt at parity or does anyone know if Loadable Modules are on the roadmap for the Windows agent?

Joel.