use cscript with zabbix sender(windows)?

[Tristan]

I use zabbix sender in a lot of linux scripts to send the output from awk and sed to my zabbix server. It works perfect, but if i do the same with the windows version it just send my text string(cscript) to the zabbix server.

Has somebody a solution to this? or is this not possible?

I use for my -o parameter a lot of characters for my expression like `'"{} but it just send the characters and not my cscript command.

thnx!

[bbrendon]

I have a zabbix sender running somewhere on a windows box out there. I think its from 1.4. Its still working, so I know its possible.

[Jason]

I use several vbs scripts on windows to send back data using zabbix_sender and cscript and it works fine on both 1.4 & 1.6.

Have you any sample windows code can post up?

[Tristan]

in my zabbix_agentd.conf i use the following command:
userParameter=biwrites[*],cscript //nologo c:\vma_beheer\scripts\fetchinfo.vbs $1 "BI Writes"

when i use zabbix_sender i use the following command:
zabbix_sender -vv -c zabbix_agentd.conf -k test -o cscript c:\vma_beheer\scripts\fetchinfo.vbs tmp.txt "BI Writes"

I see in the verbose output only the word cscript.
When i replace my script thing through a type command, it only sends "type" back. So it looks like that everything after the -o parameter is processed as a string, and only the first word.

I tried to use zabbix_sender within vbscript, but it still returned only the first word.

i tried using "" or '' but nothing helps.

WHen i use the zabbix_sender in my linux script i don't have any problem

thnx for your help.

[Jason]

I use the following and it works fine..

UserParameter=systemStatePowerSupplyStatusCombined ,cscript.exe /nologo c:\zabbix\zabbix.vbs 127.0.0.1 .1.3.6.1.4.1.674.10892.1.200.10.1.9.1

my zabbix.vbs script just does an snmpget for the value.

The only thing that looks wrong with yours is that there are 2 // just before the nologo

[Tristan]

I know..
but this is the config file with the zabbix agent. that's not my problem.
My problem is that i use zabbix_sender.exe within a few cmd scripts, and zabbix_sender.exe does'nt accpept the cscript command. It just returns the word "cscript" instead of the output of the script.

so i have a script.cmd witch call's a zabbix_sender.exe with a few parameters.. and that won't work.
I need this solution because i need to send data to zabbix on a specified time.

[Jason]

From within vbs scripts I have a function I use to send data to zabbix..

zsendpath is path to zabbix_sender You should be able to modify that to use cscript in the command line for zabbix_sender.

function SendData(Zabbix_var,item_desc,data_item,DryRun)
dim objShell, objScriptExec
' Check to see if print instead of send
if DryRun then
wscript.echo(item_desc & " : " & data_item)
else
' Send the data to zabbix
Set objShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
Set objScriptExec = objShell.Exec(zsendpath & " -v " & Zabbix_opts & "-k " & Zabbix_var & " -o " & data_item)
end if
end function

[Tristan]

thnx for your code.. It's almost the same as i used in a test script.
Now i have just one problem: if i use for data_item a string ("this is a test"), then zabbix received only the word "this".

I have fixed this to rewrite my code into C++ and add it to zabbix_sender.exe
This is also faster. Only problem is dat i need to recompile my zabbix_sender with every update.

but thanx for your help!

[Jason]

Try using character or text for the data type?

[Tristan]

it is text. It works fine when i run zabbix_sender.exe from the commandline with the -o "this is a test"

I have this problem only with windows. But my C++ solution works perfect, so i stay with that.