Wrong host information detected by Zabbix Agent

[brian]

On a Windows Vista and Windows 2008 hosts the Agent (v1.8) reports wrong host information:

Windows Vista:
Windows COMPUTERNAME 6.0.6002 Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 Intel IA-32

Windows 2008 SP2 domain controller:
Windows SERVERNAME 6.0.6002 Windows NT 6.0 Service Pack 2 Intel IA-32

We have another Win2008 domain controller, which returns correct host information:

Windows SERVERNAME 6.0.6002 Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 Intel IA-32


Anyone else noticed this?
I use the host information for auto-discovery scripts, so the words "XP", "SERVER" "2008" are important for me.

[sbsjclark]

Same Problem

Yes. I experince the same issue.

[brian]

Solution...

Create a vbscript file, I named it chk_winver.vbs

Set dtmConvertedDate = CreateObject("WbemScripting.SWbemDateTime")
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set oss = objWMIService.ExecQuery ("Select * from Win32_OperatingSystem")

For Each os in oss
    Wscript.Echo os.Caption & os.Version
Next

I placed the above file to Zabbix install dir.

Add the following line your zabbix_agentd.conf:

UserParameter=WindowsVersion,cscript.exe /nologo "c:\Program Files\Zabbix Agent\chk_winver.vbs"

Create an item in Zabbix in you Windows template(s)
Key: WindowsVersion
type: Character

You should see values like this:
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard 6.1.7601
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 6.1.7601

no you can use this item to separate Windows 7 and Windows 2008 computers

As I am distributing and updating Zabbix via logon scripts it was no problem distributing the vbs file into Zabbix directory on every computer.