I cant get the key value using vfs.file.regexp in a windows system

[lecarrari]

Hi members of Zabbix Forums,

I´m using zabbix agent in a windows machine running Windows Server 2008r2. The zabbix agent is running and works fine.

But when I decided to use a new key to check a string in a text file using vfs.file.regexp, I had some problems:

The file I im trying to check is a log file generated by HP Data Protector backup software. I configured the software to create a log in the file C:\Zabbix\dataprotector\dataprotector.log. So I created an item in Zabbix Named "Success Backup", type "Zabbix Agent", key vfs.file.regexp["C:\Zabbix\dataprotector\dataprotector.log","Succe ss:"], text.

When the backup software creates the log file, the key doenst work and returns an empty value. But if I create the file with notepad, for example, the key works fine and returns the correct value.

I tried to use many encodings and nothing...

Anybody could help me with this issue?

Thanks a lot.

[ingus.vilnis]

Hello and welcome!

Did you try to use the Zabbix item type "Log"? (https://www.zabbix.com/documentation...ypes/log_items)
Any luck with that?

One more thing I noticed. Is that space in word "Succe ss" intentional?

vfs.file.regexp["C:\Zabbix\dataprotector\dataprotector.log","Succe ss:"]

Best Regards,
Ingus

[lecarrari]

I cant get the key value using vfs.file.regexp in a windows system

Hello Ingus,

Thank you for your answer.

I tried to use the type "Log", but didn´t work. This is the Zabbix Server Log when I use "log":

2308:20140606:161657.941 item [serverbkp.suprir.com.br:log["C:\Zabbix\dataprotector\dataprotector.log","Succe ss:"]] became not supported: Not supported by Zabbix Agent

As I said in the first post, the item works fine if I create the file C:\Zabbix\dataprotector\dataprotector.log by notepad.

About space in "Success", I guess it was a wrong input only on the post...

I still looking for a solution for my case.

Thank you again.

PS: You can see the space in "success" word again... I don´t know why. But don´t worry about that. It´s only in the post.

[ingus.vilnis]

Looks a little similar to this case here (https://www.zabbix.com/forum/showthread.php?t=45513).

Try your item key without quotation marks like this:

log[C:\Zabbix\dataprotector\dataprotector.log,Success]

P.S. Really very strange thing about this space.

Best Regards,
Ingus

[aib]

One more thing - permissions.

May be, Data Protector use the permissions which is different with Zabbix Agent.
Because of that, Zabbix Agent cannot get access to Data Protector .log-file.

Check it, please.

[lecarrari]

Hello,

I checked permissions too, and are the same. To test, I put permission "full control" for everyone.

This file I am trying to load by Zabbix Agent is not a log with new entries been adding by the application. Data Protector creates a new file when the backup session (job) ends. So, I think the best key to use is vfs.file.regexp.

...But it doens´t work.

Anyone have an ideia?


Thanks