Adrian, Attached is an example of some of those common NT services...but not all.
The following zip files contains: services.ini.bak.txt - example of the c:\program files\whatsup\services.ini std-w2k-adv-srv.txt - enumerate list of services for a Windows 2000 Advanced Server std-w2k-prof-srv.txt - enumerate list of services for a Windows 2000 Professional Workstation std-w2k-srv.txt - enumerate list of services for a Windows 2000 Server std-winnt4-srv.txt - enumerate list of services for a Windows NT 4.0 Server Note: These services will vary depending on type and purpose of system (Exchange, Web, SQL, etc). The following is a good reference for a listing Windows 2000 services: http://microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/deploy/prodspecs/win2ksvc.asp These are just examples. Please do not copy the services.ini.bak.txt file into your whatsup gold installation. Also, one should be cautious when using the Auto-Restart service on failure feature (represented by the line RESTART=1). Restarting a service that has failed, may mask a serious issue that should be addressed by the NT System Admin. The example shows RESTART=0 which indicates no auto restart service on failure. The list of services was obtain by using a resource called PSService found on SysInternals website at the following URL: http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/psservice.shtml If you review the enumerated list, it becomes obvious that if you know the actual service name, then you can quickly add this to the services.ini file for Whatsup Gold to include in the Auto Discover. e.g. Symantec pcAnywhere host SERVICE_NAME: awhost32 DISPLAY_NAME: pcAnywhere Host Service include in services.ini as: [pcAnywhere Host Service] <~~~~~~ Label for Description of Custom NT Service CLSID={87B0F902-CF8A-11D2-9CC8-0040053DDA73} <~~~~~~WUG Custom Service API COM GUID SERVICENAME=awhost32 <~~~~~~~~~~~ Service_Name shown above RESTART=0 <~~~~~~~~~~~ Do Not Restart on Failure UseInDiscovery=true <~~~~~~~~~~~ Yes, Include this service in the Auto-Discover Again, as previously mentioned by another contributor, one must be cautious when attempting to include everything in the Auto Discover, because it creates overhead in searching for devices and may enable the monitoring of unnecessary and non-critical services. The rule of thumb is to only monitor important NT services and to conserve Whatsup Gold monitoring resources. Please send to IPSwitch your most common services being monitored for your important systems so that they may be included as an addition to a future releases. Regards, Jon -----Original Message----- From: Adrian Ferrier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 12:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [WhatsUp Forum] Custom Services AutoDiscover Sure - you guys tell us the service and host type ini definitions you use and commonly work with and I'll see if we can work them in or make configuration files generally available. Fire away! ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Burks, Jon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 09:08:58 -0600 >Here is another hint for IPSwitch...let us define which NT services (this is already >available for the standard TCP ports such as FTP, Telnet, HTTP) to search for during >the network discovery phase. Or let us specify what type of server types to look for >during the network probe (e.g. Win NT, Win 2k, Exchange, SQL, IIS, Clustered, etc.). >They could do this very easily be adding additional device types with the pre-defined >services. >-----Original Message----- >From: Dave Broeckx [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 7:42 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: [WhatsUp Forum] Custom Services AutoDiscover > > >one remark. >If you use a very big services.ini file then the autodiscovery will take a very long >time in a big environment. >So only use UseInDiscovery=true on services you really want to discover. > >Regards, > >Dave >-----Original Message----- >From: Harig, Jeff R Mr SIGNAL [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 2:32 PM >To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' >Subject: RE: [WhatsUp Forum] Custom Services AutoDiscover > > >Chris, > >I dropped this onto my WUG server and I'm blown away by the services I can now >monitor. > >This is awesome. >Thx, >Jeff >-----Original Message----- >From: Chan, Christopher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 5:00 PM >To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' >Subject: RE: [WhatsUp Forum] Custom Services AutoDiscover > >This is the file I've created for my network, just rename it to services.ini. The >exchange is 5.5 and citrix is citrix xp for those who have a similar setup. >Enjoy, >Chris chan >Ps. Great tip regarding autodiscovery by the way. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Burks, Jon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 1:52 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: [WhatsUp Forum] Custom Services AutoDiscover > >Rob, > >You will need to modify the services.ini file found in the c:\program files\whatsup >path (recommend that you backup the file first) to include these custom services with >a statement to enable the auto discover. It has been requested that IPSwitch include >this as a standard feature in a future release (hint version 8, that is now in beta) >for all of the default Windows NT 4 and 2000 services. So far, it is not included in >version 8 Beta 3. Perhaps a group of us could gather these services and share the >file? > >Currently the only way to discovery NT services that have been defined previously is >to modify the services.ini and include "UseInDiscovery=true" statement (see below): > >[IIS Admin Service] >CLSID={87B0F902-CF8A-11D2-9CC8-0040053DDA73} >SERVICENAME=IISADMIN >RESTART=0 >UseInDiscovery=true > >[IIS SMTP Service] >CLSID={87B0F902-CF8A-11D2-9CC8-0040053DDA73} >SERVICENAME=SMTPSVC >RESTART=0 >UseInDiscovery=true > >[IIS WWW Service] >CLSID={87B0F902-CF8A-11D2-9CC8-0040053DDA73} >SERVICENAME=W3SVC >RESTART=0 >UseInDiscovery=true > > >Regards, > >Jon > >-----Original Message----- >From: Goodwin, Robert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 9:52 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [WhatsUp Forum] Custom Services AutoDiscover >I have a number of custom services I have defined and they all check properly. What I >want is to click the autodiscover button on the device and check to see if the >customer services are on a server. > >Has anyone done this? > >Thanks > >Rob Goodwin > > ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the KillerWebMail system at alpha.ipswitch.com Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/whatsup_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/
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