[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have WMI successfully running in my environment (multiple server > setup). > > To get it working, make sure you create a domain user and if applicable > a local user with the same user name and password; this user needs to be > a member of the administrators group (for your domain and the local > group.) For your member servers, add the domain administrators group to > the local administrators group. > > Install the zenwin service on a server that is a member server and use a > local account to run the service, I could not get zenwin services > working using domain accounts. After the services are installed, go > into the Services MMC and view the properties of one of the services. > Go to the "Log On" tab and browse for the local user created above and > add it, even though it is already there, and specify the password and > click OK (you should see a box stating the user has been granted log on > as service permissions.) You can also manually grant log on as service > permissions by GPO or running "gpedit.msc". > > In the Zenoss web interface, set the zWinUser and zWinPassword under > "/Devices/Server/Windows" zProperties to ".\User" (User = what ever your > zenwin service user is). You do not need to specify the domain, just > use the period and backslash. Then, for the one server running zenwin, > navigate to that specific device and delete the zWinUser and > zWinPassword; otherwise you will get some errors about credentials being > used locally. > > A few other things to check: > > Check TCP/IP Settings > - Right click "My Network Places" on the desktop and select > properties > - Right click your active Local Area Connection > - Double-click TCP/IP > - Click Advanced > - Select the WINS tab > - Select "Enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP" > - Click OK > - Click OK > - Click OK > > Check Existing Windows Services > > REQUIRED Services: > - "TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper", Startup Type set to Automatic > - "Windows Management Instrumentation", Startup Type set to > Automatic > - "WMI Performance Adapter", Startup Type set to Manual > - "COM+ Event System", Startup Type set to Manual > - "COM+ System Application", Startup Type set to Manual > > NOT Required: > - "Server" service, does not need to be installed or running > - "Remote Registry", does not need to be running > > Check DCOM > > Click Start -> Run > Type "dcomcnfg" > Expand Component Services -> Computers > Right-click "My Computer", select Properties > Click the "Default Properties" Tab > Make sure "Enable DCOM on this computer" is checked > (If if is not, check it, click ok and reboot the computer) > > > Try starting one of your services, typically I use the "Zenoss Eventlog > Monitoring" and check the zenwin log files. You should at least see it > attempting to connect to all the devices you've added to > "/Devices/Server/Windows". If you see an error about "Bad WMI State", > and you've been able to successfully test WMI using wbemtest, leave the > service running for several hours and it should clear itself up (have > not been able to figure this one out). > > I also have an issue regarding starting the services using RDP. For > some reason if I connect to the console of the server and I start the > services then log off, the services will stop working properly. They > show they are running, but they do not collect any info. So, I connect > without using the /console switch and start the services. > > - Ryon >
Ryon That's excellent 'how to' doc. I'll try and get Drew to add it to the Wiki or the FAQ. Great work! John -- John Gardner - Tagish Ltd. T: 01665 830 714 F: 01665 830 695 D: 01665 833 310 _______________________________________________ zenoss-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.zenoss.org/mailman/listinfo/zenoss-users
