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
