<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2180" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=078225810-01062007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi all,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=078225810-01062007><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=078225810-01062007><FONT face=Arial size=2>A little while ago there was a thread on this mail list regarding the stability of nsclient++ on Windows 2003, at the time I had not encountered this issue. Now that I have deployed nsclient++ to >200 Servers I am seeing one or two crashes a day. I do not use passwords, nor encryption. I am using a combination of ns_client and nrpe checks until I have fully migrated to nrpe.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=078225810-01062007><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=078225810-01062007><FONT face=Arial size=2>I mention not using passwords as the log file is full of errors regarding Invalid passwords</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=078225810-01062007><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have started disabling the SysTray on the servers -- this being enabled was a misconfiguation.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=078225810-01062007><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=078225810-01062007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any advice gratefully appreciated.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=078225810-01062007><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=078225810-01062007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kind Regards,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=078225810-01062007><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=078225810-01062007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Matthew.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=078225810-01062007><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=078225810-01062007><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=078225810-01062007><FONT face=Arial size=2>From Windows Event log:</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=078225810-01062007><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV><SPAN class=078225810-01062007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Date 01/06/2007</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=078225810-01062007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Time 11:37:36</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=078225810-01062007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Event Type: Error<BR>Event Source: Application Error<BR>Event Category: (100)<BR>Event ID: 1000<BR>Date: 01/06/2007<BR></FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=078225810-01062007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Time: 11:37:36<BR>User: N/A<BR>Computer: JPMCDC01<BR>Description:<BR>Faulting application NSClient++.exe, version 0.0.0.0, faulting module NSClientListener.dll, version 0.0.0.0, fault address 0x0000ebe8.</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><SPAN class=078225810-01062007><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=078225810-01062007><FONT face=Arial size=2>From the log file:</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=078225810-01062007><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV><SPAN class=078225810-01062007><FONT face=Arial size=2>2007-05-31 14:26:16: error:.\NSClientListener.cpp:155: Invalid password (one).<BR>2007-05-31 15:18:16: error:.\NSClientListener.cpp:155: Invalid password (one).<BR>2007-05-31 21:26:55: error:.\NSClientListener.cpp:155: Invalid password (one).<BR>2007-05-31 22:45:17: error:.\NSClientListener.cpp:155: Invalid password (one).<BR>2007-05-31 23:04:08: error:.\PDHCollector.cpp:143: Failed to query performance counters: \Processor(_total)\% Processor Time: PdhGetFormattedCounterValue failed: : -2147481642<BR>2007-06-01 02:21:39: error:.\NSClientListener.cpp:155: Invalid password (one).<BR>2007-06-01 07:04:11: error:.\PDHCollector.cpp:143: Failed to query performance counters: \Processor(_total)\% Processor Time: PdhGetFormattedCounterValue failed: : -2147481642<BR>2007-06-01 07:23:56: error:.\NSClientListener.cpp:155: Invalid password (one).<BR>2007-06-01 09:41:08: error:.\NSClientListener.cpp:155: Invalid password (one).<BR>2007-06-01 09:41:56: error:.\NSClientListener.cpp:155: Invalid password (one).<BR>2007-06-01 10:56:22: error:.\NSClientListener.cpp:155: Invalid password (one).<BR>2007-06-01 11:34:16: error:.\NSClientListener.cpp:155: Invalid password (one).<BR>2007-06-01 11:49:56: error:.\SysTray.cpp:40: SysTray is not installed (or it cannot interact with the desktop) SysTray wont be loaded. Run NSClient++ SysTray install ti change this.<BR>2007-06-01 11:49:56: error:.\PDHCollector.cpp:119: Attempting to open counter...<BR>2007-06-01 11:49:56: error:.\PDHCollector.cpp:122: Counters opend...</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><SPAN class=078225810-01062007><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=078225810-01062007><FONT face=Arial size=2>My NSC.ini file (comments removed):</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=078225810-01062007><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV><SPAN class=078225810-01062007><FONT face=Arial size=2>[modules]<BR>FileLogger.dll<BR>CheckSystem.dll<BR>CheckDisk.dll<BR>NSClientListener.dll<BR>NRPEListener.dll<BR>SysTray.dll<BR>CheckEventLog.dll<BR>CheckHelpers.dll</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=078225810-01062007><FONT face=Arial size=2>[Settings]<BR>allowed_hosts=192.168.31.154<BR>use_file=1</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=078225810-01062007><FONT face=Arial size=2>[log]<BR>file=NSC.log<BR>date_mask=%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=078225810-01062007><FONT face=Arial size=2>[NSClient]<BR>port=1248</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=078225810-01062007><FONT face=Arial size=2>[Check System]<BR>CPUBufferSize=1441m</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=078225810-01062007><FONT face=Arial size=2>[NRPE]<BR>port=5666<BR>command_timeout=60<BR>allow_arguments=1<BR>allow_nasty_meta_chars=1<BR>use_ssl=0<BR>allowed_hosts=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx<BR>script_dir=c:\netsaint\scripts\</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=078225810-01062007><FONT face=Arial size=2>[NRPE Handlers]<BR>nrpe_cpu=inject checkCPU warn=80 crit=90 5 10 15<BR>nrpe_ok=scripts\ok.bat<BR></FONT></SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><SPAN class=078225810-01062007><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV></BODY></HTML>