I know this is a silly question, but I'm just having trouble wrapping my head around creating a custom script.
I have created a script that monitors scheduled tasks on a box, and can return it's last run status. (0, 1, 2, 3 depending). It can also output some text showing info about it.
I don't quite get how to setup the script on the uptime server side. I want to pass in the scheduled task name to check for, and get back a simple status code. (Later I'll worry about adding in info like next run time, last run time, etc) How do I actually call my script?
*edit*
Both the monitoring and the monitored servers are windows
':: * CheckSched.vbs
':: * Monitor all “scheduled tasks” from a single machine
':: * Returns success status and last run time.
':: * by Jonathan Best
':: * INPUTS: the name of the scheduled task. In 7/2008 the name is the foldername+task name.
':: * for example, MicrosoftWindowsAutochkProxy
':: * OUTPUTS: 0 for OK, 1 for WARNING, 2 for CRITICAL, 3 for UNKNOWN
':: ******************************************
'OPTION EXPLICIT
'Declare variables
Dim objShell
Dim TSKcmd
Dim TASKlines
Dim arrayTasks
Dim Arraysize
Dim TASKline
Dim ArrayCounter
Dim Dict
'Make sure we're passing through some command line arguemnts
If WScript.Arguments.Count = 0 Then
WScript.echo(“No command lines passed”)
WScript.Quit(2)
End if
'Initialize Variables
ArrayCounter = 0
Set Dict = CreateObject(“Scripting.Dictionary”)
'Build the command.
TSKcmd = “Schtasks /query /V /FO CSV “
'Create the shell
set objShell = createobject(“WScript.shell”)
'Run the command.
set TASKlines = objShell.exec(“%ComSpec% /c ” & TSKcmd )
'Break into an array
arrayTasks = Split(TASKlines.StdOut.readall, vbNewLine)
Arraysize = UBOUND(arrayTasks)
'WScript.echo Arraysize
Dim TwoDArray(1000,28)
Dim temparray
for each TASKline in arrayTasks
'If the line starts with “HOSTNAME” than do nothing. This removes the column headers
IF LCase(mid(TASKline,2,8)) = “hostname” THEN
'do nothing
ELSE ' Column headers are gone. Now we have to play with the data.
'WScript.echo “ArrayCounter “& ArrayCounter
'Strip out the double quotes
TASKline = Replace(TASKline,””””,””)
'WScript.echo “TASKline = ” & TASKline
IF TASKline = “” THEN
Exit For
End if
'add to the dictionary
temparray = Split(TASKline,”,”)
'WScript.echo temparray(1)
If Dict.Exists(temparray(1)) then
'do nothing, this is a repeat key. This happens due to each schedule or trigger for a task causes
'it to show up in the list again.
Else
Dict.Add temparray(1), Split(TASKline,”,”)
End if
'ok, we have all the info we need to do the lookup.
ArrayCounter = Arraycounter + 1
END IF
next
'Take the command line arguments and do stuff with it.
'There should only be one argument
'WScript.echo WScript.Arguments(0)'
'WScript.echo Dict.Item(WScript.Arguments(0))(2)
'Lets return the selected scheduled task
WScript.echo (“Selected Task Name: “) & Dict.Item(WScript.Arguments(0))(1)
WScript.echo (“Selected Task Status: “) & Dict.Item(WScript.Arguments(0))(3)
WScript.echo (“Selected Task Last Run Time: “) & Dict.Item(WScript.Arguments(0))(5)
WScript.echo (“Selected Task Last Result: “) & Dict.Item(WScript.Arguments(0))(6)
'lets close out what we used
set TASKlines=NOTHING
set objShell=NOTHING
'Lets send our reply back to uptime
'If Selected Task Last Result is a 1, send back a critical status.
'If Selected Task Last Result is a 0, send back a OK status.
'If Selected Task Last Result is a N/A, send back a OK status (We can add in other checks like if
'next run is in the next 15 minutes or so, do something, else send back an unknown. For now, this.
'If Selected Task Last Result is anything else, send back a UNKNOWN status.
IF Dict.Item(WScript.Arguments(0))(6) = “1” THEN
WScript.Quit(2)
ELSEIF Dict.Item(WScript.Arguments(0))(6) = “0” THEN
WScript.Quit(0)
ELSEIF Dict.Item(WScript.Arguments(0))(6) = “N/A” THEN
WScript.Quit(0)
ELSE
WScript.Quit(3)
END IF