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SAM - File present monitor

We are currently in the process of migrating our Server monitoring from HP SiteScope to Solarwinds and I'm stuck on a monitor I can't figure out how to convert, so I'm looking for some guidance or help with a template/script. We have an application that will create a new folder everyday and throughout the day it will drop files in the folder if there is an error encountered. We monitor this folder for incoming files so we can alert when there is an issue that needs to be investigated. In SiteScope you can utilize RegEX and path variables to accomplish the task pretty easily but I'm struggling to figure out how to do this in Solarwinds.

HP SiteScope parameters:

Server: (hostname)

Directory Path: s/d:\(folder)\(sub-folder)\(sub-folder)\(sub-folder)\$year$$0month$$0day$/

No subdirectories: (box checked)

File name match: /_0000.ini|..bat|..exe/c

Right now we are attempting (and failing) to use VBScript through a Solarwinds SAM template. I can get the rotating folder monitored but I can't figure out how to scan for files in that folder:

Variables passed:

${IP} "\d$\(folder)\(sub-folder)\(sub-folder)\(sub-folder)\"

====================

Set args = WScript.Arguments

Function timeStamp()

Dim t

t = Now

timeStamp = Year(t) & Right("0" & Month(t),2) & Right("0" & Day(t),2)

End Function

ServerShare = "\\" & args.Item(0) & args.Item(1) & "\" & timeStamp

Set FSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

If Not FSO.FolderExists(ServerShare) Then

WScript.Echo "Message.Folder: " & ServerShare & " does not exist"

WScript.Echo "Statistic.Folder: 0"

Wscript.quit(0)

Else

WScript.Echo "Message.Folder: " & ServerShare & " does exist"

WScript.Echo "Statistic.Folder: " & "1"

Wscript.quit(0)

End If

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christopher.t.jones123

hi vonzoom, this might be easier with a PowerShell script. See below for an example of one I wrote a while back

$test = Test-path "INSERT PATH HERE\$(Get-date -Format yyyyMMdd)\INSERT FILE TYPE HERE(e.g: *.xml)"

if ($test -eq "True")

{

Write-Host "Message: File Does Exist"

Write-Host "Statistic: 0"

Exit 0

}

else

{

Write-Host "Message: File Does Not Exist"

Write-Host "Statistic: 1"

Exit 3

}

If a file is found in that directory then it will return as up. If no file is found it will return as critical.

At most you'll just have to adjust the Get-Date format. Here's some reference for that Get-Date

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christopher.t.jones123

hi vonzoom, this might be easier with a PowerShell script. See below for an example of one I wrote a while back

$test = Test-path "INSERT PATH HERE\$(Get-date -Format yyyyMMdd)\INSERT FILE TYPE HERE(e.g: *.xml)"

if ($test -eq "True")

{

Write-Host "Message: File Does Exist"

Write-Host "Statistic: 0"

Exit 0

}

else

{

Write-Host "Message: File Does Not Exist"

Write-Host "Statistic: 1"

Exit 3

}

If a file is found in that directory then it will return as up. If no file is found it will return as critical.

At most you'll just have to adjust the Get-Date format. Here's some reference for that Get-Date

vonzoom

Thank you Kung-Fu master Powershell guru Christopher for your reply and code. I've swapped files in and out in my test folder and I"m getting good responses I can alert from now

FYI for future forum readers if needed. Since I am applying the template to a system to run against, I swapped in my "home" IP in the script to get a good response.

Example searching for any file (but you can specify a specific file or file extension, ie. filename.txt, *.txt):

$test = Test-path "\\127.0.0.1\d$\Temp\$(Get-date -Format yyyyMMdd)\*"

Thank you again!

christopher.t.jones123

vonzoom glad I could be of help.

a note is that you can replace the loop back with the ${IP} variable and it will just insert the IP of the node the template is applied too

vonzoom

Thank you again for the help Chris. I wound up generating new code to accomplish this task but without your assistance I would still be banging my head on my keyboard trying to figure this out. Here is my final code for future readers who may have a similar need. The template is applied to Windows 2012 and 2016 servers and is working like a champ.

In SAM create a new template and add a component for "Windows Powershell Monitor". Add the below code (customized to your need) and run a test. Once the test has been ran you will then populate the "script output" subsection which is where you will set your alert thresholds. You can then build an Alert to fire when this monitor goes into a Critical status.

# 2019.04.29 This Powershell script checks for a folder date stamped today and then scans for files in that folder. If files are found it looks for them to be aged over 59 minutes. We can then alert if files are found matching this criteria.

$file = Get-ChildItem \\d$\Temp\$(Get-date -Format yyyyMMdd)\* | Where{$_.LastWriteTime -le (Get-Date).AddMinutes(-59)}

If ($file = (Get-ChildItem \\d$\Temp\$(Get-date -Format yyyyMMdd)\* | Where{$_.LastWriteTime -le (Get-Date).AddMinutes(-59)}))

{

Write-Host "Message: Old File Found - Bad, investigate"

Write-Host "Statistic: 1"

}

Else

{

Write-Host "Message: No Matching Files Found - Good, no action required"

Write-Host "Statistic: 0"

}

Exit 0