Is there a way to scan a Windows 2003 server and get a list of all of the services installed and/or running on that server (i.e. Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services)? Can tideway take an inventory/snapshot of the items in the Services MMC?

Hi,

Quick Question – are you familiar with writing and using TPL patterns in Tideway?

If so, it’s possible to write a pattern to trigger from DeviceInfo where os_type is Windows. Would then use a discovery.wmiQuery function to query the Win32_Service group which will return the Services on the machine.

An example may be “select Name, DisplayName, State, Status from Win32_Service”.

You can also query the “Add and Remove Programs” list using this method – which also provides a good way to version the products you have installed. For this query you would need to use the Win32_Product group.

If you need any examples of patterns please ask.

Rgds
Nik

No need to develop your own TPL in this case as we already have examples in the Pattern Ideas section of Configipedia.

The Windows Services idea allows Foundation to recognise Windows Services and model them as SoftwareInstance nodes.

More details on the page.

Charles Oldham - 21 October 2008 09:02 AM

No need to develop your own TPL in this case as we already have examples in the Pattern Ideas section of Configipedia.

I have read through a few of the pattern idea pages in configipedia and I keep seeing this statement: “To install, obtain the pattern below and upload in the normal way into the pattern management UI”.

What is the pattern management UI? Where it located? Where is the documentation for using it?

I have searched through configipedia for “pattern”, “pattern management”, “pattern management ui”, etc. and there are no results that explain how to install patterns. Can anybody help me out?

Hi,

If you click the Discovery Tab you will see 4 smaller menus “Status, Credentials… etc. One of these is pattern management.

If you click this it will open the pattern Management UI where you can upload the file.

Let me know if you have any other issues, or if this doesn’t make sense.

Rgds
Nik

Thanks Nik! Exactly what I was looking for!