(code) Check for particular services running on remote WinNT host(s)

[ybiC]

A little ditty I threw together for our server dudes.   It automates their checks of remote WinNT hosts' Tivoli services.

Update: (Thanks|++) to Tye and dws for helpful suggestions.

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;

my $netsvc   = 'netsvc.exe';
my @services = (
    'TSM Client Acceptor',
    'TSM Client Scheduler',
    'TSM Remote Client Agent',
    );
my @hosts  = (
    '\\\\box1',
    '\\\\hostB',
    '\\\\serverIII',
    );

foreach my $host (@hosts) {
    print "  $host\n";
    foreach my $service (@services) {
        print "$service ";
        system ("$netsvc $host /query \"$service\"") == 0 and warn "  
+error $!";
        }
    print "\n";
    }


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+##

=head1 Name

 tsmstat.pl

=head1 Description

 Check multiple Win32 servers for running services

=head1 Requirements

 WinNT4 Resource Kit for "netsvc" command
 Run from Win32 host in same NT domain as target(s)
   or in domain trusted by target domain(s)

=head1 Tested

 ActiveState Perl 5.22 on WinNT4.0 sp6a

=head1 Usage

 tsmstat.pl<enter>

=head1 Updated

 2001-03-22  Initial working code

=head1 ToDos

 Fix "tsmstat.pl > outfile".  Dunno why it produces 0byte outfile.
 Simultaneously print output to console and outfile
   Usage would then be something like: services.pl outfile<enter>
 Move @hosts and @sevices to external config file
 Use Win32::Service instead of system()
 Give explicit path to netsvc.exe in "my $netsvc"
   Works on my test PC but not Dave's PC
 Figure out how to prefix $host with NT domain

=head1 Author

 ybiC (for one of the server dudes)

=head1 Credits

 Thanks to Tye and dws for helpful suggestions

=cut

[tye]

Don't use Win32::API, just use Win32::Service.

        - tye (but my friends call me "Tye")

[dws]

To protect against output getting out of order if something invoked by system() chokes, adding $|++; to the top of the script is a good idea.