I'm trying to get the Windows Services probe and sensor working.

[mikeb5]

There's an OOB probe called Windows Services. We don't have it configured to run, and it would be useful to look at what services were configured on a server.

I've configured our dev instance so that the probe and sensor run. I can see them running, and I can see that the sensor processes a list of services on the server.

But I don't understand how the CMDB gets updated by the sensor.

Specifically, what does this statement do?

this.addToRelatedList('cmdb_ci_windows_service', this.dataArray, 'cmdb_ci', 'name');

What have I not done? The service data doesn't get added to the server CI. I can't see the data anywhere in the CMDB.

This is the complete sensor. It all makes sense until the addrelatedlits statement!

new DiscoverySensor({
      dataArray: [],

      process: function(result) {
              this.parseResult(result);
      },

      parseResult: function(result) {
              var dataArrayList = g_array_util.ensureArray(result.Win32_Service);

              for (var i = 0; i < dataArrayList.length; i++) {
                      var element = dataArrayList[i];
                      var dataArrayDef = {};

                      dataArrayDef.name                         = element.Name;
                      dataArrayDef.display_name         = element.DisplayName;
                      dataArrayDef.path_name               = element.PathName;
                      dataArrayDef.service_state       = element.State;
                      dataArrayDef.start_mode             = element.StartMode;
                      dataArrayDef.service_type         = element.ServiceType;
                      dataArrayDef.process_id             = element.ProcessId;
                      dataArrayDef.can_be_paused       = element.AcceptPause;
                      dataArrayDef.can_be_stopped     = element.AcceptStop;
                      dataArrayDef.desktop_interact = element.DesktopInteract;
                      dataArrayDef.account                   = element.StartName;

                      this.dataArray.push(dataArrayDef);
              }

              this.addToRelatedList('cmdb_ci_windows_service', this.dataArray, 'cmdb_ci', 'name');
      },

      type: "DiscoverySensor"
});

[A Westervelt]

Windows Services are on their own separate table in the CMDB. This is adding the reference of the server you are scanning to the individual Windows Services CIs that are being created. You should see the related list on the CI form being populated.

[mikeb5]

No I don't see anything. I checked the table cmdb_ci_windows_service and it is empty.

[A Westervelt]

Are you running Discovery on a server with the probe and sensor turned on or are you only using the "Test Probe" function?

[mikeb5]

I'm runing discovery with the probe and sensor turned on. I put some gs.log statements into the sensor, and I can see them in script log, so I know it's running, and I know it gets services from the server I'm discovering.