[Nagiosplug-help] how to confirm that time is within limits on Windows server?

[Robert Marxreiter]

Hello Lyle,

if the target system has a webserver running, you can use this plugin 
(bash script) of mine.

usage: ./check_time_deviation_via_http.sh <url> <repetitions> <warning 
threshold> <critical threshold>

Examples:

cray at denkbrett:~$ ./check_time_deviation_via_http.sh 
"http://www.nagios.com" 4 2 10; echo $?
OK: time deviation 0 is within the range of 2 seconds|time_deviation=0
0

cray at denkbrett:~$ ./check_time_deviation_via_http.sh 
"http://www.winnetou.com" 4 2 10; echo $?
CRITICAL: time deviation 28730 is more than 10 seconds 
off|time_deviation=28730
2

(Proof that Winnetou is still ahead of his time)

Regards
- Robert


On 19/01/12 21:28, Lylex Ryan wrote:
> Thanks to all who replied.    I couldn't get the suggested 
> check_time.vbs to work, perhaps because I needed an NTP client.  But 
> that led me to check_ad_time.vbs which checks Windows time against the 
> domain controller.  Seems to be working well.
>
> ....Lyle
>
> ----- Forwarded Message -----
> *From:* Lylex Ryan <lylexryan at yahoo.com>
> *To:* nagiosplug-help at lists.sourceforge.net
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 18, 2012 4:59 PM
> *Subject:* how to confirm that time is within limits on Windows server?
>
> We've been bitten badly recently with time being way off on Windows 
> 2003 & 2008 servers.  I was checking that the ntp client service was 
> running, which it was, but the actual time on the server was way off.
>
> How can I check that the actual time is within tolerance compared to 
> either the Domain Controller or the Nagios server?
>
> We've given up on running the Windows NTP client, and now run the 
> Windows Time service against the Domain Controllers.
>
> I looked at check_daytime.pl <http://check_daytime.pl> on the Nagios 
> server side, but it doesn't look like we're about to install Simple 
> TCP/IP Service for security and other reasons.
>
> Thanks for any advice....Lyle Ryan
>
>
>
>
>
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