Custom Monitor to parse XML

[Jeff Prusinski]

Hello,
We're currently running SCOM-07-SP1-RC. We've had a request to parse an XML
page for content indicating the state of a process and then alert on it.
Apparently the code their running can't write out to the event log. Has
anyone seen or done anything like this?
Thanks, Jeff.

[Anders Bengtsson [MVP]]

Hi Jeff,

Cant you use a logfile monitor to do this?
--
Anders Bengtsson
Microsoft MVP - Operations Manager
Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT)
http://www.contoso.se

Post by Jeff Prusinski
Hello,
We're currently running SCOM-07-SP1-RC. We've had a request to parse an XML
page for content indicating the state of a process and then alert on it.
Apparently the code their running can't write out to the event log. Has
anyone seen or done anything like this?
Thanks, Jeff.

[Jeff Prusinski]

Thanks Much! I read up on it and it looks like it would. I will post back
with results.

Thank you Anders.

Post by Anders Bengtsson [MVP]
Hi Jeff,
Cant you use a logfile monitor to do this?
--
Anders Bengtsson
Microsoft MVP - Operations Manager
Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT)
http://www.contoso.se

Post by Jeff Prusinski
Hello,
We're currently running SCOM-07-SP1-RC. We've had a request to parse an XML
page for content indicating the state of a process and then alert on it.
Apparently the code their running can't write out to the event log. Has
anyone seen or done anything like this?
Thanks, Jeff.

[Philip]

If that doesn't work for you, a script based two state monitor using
the 'msxml2.domdocument' object most likely will.

<!--pseudocode

create msxml2.domdocument object

build path to xml file
build xpath query

msxml2.load(filepath)

if no error then
attempt query against file
compare result to known good value
if equal then state is good
else state is bad

pseudocode-->

On Jul 7, 10:02 am, Jeff Prusinski

Post by Jeff Prusinski
Thanks Much! I read up on it and it looks like it would. I will post back
with results.
Thank you Anders.

Post by Anders Bengtsson [MVP]
Hi Jeff,
Cant you use a logfile monitor to do this?
--
Anders Bengtsson
Microsoft MVP - Operations Manager
Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT)
http://www.contoso.se

Post by Jeff Prusinski
Hello,
We're currently running SCOM-07-SP1-RC. We've had a request to parse an XML
page for content indicating the state of a process and then alert on it.
Apparently the code their running can't write out to the event log. Has
anyone seen or done anything like this?
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