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1) Install ActivestatePerl (http://www.activestate.com/)
2) Get at least two additional Perl modules. The simpliest way
to do this is to just add them via ppm:
- GD: run "ppm install http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/GD.ppd"
if you are running Perl 5.8, or
"ppm install http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppmpackages/GD.ppd"
if you are running Perl 5.6.1
- Win32::Daemon: run
"ppm install http://www.roth.net/perl/packages/win32-daemon.ppd"
3) Unpack the Big Sister "NTpre.zip" package e.g. as C:\bigsis
4) cd into the \bigsis\bin directory and run
perl install32
IMPORTANT: If you already have had a Big Sister installation on
the machine please shut down any Big Sister Service and do a
perl install32 -r
before step 4. Sometimes Windows refuses to immediately delete
existing services (check back in the Service Manager: if the
Big Sister services are still there and marked "deactivated"
Windows had some problem ...). In this case you'll have to
reboot the machine, sorry.
5) edit configuration files in adm\ directory
6) start the service manager from the control panel, find the
Big Sister services and set their start mode to whatever
suits you best. Start the services you want to run.
7) Big Sister should work, now. Please don't ask me for a guide
on how to set up IIS :-)
Instsrv/Srvany
In order to run former versions of Big Sister as a service you
needed to install Instsrv/Srvany which were not freely available. This
is still supported but no longer needed. Provided you installed the
Win32::Daemon module (see step 2) of the installation procedure above)
you do not need any additional tools.
Stand-alone (.exe, non-Perl) version
The compiled version of Big Sister 0.98 running stand-alone without
the need for an installed Perl interpreter will be released within
the next few weeks. However, it will not be freely (where "freely"
means "at no cost") be available.
System Type
Please do use one of
DESCR features=windows,windows2000 localhost
DESCR features=windows,windowsxp localhost
DESCR features=windows,windowsnt4 localhost
in the uxmon-net file in order to tell uxmon-net what system it
runs on.
Sensors
The "diskfree" test is now obsolete. Please do use the "disk" test
for monitoring disk free space as on every other platform.
The "procs" test now does not monitor services any more. Instead,
the procs test monitors running processes (as seen in the Task
Manager / Processes Tab). This is much more consistent with the
behaviour on other platforms.
If you want to still monitor running services then please just use
the new "services" test.
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