Allow ICMP Through Firewall
Firstly you need to allow incoming ICMP ping request since this is the way Zenoss checks if the system is online.
Go to:
Server Manager -> Configuration -> Windows Firewall with Advanced Security -> Inbound Rules
Do the following:
Enable rule “File and Printer Sharing (Echo Request – ICMPv4-In)”.
Manually Configure WinRM Service
Go to:
Start -> Search programs and files -> gpedit.msc -> Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Remote Management (WinRM) -> WinRM Service
Configure as follows:
- Allow automatic configuration of listeners -> Enabled -> Under IPv4 filters input “*” without the quotation marks
- Allow Basic authentication -> Enabled
- Allow unencrypted traffic -> Enabled
Manually Configure Windows Remote Shell
Go to:
Start -> Search programs and files -> gpedit.msc -> Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Remote Shell
Configure as follows:
- Allow Remote Shell Access -> Enabled
- Specify maximum number of processes per Shell -> Enabled -> MaxProcessesPerShell = 2147483647
- Specify maximum number of shells per user -> Enabled -> MaxShellsPerUser = 2147483647
- Specify shell Timeout -> Enabled -> ShellTimeOut = 2147483647
Run WinRM Quick Config
Run WinRM quick configuration which adds a firewall exception, allows remote access to the machine for management and starts a WinRM HTTP listener.
Go to:
Start -> Search programs and files -> cmd
Run “winrm quickconfig” and press “y” as follows.
Check WinRM HTTP Listener is Running
Go to:
Start -> Search programs and files -> cmd
Run “winrm enumerate winrm/config/listener” to make sure it is running and accepting connections as follows.
Add Windows Client to Zenoss
Go to Zenoss web GUI to the following page:
Infrastructure -> Devices -> Details
Under “Configuration Properties” enter “zWinRMUser” and “zWinRMPassword” details. This user should have administrative rights on Windows Zenoss client machine.
Next on the Zenoss Infrastructure page click “Add a Single Device”. Enter the Windows machine name or IP address. Make sure to choose the device class “/Server/Microsoft/Windows”!
Voila, the Windows machine was successfully added to your Zenoss.
The Windows machine should be modeled automatically – the filesystems and services should appear along with interfaces and processors.
Src: https://geekpeek.net/add-windows-client-to-zenoss-monitoring/
