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data_BADXML

Posted by rockxwre on February 16, 2009 at 06:43
Hi,

We are using Pandora FMS 1.3 and the Windows Agent seems to send corrupt data.
On the server, in the /var/spool/pandora/data_in folder, there are files with the name suffix “data_BADXML”.
I think the agent puts some illegal characters in the XML which are the cause for this.
Here some failing XML code:
```
    
        FreeDiskC
        generic_data
        21882
        Free space on drive C:
    
```
I guess the “(R)” characters in the OS attribute are invalid.
Is this a bug, or can this be solved by some configuration?

Hope someone can help me out.

Regards,
Ramon
rockxwre replied 15 years, 12 months ago 3 Members · 5 Replies
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raul

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February 19, 2009 at 07:28

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Take a look at
http://openideas.info/wiki/index.php?title=Pandora_1.3:Solution_to_Common_Problems

Regards,

Raúl
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February 27, 2009 at 04:22

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Thanks a lot, I’m going to take a look at that article.
Silly me, a typical case of R.T.F.M…

Regards,
Ramon
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I tried to add the
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encoding utf-8
```
setting to pandora_agent.conf file, but with no success. I read this setting can only be used with Unix agents. So I am afraid this ain’t the solutions after all. Thanks anyway 🙂

Regards,
Ramon
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Set the debug mode to 1 in the pandora_agent.conf
Run the agent
Go to the file where the XML is being stored in the windows machine (it is the path you defined in the pandora_agent.conf) edit the XML, remove the ®, save the file and copy it manually to pandora server (/var/spool/pandora/data_in)

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I did it a bit slightly different: edited the data_BADXML file (removed (R) signs), saved it, and renamed it to the original filename.
Now the file is processed and the agent is contacted for the first time.
So, those characters seems to be the problem.

Regards,
Ramon

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