WMI also allows for remote processes to be executed allowing for the remote execution to be managed in a script/application.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Creamer, Mark Sent: 22 September 2004 15:10 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] robust alternative to rcmd Yep, but here's the problem. An application requires that its nightly backup requires same-point-in-time backups of: a SQL Server db on Server A and File shares on Server B. So the best way I could think of to accomplish that is using SQL's Job scheduler to: 1. stop the service on the application server B 2. Dump the SQL database to a file on SQL Server A 3. run ntbackup on Server B to capture the file shares to a file 4. restart the service on B Later, our tape backup grabs the sql dump and the file share backup. I thought the best way to run the ntbackup piece would be to launch it remotely from the SQL job scheduler, because the file share is about 1.5 GB and I'd rather not transfer that across the network by having ntbackup run on the sql server and backing up across a UNC path. I'm going to try telnet now also, but I'm glad to hear anyone's ideas on this problem, especially if you think I'm approaching this wrong. <mc> -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Wassell Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 9:56 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] robust alternative to rcmd To expand on what joe said, have you considered using a scheduled task with encrypted credentials? That's why I referred to the CPAU utility. Comes in very handy, especially for task repetition, as opposed to manually executing the task using a remote task execution utility. Also does not require RPC communication as joe mentioned. That would probably make life a lot easier for you, atleast for executing Ntbackup. Just a suggestion :-) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of joe Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 9:29 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] robust alternative to rcmd Do you know why RCMD keeps dying on the client? PSEXEC is an alternate but the big win is that you simply don't need to have a server side piece already installed, it installs it on the fly (keep that in mind for slow WAN links). The client aspect is going to be the same. Basically it opens a shell on the remote the machine and pipes the stdout/stderr to you and redirects stdin from you to the shell. You might want to look at something that isn't rpc based such as telnet. joe -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Creamer, Mark Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 9:00 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] robust alternative to rcmd I'm looking for a remote command tool - something that I can use in a script from one machine to launch a process like ntbackup on another. RCMD (res kit) keeps dying on the client side. Any ideas of a good alternative? Thanks! Mark List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For more information about Barclays Capital, please visit our web site at http://www.barcap.com. Internet communications are not secure and therefore the Barclays Group does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message. Although the Barclays Group operates anti-virus programmes, it does not accept responsibility for any damage whatsoever that is caused by viruses being passed. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the Barclays Group. Replies to this email may be monitored by the Barclays Group for operational or business reasons. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
