It also allows you to install the console elsewhere... Just because SQL server installs a local console by default doesn't mean that this is the best place to run it for day to day administration...
* * *ASB* *http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… * On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 12:12 PM, John Aldrich <[email protected] > wrote: > I won't swear to it, but I'm pretty sure that the console is designed to > run > on the server. I mean it installs the console when you install the server. > :D > > > > From: Gasper, Rick [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 11:59 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Vipre console hangs server on reboot > > A lot of today’s software is designed to run on a local desktop and then it > connect back to a server. > > For example: You can administer active directory from your local desktop > and not log into the server (though I wouldn’t recommend this to a someone > who doesn’t have any clue about security.) > > I am not familiar with the product you mentioned but sometimes running > from > a server is a bad thing.™ > > From: John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 11:45 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Vipre console hangs server on reboot > > I suppose there’s no real reason to reboot the server on a scheduled basis… > THAT server has never had any real issues… As for not running the Console > remotely, I really don’t wish to install it on another machine as it’s a > bit > of a resource hog. As far as taskkill, I just don’t like killing off a > process “just because”, and that’s what that seems like to me. > > > > From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 11:25 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Vipre console hangs server on reboot > > A - Why are you rebooting the server on a scheduled basis? > > > B - Why are you not running the Vipre console remotely? > > C - What's wrong with Taskkill (assuming you don't wish to address the > previous two issues)? > ASB > http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker > Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… > > On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 11:14 AM, John Aldrich > <[email protected]> wrote: > I have to manually shut down Vipre Enterprise Console if I want the server > to come up on a scheduled reboot, otherwise it hangs the server and I have > to manually power-cycle the server to get it to work. I checked with > Sunbelt > support and they said there is no way to *programmatically* close the > console when I reboot the server (scheduled task, so it's non-interactive.) > They suggested using Microsoft's TaskKill. Anyone got any better > suggestions? Server is Windows 2003R2 standard. > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
