Re: [SA-List] Version ...

[Webber, Ev]

Thanks Dirk.  I keep forgetting about the beta site.

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Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2017 8:16 AM
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Subject: Re: [SA-List] Version ...

http://beta.woodstone.nu




dirk.
On 2017-06-22 14:10, Webber, Ev wrote:
> Where can I find the latest build number for 8.1.?
> 
> I am using 8.1.2780 and have been looking around the Woodstone site
> but can't seem to find the latest build number.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> EVERETTE R. WEBBER, MSM
> 
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> 
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[SA-List] Version ...

[Webber, Ev]

Where can I find the latest build number for 8.1.?

I am using 8.1.2780 and have been looking around the Woodstone site but can't 
seem to find the latest build number.

Thanks.

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Re: [SA-List] Switch port checker

[Webber, Ev]

The concept sounds interesting to me.  I would like to see what might be 
possible on our network.

Thanks.

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From: Salive [mailto:salive-boun...@woodstone.nu] On Behalf Of dirk
Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2017 9:47 AM
To: salive@woodstone.nu
Subject: [SA-List] Switch port checker

Hi


as said in the previous mail to the list we're working on a COM check 
that checks the status of the ports on a switch and alerts if there is a 
change in the status.

The COM check uses SNMP to get the info and works with snmpv1/v2c.
On the 1st check we will get the status of all ports (can be limited to 
type 6 ports too), and on the next cycle we compare the "new" status to 
the status of the 1st check, if it's different then you get a down.  On 
the next cycle we can OR compare it again to the status of the 1st cycle 
or to the status of the last change status.

IF you want to beta test this check please me know




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Automatic reply: [SA-list] Interface

[Webber, Ev]

 

I am currently out of the office. 

 

If you need assistance please contact the Support Center at supp...@indwes.edu 
or 765-677-2209. 

 

If you know that you need to talk to one of the Systems Administration team 
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Ev 

 

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Automatic reply: [SA-list] Servers Alive hangs during checks

[Webber, Ev]

 

I am currently out of the office. 

 

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RE: [SA-list] Servers Alive & Azure (checking)

[Webber, Ev]

Sorry Dirk, we aren’t doing anything with Azure at the moment.  Maybe in 
a year or so but not yet. 

 

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From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:salive@woodstone.nu] On Behalf Of 
Dirk Bulinckx
Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2016 12:00 PM
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Subject: [SA-list] Servers Alive & Azure (checking) 

 

We're currently working on a new check type for Servers Alive were it would be 
possible to check Azure VMs (and as alert start/stop them too). 


 


 


We would like to know that IF you would use this, would you use this for VMS 
that are all within the same subscription or would you use it for several 
subscriptions? 


(so can we define the Azure subscription within the setup and that for each 
entry you would only need a very little details - or do we define the 
subscription with each entry?) 


 


 


 


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RE: [SA-list] VMware check ...

[Webber, Ev]

I enter the IP for the VCenter host server into the "General" tab as the 
"Server name or IP(X) address" and select "Virtual Machine check" on the 
"Check" tab.  Then I select "VMWare ESX", enter my administrative credentials, 
enter the "VM Name", and select the test.   I use the exact same information 
that works in the WsVmWare Actions Test utility but it always reports down in 
SA.

(Will screenshots work in the salive system?)

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dirk
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2016 7:40 AM
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Subject: Re: [SA-list] VMware check ...

You have to enter the IP of the VCenter host on the 1st tab and then the 
name of the actual VM.  That should work.

On 2016-08-12 13:30, Webber, Ev wrote:
> When set up a VMware check in v8.1.2746 it always reports as down.
> 
> I am setting the IP address to that of the VCenter and providing my
> administrative credentials. This works when using the WsVmWare Actions
> Test if I check the VCenter box but there is no VCenter box in the
> setup for SA8.x. I could try setting the IP address to that of the
> actual physical host where my virtual instance currently resides but
> that would have to be changed anytime the virtual instance moved to a
> different host within the cluster. Am I missing something obvious here
> or is there really no option for checking the virtual instance in
> VCenter mode?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
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> 
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> 
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[SA-list] VMware check ...

[Webber, Ev]

When set up a VMware check in v8.1.2746 it always reports as down. 

 

I am setting the IP address to that of the VCenter and providing my 
administrative credentials.  This works when using the WsVmWare Actions Test if 
I check the VCenter box but there is no VCenter box in the setup for SA8.x.   I 
could try setting the IP address to that of the actual physical host where my 
virtual instance currently resides but that would have to be changed anytime 
the virtual instance moved to a different host within the cluster.  Am I 
missing something obvious here or is there really no option for checking the 
virtual instance in VCenter mode? 

 

Thanks. 

 

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Assistant Director Datacenter 

 

INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY 

4201 S. WASHINGTON ST. 

MARION, IN 46953 

 

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RE: [SA-list] Website look?

[Webber, Ev]

Sorry to come to the party late but the new site looks great to me.  Not sure 
if you have tweaked it or not  but it loads very fast for me and is extremely 
easy on the eyes. Good work. 

 

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From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:salive@woodstone.nu] On Behalf Of 
Dirk Bulinckx
Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2016 12:10 PM
To: Servers Alive Discussion List 
Subject: [SA-list] Website look? 

 

Hi, 


 


 


 


I was wondering if some of you would be so kind to compare our existing website 
(www.woodstone.nu (http://www.woodstone.nu)) to the probably new one 
(www.woodstone.eu (http://www.woodstone.eu)) and tell me what you think of the 
new look.  Better? Worse? 


(textual content is about v7 - not updated for v8!!) 


 


 


 


 


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RE: [SA-list] Questions ...

[Webber, Ev]

Thanks.   Is it normal, acceptable, to leave the Remote Client w/GUI running on 
the SA server or can that cause issues?

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-Original Message-
From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:salive@woodstone.nu] On Behalf Of 
dirk
Sent: Friday, May 27, 2016 8:35 AM
To: Servers Alive Discussion List 
Subject: RE: [SA-list] Questions ...

on some system the remote agent seems to loose connection however the 
connection is "restored" after some seconds/minutes.

On 2016-05-27 14:25, Webber, Ev wrote:
> Ok … I see the images are not showing up … at least not for me.
> 
> The first image has the orange ball for the GUI and the yellow ball
> for the Remote Client.
> 
> The second image still has the orange ball for the GUI but has the
> white ball with the "?" for the Remote Client.
> 
> EVERETTE R. WEBBER, MSM
> 
> Assistant Director Datacenter
> 
> INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
> 
> 4201 S. WASHINGTON ST.
> 
> MARION, IN 46953
> 
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> 
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> FROM: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:salive@woodstone.nu] ON
> BEHALF OF Webber, Ev
>  SENT: Friday, May 27, 2016 8:16 AM
>  TO: Servers Alive Discussion List 
>  SUBJECT: [SA-list] Questions ...
> 
> I am attempting to understand some of the basic functions of SA.
> 
> When I first connect the Remote Client and then start SA in GUI mode
> only my icons look like this.
> 
> After 5 to 15 minutes the Remote Client disconnects from the service
> as shown below.
> 
> Is this an expected action?
> 
> If not, is there a timeout setting somewhere?
> 
> If so, does the GUI still reflect an accurate picture of the status of
> the checks being done by the service when the Remote Client is
> disconnected?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Ev
> 
> EVERETTE R. WEBBER, MSM
> 
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> 
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RE: [SA-list] Questions ...

[Webber, Ev]

Ok … I see the images are not showing up … at least not for me. 

 

The first image has the orange ball for the GUI and the yellow ball for the 
Remote Client. 

 

The second image still has the orange ball for the GUI but has the white ball 
with the “?” for the Remote Client. 

 

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Assistant Director Datacenter 

 

INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY 

4201 S. WASHINGTON ST. 

MARION, IN 46953 

 

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ev.web...@indwes.edu (mailto:ev.web...@indwes.edu) 

 

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From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:salive@woodstone.nu] On Behalf Of 
Webber, Ev
Sent: Friday, May 27, 2016 8:16 AM
To: Servers Alive Discussion List 
Subject: [SA-list] Questions ... 

 

I am attempting to understand some of the basic functions of SA. 

 

When I first connect the Remote Client and then start SA in GUI mode only my 
icons look like this. 



 

After 5 to 15 minutes the Remote Client disconnects from the service as shown 
below. 



 

Is this an expected action? 

 

If not, is there a timeout setting somewhere? 

 

If so, does the GUI still reflect an accurate picture of the status of the 
checks being done by the service when the Remote Client is disconnected? 

 

Thanks. 

 

Ev 

 

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INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY 

4201 S. WASHINGTON ST. 

MARION, IN 46953 

 

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[SA-list] Questions ...

[Webber, Ev]

I am attempting to understand some of the basic functions of SA. 

 

When I first connect the Remote Client and then start SA in GUI mode only my 
icons look like this. 



 

After 5 to 15 minutes the Remote Client disconnects from the service as shown 
below. 



 

Is this an expected action? 

 

If not, is there a timeout setting somewhere? 

 

If so, does the GUI still reflect an accurate picture of the status of the 
checks being done by the service when the Remote Client is disconnected? 

 

Thanks. 

 

Ev 

 

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Assistant Director Datacenter 

 

INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY 

4201 S. WASHINGTON ST. 

MARION, IN 46953 

 

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RE: [SA-list] Remote Client v8

[Webber, Ev]

Update:  the client still disconnects from the SA service frequently but I have 
discovered that it will reconnect without restarting the service.  It just 
takes 15 to 20 seconds to connect.  This is not so much a problem as it is 
curiosity as to whether this is an expected occurrence or an indication of an 
underlying correctable issue. 

 

Ev 

 

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Webber, Ev
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2016 9:11 AM
To: Servers Alive Discussion List 
Subject: [SA-list] Remote Client v8 

 

Since upgrading to v8 I am having issues with the Remote Client disconnecting 
from the service.  My experience has been that once it disconnects the only way 
to reconnect is to close the “GUI only” and the Remote Client then 
stop and restart the service.  Then the Remote Client will reconnect for a 
period of time (varies) and then disconnect again. 

 

(Windows server 2012 R2) 

 

Any words of wisdom? 

 

Ev 

 



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[SA-list] Remote Client v8

[Webber, Ev]

Since upgrading to v8 I am having issues with the Remote Client disconnecting 
from the service.  My experience has been that once it disconnects the only way 
to reconnect is to close the “GUI only” and the Remote Client then 
stop and restart the service.  Then the Remote Client will reconnect for a 
period of time (varies) and then disconnect again. 

 

(Windows server 2012 R2) 

 

Any words of wisdom? 

 

Ev 

 

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[SA-list] SAv8 upgrade

[Webber, Ev]

I finally upgraded to v8 and have run into a problem with the remote client.  
With v7 it connected fine but it will not connect now that I have upgraded to 
v8. 

 

(Disregard the above.  After a reboot the remote client is connecting fine.) 

 

 

While I am asking … what is the “best practice” for 
administering SAv8 when running as a service on Windows 2012 R2 as a service? 

 

There is the remote client which, as I understand it, must be running on the 
same host as the SA service and there is the SA application. 

 

Does the remote client still need to be run on the same host as the service? 

 

What is the reasoning for a “service” and an 
“application”?  When and how, if at all, should I run the 
application? 

 

Just a curious.  As long as the service and remote client play nice and work as 
great as they always have I am happy. 

 

Ev 

 

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RE: [SA-list] Future of Servers Alive

[Webber, Ev]

Thanks Dirk … really appreciate the continued efforts and support. 

 

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From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:salive@woodstone.nu] On Behalf Of 
dirk
Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2015 1:41 PM
To: Servers Alive Discussion List
Subject: [SA-list] Future of Servers Alive 

 

For those who think that Servers Alive isn't evolving anymore. 


 


What is already implemented in the current beta: 


SNI (https checks) support 


TLS 1.2 (https checks) support 


more "rules" (errorlevel check) 


output recovery (errorlevel check) 


STARTTLS support (SMTP alert) 


SLACK alert 


 


What is "mostly" implemented: 


Hyper-V* alert (start/stop VM)(some issues remain when SA is running as 
service using the SYSTEM ACCOUNT) 


 


What is on our TODO list and will be done: 


Hyper-V* checking 


VMWare** checking 


VMWare** alert 


 


What is on our TO LOOK at list: 


CIRCUIT (unify) alert 


 


 


When will everything be ready?  Good question :-)  We don't know yet 


 


 


The current beta is on http://beta.woodstone.nu (http://beta.woodstone.nu) 


 


 


* Hyper-V will be tested towards Windows 2008R2/2012(R2)/2016 (currently the 
tech preview release) 


** VMWare will be tested towards ESXi 5.5 and 6.0 (maybe also 5.1 and 5.0 but 
that will depend on our testers) - will be tested in "stand-alone" and using 
vCenter "integration" 


 


 


 


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RE: [SA-list] Is .xml output possible?

[Webber, Ev]

Thanks Dirk ... little by little I'm getting there.

What is the current release version?

Thanks for the years of a great and improving product.

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From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:salive@woodstone.nu] On Behalf Of 
dirk
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2015 9:46 AM
To: Servers Alive Discussion List
Subject: RE: [SA-list] Is .xml output possible?

In your template you have the sa_report part, you can filter with that 
on the status too.




=> this will force it only to include the DOWN entries.


dirk


On 2015-08-14 13:05, Webber, Ev wrote:
> I now have a template that is successfully creating an XML file. It is
> a very basic output file but has everything I need. It actually has
> more information than I need. Is it possible to have the output only
> contain items that are DOWN while ignoring all other results? The file
> is being used to display status reports to a flat screen in our
> software development department and they tend to freak out when then
> come in first thing in the morning and SA is reporting multiple items
> in MAINTENANCE due to our daily early morning maintenance window.
> 
> Another side of the same coin would be "Is there a way to
> differentiate between items not checked during the DO NOT CHECK time
> block and those that are individually placed into MAINTENANCE by
> unchecking their entry?"
> 
> Thanks.
> 

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RE: [SA-list] Is .xml output possible?

[Webber, Ev]

I now have a template that is successfully creating an XML file.  It is a very 
basic output file but has everything I need.  It actually has more information 
than I need.  Is it possible to have the output only contain items  that are 
DOWN while ignoring all other results?  The file is being used to display 
status reports to a flat screen in our software development department and they 
tend to freak out when then come in first thing in the morning and SA is 
reporting multiple items in MAINTENANCE due to our daily early morning 
maintenance window. 

 

Another side of the same coin would be “Is there a way to differentiate 
between items not checked during the DO NOT CHECK time block and those that are 
individually placed into MAINTENANCE by unchecking their entry?” 

 

Thanks. 

 

EVERETTE R. WEBBER, MSM 

Assistant Director Datacenter 

 

INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY 

4201 S. WASHINGTON ST. 

MARION, IN 46953 

 

765.677.2892   |   765.677.2308 FAX 

ev.web...@indwes.edu (mailto:ev.web...@indwes.edu) 

 

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dirk
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2015 4:10 PM
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Subject: RE: [SA-list] Is .xml output possible? 

 

If you can put that XML "output" into an HTML template then yes. 

 

 

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Is it possible to configure an XML output file from SA?  One of our developers 
is wanting to pull everything that is reporting down into a flat panel in our 
IT suite. 

 

Thanks. 

 

Ev 

 

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RE: [SA-list] Is .xml output possible?

[Webber, Ev]

I was mulling over the possibility of using the “html template” 
approach to configure an XML output file.  I will work with my developer to see 
what we can come up with. 

 

Thanks. 

 

Ev 

 

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If you can put that XML "output" into an HTML template then yes. 

 

 

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Is it possible to configure an XML output file from SA?  One of our developers 
is wanting to pull everything that is reporting down into a flat panel in our 
IT suite. 

 

Thanks. 

 

Ev 

 

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INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY 

4201 S. WASHINGTON ST. 

MARION, IN 46953 

 

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[SA-list] Is .xml output possible?

[Webber, Ev]

Is it possible to configure an XML output file from SA?  One of our developers 
is wanting to pull everything that is reporting down into a flat panel in our 
IT suite. 

 

Thanks. 

 

Ev 

 

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I am currently out of the office.

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RE: [SA-list] Servers Alive and virtualization checks

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We are also using VSphere and any or all of the checks on the list from Anthony 
would be of interest to us as well.

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From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:salive@woodstone.nu] On Behalf Of 
Anthony Laatz
Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2015 9:01 AM
To: Servers Alive Discussion List
Subject: RE: [SA-list] Servers Alive and virtualization checks

Guest O/S:  Up Time, CPU Utilization, Memory usage, "Running, Stopped,
Paused"   Provisioned storage over used storage,  
Host"  Storage capacity, Host storage used, or remaining. Uptime. Last
reboot, number of "ON" guests, total guests, "OFF" guests, 

I would say pretty much anything in the "Summary, Virtual Machines, Resource
Allocation, Performance" Tabs on that you can see in the vSphere Client, let
me know if you need a screen shot of each. The Events triggers on the host, 

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Of dirk
Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2015 07:20
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Subject: [SA-list] Servers Alive and virtualization checks

Hi list :-)


I'm looking at some new things that could/should be added to Servers Alive.
I think that we should have more specific virtulization based checks.  
Now the first thing that pops-up is, will it be VMWare or Hyper-V or both?
Ofcourse both would be best, but I would like to know what you 
guys are using (and would like to monitor).   Also tell me what you 
would like to monitor via Servers ALive on those platforms.



dirk

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RE: [SA-list] Password change ...

[Webber, Ev]

Thanks to both Dirk and Robert.  I forgot all about the password entry in the 
People area, then in my frustration I had uninstalled the RC service.  All is 
good again.

Ev

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dirk
Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 8:52 AM
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Subject: Re: [SA-list] Password change ...

The username and password are both within the EDIT-PEOPLE screen AND 
have to be entered within the Remote Icon too.

Did you change it in all those locations?


dirk

On 2015-03-17 13:30, Webber, Ev wrote:
> It seems I have become the victim of our password changing policy.
> After changing the administrative password that ServersAlive is
> running under I can no longer connect to the service with the Remote
> Control client. I have replaced the password in the client but it
> doesn't connect. The SA service is running just fine using the new
> password and I can log onto the SA server successfully using the new
> password but the RC client will not connect to the service. I am
> probably missing something obvious but am at a loss to figure out what
> it is.
> 
> Ev
> 
> EVERETTE R. WEBBER, MSM
> 
> Director of Systems Administration
> 
> INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
> 
> 4201 S. WASHINGTON ST.
> 
> MARION, IN 46953
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[SA-list] Password change ...

[Webber, Ev]

It seems I have become the victim of our password changing policy.   After 
changing the administrative password that ServersAlive is running under I can 
no longer connect to the service with the Remote Control client.  I have 
replaced the password in the client but it doesn’t connect.  The SA 
service is running just fine using the new password and I can log onto the SA 
server successfully using the new password but the RC client will not connect 
to the service.  I am probably missing something obvious but am at a loss to 
figure out what it is. 

 

Ev 

 

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RE: [SA-list] Remote Client ...

[Webber, Ev]

Thanks again … I just hate to assume anything and I think I have it 
sorted out now. 

 

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From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:salive@woodstone.nu] On Behalf Of 
dirk
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 3:50 PM
To: Servers Alive Discussion List
Subject: RE: [SA-list] Remote Client ... 

 

If you run serversalive.exe directly you are running 2 real full instances of 
Servers Alive.  This can (will) cause weird issues with the checking and the 
output. 

It's better if you have the service running to open the GUI via the remote icon 
(on the system running the service), that way it will again start 
serversalive.exe but in none-checking mode; 

 

 

dirk 

 




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Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 9:31 PM
To: Servers Alive Discussion List
Subject: RE: [SA-list] Remote Client ... 

Thanks Dirk.  I was afraid I was missing something the was obvious.  When I am 
on the server that is running SA and open the GUI does this affect the 
operation of the service in any way.  I noticed that I have two instances of 
the SA.exe running when I do that … one by the service and one directly. 

 

Ev 

 

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(mailto:salive@woodstone.nu)] On Behalf Of dirk
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 12:56 PM
To: Servers Alive Discussion List
Subject: RE: [SA-list] Remote Client ... 

 

The name "remote client" was badly selected :-( 

>From a remote system you can only view the normal system tray icon (stop/moon 
>icon). 

>From the system running SA you can open the interface in none-checking mode 
>and configure SA. 

 

 

 

dirk 

 




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Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 6:06 PM
To: Servers Alive Discussion List
Subject: [SA-list] Remote Client ... 

Ok, I got SA to run successfully as a service on Windows 2012 R2 by running it 
under an account that has administrative rights on the other servers in my 
domain.  Wien running on 2003 it used to work running as a local account but on 
2012 R2 it could not check NT services on 2008/2012 servers until the service 
was running under the administrative account.  This was the case even though 
each of the checks were set to run connect as that administrative account. 

 

Anyway, my question is, “What exactly can be done using the remote client 
from a remote workstation?”  I was able to get it installed on my 
workstation and connect to the SA service on my server but am at a loss as to 
what, if anything, can actually be done from the workstation. 

 

EVERETTE R. WEBBER, MSM 

Director of Systems Administration 

 

INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY 

4201 S. WASHINGTON ST. 

MARION, IN 46953 

 

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ev.web...@indwes.edu (mailto:ev.web...@indwes.edu) 

 

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RE: [SA-list] Remote Client ...

[Webber, Ev]

Thanks Dirk.  I was afraid I was missing something the was obvious.  When I am 
on the server that is running SA and open the GUI does this affect the 
operation of the service in any way.  I noticed that I have two instances of 
the SA.exe running when I do that … one by the service and one directly. 

 

Ev 

 

From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:salive@woodstone.nu] On Behalf Of 
dirk
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 12:56 PM
To: Servers Alive Discussion List
Subject: RE: [SA-list] Remote Client ... 

 

The name "remote client" was badly selected :-( 

>From a remote system you can only view the normal system tray icon (stop/moon 
>icon). 

>From the system running SA you can open the interface in none-checking mode 
>and configure SA. 

 

 

 

dirk 

 




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(mailto:salive@woodstone.nu)] On Behalf Of Webber, Ev
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 6:06 PM
To: Servers Alive Discussion List
Subject: [SA-list] Remote Client ... 

Ok, I got SA to run successfully as a service on Windows 2012 R2 by running it 
under an account that has administrative rights on the other servers in my 
domain.  Wien running on 2003 it used to work running as a local account but on 
2012 R2 it could not check NT services on 2008/2012 servers until the service 
was running under the administrative account.  This was the case even though 
each of the checks were set to run connect as that administrative account. 

 

Anyway, my question is, “What exactly can be done using the remote client 
from a remote workstation?”  I was able to get it installed on my 
workstation and connect to the SA service on my server but am at a loss as to 
what, if anything, can actually be done from the workstation. 

 

EVERETTE R. WEBBER, MSM 

Director of Systems Administration 

 

INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY 

4201 S. WASHINGTON ST. 

MARION, IN 46953 

 

765.677.2892   |   765.677.2308 FAX 

ev.web...@indwes.edu (mailto:ev.web...@indwes.edu) 

 

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[SA-list] Remote Client ...

[Webber, Ev]

Ok, I got SA to run successfully as a service on Windows 2012 R2 by running it 
under an account that has administrative rights on the other servers in my 
domain.  Wien running on 2003 it used to work running as a local account but on 
2012 R2 it could not check NT services on 2008/2012 servers until the service 
was running under the administrative account.  This was the case even though 
each of the checks were set to run connect as that administrative account. 

 

Anyway, my question is, “What exactly can be done using the remote client 
from a remote workstation?”  I was able to get it installed on my 
workstation and connect to the SA service on my server but am at a loss as to 
what, if anything, can actually be done from the workstation. 

 

EVERETTE R. WEBBER, MSM 

Director of Systems Administration 

 

INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY 

4201 S. WASHINGTON ST. 

MARION, IN 46953 

 

765.677.2892   |   765.677.2308 FAX 

ev.web...@indwes.edu (mailto:ev.web...@indwes.edu) 

 

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I am currently out of the office.

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RE: [SA-list] NT service check

[Webber, Ev]

It is definitely the firewall because if I turn it off the NT services are 
available again.  I’ll just have to figure out which specific setting it 
is. 

 

Thanks. 

 

 

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Dirk Bulinckx
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 11:46 AM
To: Servers Alive Discussion List
Subject: RE: [SA-list] NT service check 

 

Can you check if the firewall of Win2008 is accepting netbios calls? 

 

 

 

 

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(mailto:[mailto:salive@woodstone.nu]) On Behalf Of Webber, Ev
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 4:31 PM
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Subject: [SA-list] NT service check 

 

We have one of our Windows 2008 R2 servers that just recently began rejecting 
NT service checking with an error message that says, “Error getting the 
service information from  (1722- 0-)  The RPC server is 
unavailable.”  We think it has something to do with removing the Symantec 
 antivirus client which have been controlling the firewall but we are not sure 
about that.  Does anyone have any insight into this issue? 

 

Ev 

 

EVERETTE R. WEBBER, MSM
DIRECTOR OF SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION, UNIVERSITY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 


INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
4201 S. WASHINGTON ST.
MARION, IN 46953

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[SA-list] NT service check

[Webber, Ev]

We have one of our Windows 2008 R2 servers that just recently began rejecting 
NT service checking with an error message that says, “Error getting the 
service information from  (1722- 0-)  The RPC server is 
unavailable.”  We think it has something to do with removing the Symantec 
 antivirus client which have been controlling the firewall but we are not sure 
about that.  Does anyone have any insight into this issue? 

 

Ev 

 

EVERETTE R. WEBBER, MSM
DIRECTOR OF SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION, UNIVERSITY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 


INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
4201 S. WASHINGTON ST.
MARION, IN 46953

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RE: [SA-list] Bad upgrade

[Webber, Ev]

I followed your instructions EXACTLY and had no issue as all 600+ entries 
were carried over.  Had a backup but didn’t need it. 

 

Thanks. 

 

Ev 

 

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Dirk Bulinckx
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 3:31 PM
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Subject: RE: [SA-list] Bad upgrade 

 

Did you read the upgrade instructions? 

 

 

 

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(mailto:[mailto:salive@woodstone.nu]) On Behalf Of Jason Passow
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 8:46 PM
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Subject: [SA-list] Bad upgrade 

 

I just upgraded my server.  I open the program and it told me I could not add 
any more entries.  I then entered my registration code and restarted.  I only 
had 10 entries in my hosts file.  I had to restore a backup copy.  Thankfully I 
had one.  Your application should not delete entries >10 it should either ask 
for registration before loading the file or it should load the first 10 but 
leave the file intact.  I am surprised no one else has noticed this issue.  OR 
perhaps my procedure was bad.  

Jason Passow
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RE: [SA-list] v7 documentation

[Webber, Ev]

Thanks.  When I would click the link from within the product it was either 
unresponsive or stated it could not find the documentation and what I was 
finding online was labeled v6. 

 

I now have the file from the link Anthony posted. 

 

Thanks 

 

Ev 

 

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DIRECTOR OF SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION, UNIVERSITY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 


INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
4201 S. WASHINGTON ST.
MARION, IN 46953

765.677.2892   |   765.677.2308 FAX 

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INDWES.EDU/IT 

 

 

 

From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:salive@woodstone.nu] On Behalf Of 
Dirk Bulinckx
Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:02 AM
To: Servers Alive Discussion List
Subject: RE: [SA-list] v7 documentation 

 

It's part of the product and it's on the website too 

 

 

 

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(mailto:[mailto:salive@woodstone.nu]) On Behalf Of Webber, Ev
Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 3:16 PM
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Subject: [SA-list] v7 documentation 

 

The upgrade from v6.2 to v7 seems to have gone amazingly smoothly.  Is v7 
specific documentation available yet?  I am curious as to how to use some of 
the new features. 

 

Thanks. 

 

EVERETTE R. WEBBER, MSM
DIRECTOR OF SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION, UNIVERSITY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 


INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
4201 S. WASHINGTON ST.
MARION, IN 46953

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[SA-list] v7 documentation

[Webber, Ev]

The upgrade from v6.2 to v7 seems to have gone amazingly smoothly.  Is v7 
specific documentation available yet?  I am curious as to how to use some of 
the new features. 

 

Thanks. 

 

EVERETTE R. WEBBER, MSM
DIRECTOR OF SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION, UNIVERSITY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 


INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
4201 S. WASHINGTON ST.
MARION, IN 46953

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RE: [SA-list] RRD - Getting Started

[Webber, Ev]

Thanks. 

 

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Dirk Bulinckx
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 5:31 PM
To: Servers Alive Discussion List
Subject: RE: [SA-list] RRD - Getting Started 

 

The remote client/icon basicly gives you the MOON/STOP icon on systems were you 
don't have desktop interaction 

 

 

 

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(mailto:salive@woodstone.nu)] On Behalf Of Webber, Ev
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 10:46 PM
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Subject: RE: [SA-list] RRD - Getting Started 

 

I am in the process of upgrading to v7 and have a question.  What is the 
Woodstone SA Remote Client and do I want to install it? 

 

Ev 

 

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(mailto:salive@woodstone.nu)] On Behalf Of Dirk Bulinckx
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 3:46 PM
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Subject: RE: [SA-list] RRD - Getting Started 

 

there should be a  ZIP file with an RRDTOOL.EXE in it and that the RRDTool we 
can use 

 

 

 

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(mailto:[mailto:salive@woodstone.nu]) On Behalf Of Bob Hartung
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 9:31 PM
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Subject: [SA-list] RRD - Getting Started 

 

I want to do some graphing in Servers Alive. I'm getting stuck on step one 
which is installing RRD Tools.

I have installed ActivePearl community v5.14.2 on a Windows XP Pro SP3 system 
where I also run Servers Alive v7. I downloaded RRD Tools v1.2.30 onto the same 
PC.

At the command prompt, I navigate to  
C:\Downloads\RRD\data\rrd2\rrdtool-1.2.30\bindings\perl-shared and run the 
command... 

ppm install rrds.ppd 


Here's the resulting error... 

ppm install failed: The PPD does not provide code to install for this platform. 


I RRD Tools file I downloaded was the only one that indicated it was for 
Windows. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks.

--

Bob Hartung
Dir of I.T.
Wisco Industries, Inc.
736 Janesville St.
Oregon, WI 53575
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Fax: (608) 835-7399
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RE: [SA-list] RRD - Getting Started

[Webber, Ev]

I am in the process of upgrading to v7 and have a question.  What is the 
Woodstone SA Remote Client and do I want to install it? 

 

Ev 

 

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Dirk Bulinckx
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 3:46 PM
To: Servers Alive Discussion List
Subject: RE: [SA-list] RRD - Getting Started 

 

there should be a  ZIP file with an RRDTOOL.EXE in it and that the RRDTool we 
can use 

 

 

 

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From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:salive@woodstone.nu] 
(mailto:[mailto:salive@woodstone.nu]) On Behalf Of Bob Hartung
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 9:31 PM
To: Servers Alive Discussion List
Subject: [SA-list] RRD - Getting Started 

 

I want to do some graphing in Servers Alive. I'm getting stuck on step one 
which is installing RRD Tools.

I have installed ActivePearl community v5.14.2 on a Windows XP Pro SP3 system 
where I also run Servers Alive v7. I downloaded RRD Tools v1.2.30 onto the same 
PC.

At the command prompt, I navigate to  
C:\Downloads\RRD\data\rrd2\rrdtool-1.2.30\bindings\perl-shared and run the 
command... 

ppm install rrds.ppd 


Here's the resulting error... 

ppm install failed: The PPD does not provide code to install for this platform. 


I RRD Tools file I downloaded was the only one that indicated it was for 
Windows. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks.

--

Bob Hartung
Dir of I.T.
Wisco Industries, Inc.
736 Janesville St.
Oregon, WI 53575
Tel: (608) 835-3106 x215
Fax: (608) 835-7399
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[SA-list] Radius Check ...

[Webber, Ev]

Dirk, 

 

We are not able to connect to our Radius server port using the default check in 
SA.  We have authorized the SA server to connect to the Radius server and can 
connect to port 22 with a secure telnet session but not to port 1645 with the 
Radius protocol check.  My network administrator is asking whether the built-in 
Radius protocol check in SA is acting as a client or a broker. 

 

Ev 

 

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RE: [SA-list] Radius on CentOS

[Webber, Ev]

Thanks Dirk.  I am finding some information in the manual and other by trial 
and error.  It is fun to explore the expansion of the SA capabilities. 

 

Ev 

 

From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:salive@woodstone.nu] On Behalf Of 
Dirk Bulinckx
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 8:31 AM
To: Servers Alive Discussion List
Subject: RE: [SA-list] Radius on CentOS 

 

For *nix systems you can use the PS COM checker 
(http://www.woodstone.nu/salive/addons.php 
(http://www.woodstone.nu/salive/addons.php)), and specificly for Radius you can 
use the built-in radius protocol checker (ctrl-P from the main-screen in order 
to configure it or create additional "protocols"). 

 

 

 

 

 

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(mailto:[mailto:salive@woodstone.nu]) On Behalf Of Webber, Ev
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 2:16 PM
To: Servers Alive Discussion List
Subject: [SA-list] Radius on CentOS 

 

Is anyone checking a Radius implementation on CentOS (Linux)?  I am currently 
checking 500+ servers, services, and websites mostly on Windows OS but 
would like to see if there is a way to monitor some of our Linux services. 

 

Ev 

 

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[SA-list] Radius on CentOS

[Webber, Ev]

Is anyone checking a Radius implementation on CentOS (Linux)?  I am currently 
checking 500+ servers, services, and websites mostly on Windows OS but 
would like to see if there is a way to monitor some of our Linux services. 

 

Ev 

 

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RE: [SA-list] URL checks for HTTPS

[Webber, Ev]

That is what I am using for most of the checks I have configured but was 
running into some problems finding a phrase that was available to the SA check 
when checking a site heavy on framesets.  I think I am on the right path now 
that I have a utility that will give me a comprehensive look at the responses. 

 

Ev 

 

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Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 11:46 AM
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Subject: RE: [SA-list] URL checks for HTTPS 

 

Hi Ev, 

 

I’m using a GET with a “should contain”, “this exact 
phrase” and whatever working I’m looking for (in my case, its 
“Enter Badge ID”). Have you tried this? 

 

Paul- 

 

 

 

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Subject: RE: [SA-list] URL checks for HTTPS 

 

I will look for IEInspector.  What is happening is when checking for specific 
wording in a login page that is based on frames the check is returning as down 
even though the page is accessible.  I am attempting to figure out what to look 
for in order to successfully determine that the login page is available … 
or not. 

 

Thanks. 

 

Ev 

 

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Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 10:31 AM
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Subject: RE: [SA-list] URL checks for HTTPS 

 

In what way are they a "miss"? 

With a tool like IEInspector you can see what is exactly send/received by IE 
(internet explorer) and this even for HTTPS urls. 

 

 

 

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From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:salive@woodstone.nu] 
(mailto:[mailto:salive@woodstone.nu]) On Behalf Of Webber, Ev
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 3:16 PM
To: Servers Alive Discussion List
Subject: [SA-list] URL checks for HTTPS 

 

I have been using ServersAlive! for a dozen or more years and am very pleased 
with its performance.  Most of my checks to this point have concentrated on 
server and service availability but now we are ready enhance our website 
monitoring by checking more than just whether or not the http or https port is 
responding.  In attempting to configure URL reports that actually check the 
site to confirm the correct page is displaying the success is hit and miss.  
(unfortunately a lot of miss)  Is there a utility similar to WebBug (only 
checks http) that will retrieve https response?  Has anyone developed a 
“best practice” for configuring successful URL checks? 

 

Thanks in advance for any guidance provided. 

 

Ev 

 

EVERETTE R. WEBBER, MSM
DIRECTOR OF SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION, UNIVERSITY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 


INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
4201 S. WASHINGTON ST.
MARION, IN 46953 



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RE: [SA-list] URL checks for HTTPS

[Webber, Ev]

Thanks for the tips.  I was successful using IEInspector to look at the 
specific return strings.  I am guessing that as I configure more of these 
checks I will become more adept in using the tools. 

 

Ev 

 

From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:salive@woodstone.nu] On Behalf Of 
Barry George
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 11:16 AM
To: Servers Alive Discussion List
Subject: RE: [SA-list] URL checks for HTTPS 

 

Ev. 

 

The only way I have done this in the past with SA is right click, view source 
in IE on the page you want to check and look for text that you can check 
against. Static Html text. I’m not sure SA can check in an IFrame? 
Haven’t tested that myself. And of course forget dynamic content. 

 

Barry 

 

 

 

From: Webber, Ev [mailto:ev.web...@indwes.edu] 
(mailto:[mailto:ev.web...@indwes.edu]) 
Sent: February-03-12 11:01 AM
To: Servers Alive Discussion List
Subject: RE: [SA-list] URL checks for HTTPS 

 

I will look for IEInspector.  What is happening is when checking for specific 
wording in a login page that is based on frames the check is returning as down 
even though the page is accessible.  I am attempting to figure out what to look 
for in order to successfully determine that the login page is available … 
or not. 

 

Thanks. 

 

Ev 

 

From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:salive@woodstone.nu 
(mailto:salive@woodstone.nu)] On Behalf Of Dirk Bulinckx
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 10:31 AM
To: Servers Alive Discussion List
Subject: RE: [SA-list] URL checks for HTTPS 

 

In what way are they a "miss"? 

With a tool like IEInspector you can see what is exactly send/received by IE 
(internet explorer) and this even for HTTPS urls. 

 

 

 

Dirk Bulinckx. 

Network Monitoring by Servers Alive - http://www.woodstone.nu 
(http://www.woodstone.nu)
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From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:salive@woodstone.nu] 
(mailto:[mailto:salive@woodstone.nu]) On Behalf Of Webber, Ev
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 3:16 PM
To: Servers Alive Discussion List
Subject: [SA-list] URL checks for HTTPS 

 

I have been using ServersAlive! for a dozen or more years and am very pleased 
with its performance.  Most of my checks to this point have concentrated on 
server and service availability but now we are ready enhance our website 
monitoring by checking more than just whether or not the http or https port is 
responding.  In attempting to configure URL reports that actually check the 
site to confirm the correct page is displaying the success is hit and miss.  
(unfortunately a lot of miss)  Is there a utility similar to WebBug (only 
checks http) that will retrieve https response?  Has anyone developed a 
“best practice” for configuring successful URL checks? 

 

Thanks in advance for any guidance provided. 

 

Ev 

 

EVERETTE R. WEBBER, MSM
DIRECTOR OF SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION, UNIVERSITY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 


INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
4201 S. WASHINGTON ST.
MARION, IN 46953 



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RE: [SA-list] URL checks for HTTPS

[Webber, Ev]

I will look for IEInspector.  What is happening is when checking for specific 
wording in a login page that is based on frames the check is returning as down 
even though the page is accessible.  I am attempting to figure out what to look 
for in order to successfully determine that the login page is available … 
or not. 

 

Thanks. 

 

Ev 

 

From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:salive@woodstone.nu] On Behalf Of 
Dirk Bulinckx
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 10:31 AM
To: Servers Alive Discussion List
Subject: RE: [SA-list] URL checks for HTTPS 

 

In what way are they a "miss"? 

With a tool like IEInspector you can see what is exactly send/received by IE 
(internet explorer) and this even for HTTPS urls. 

 

 

 

Dirk Bulinckx. 

Network Monitoring by Servers Alive - http://www.woodstone.nu 
(http://www.woodstone.nu)
DNS Hosting with ipv4 and ipv6 on http://www.stellardns.com 
(http://www.stellardns.com) 

 

From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:salive@woodstone.nu] 
(mailto:[mailto:salive@woodstone.nu]) On Behalf Of Webber, Ev
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 3:16 PM
To: Servers Alive Discussion List
Subject: [SA-list] URL checks for HTTPS 

 

I have been using ServersAlive! for a dozen or more years and am very pleased 
with its performance.  Most of my checks to this point have concentrated on 
server and service availability but now we are ready enhance our website 
monitoring by checking more than just whether or not the http or https port is 
responding.  In attempting to configure URL reports that actually check the 
site to confirm the correct page is displaying the success is hit and miss.  
(unfortunately a lot of miss)  Is there a utility similar to WebBug (only 
checks http) that will retrieve https response?  Has anyone developed a 
“best practice” for configuring successful URL checks? 

 

Thanks in advance for any guidance provided. 

 

Ev 

 

EVERETTE R. WEBBER, MSM
DIRECTOR OF SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION, UNIVERSITY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 


INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
4201 S. WASHINGTON ST.
MARION, IN 46953 



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[SA-list] URL checks for HTTPS

[Webber, Ev]

I have been using ServersAlive! for a dozen or more years and am very pleased 
with its performance.  Most of my checks to this point have concentrated on 
server and service availability but now we are ready enhance our website 
monitoring by checking more than just whether or not the http or https port is 
responding.  In attempting to configure URL reports that actually check the 
site to confirm the correct page is displaying the success is hit and miss.  
(unfortunately a lot of miss)  Is there a utility similar to WebBug (only 
checks http) that will retrieve https response?  Has anyone developed a 
“best practice” for configuring successful URL checks? 

 

Thanks in advance for any guidance provided. 

 

Ev 

 

EVERETTE R. WEBBER, MSM
DIRECTOR OF SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION, UNIVERSITY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 


INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
4201 S. WASHINGTON ST.
MARION, IN 46953



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