RE: [SA-list] Feature request

2003-10-14 Thread Dirk Bulinckx
The field is called checkdatetime and thus gives the datetime of the last check...so it's giving the correct value... dirk. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Michael Shook Sent: Tue Oct 14 9:09 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [SA-list] Fea

RE: [SA-list] Page when e-mail server/network not available

2003-10-14 Thread Bell, Robert
http://www.research.att.com/projects/tts/demo.html -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dirk Bulinckx Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 2:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [SA-list] Page when e-mail server/network not available right: "

[SA-list] Feature request

2003-10-14 Thread Michael Shook
I am using SA to create a strip chart of pings and response times. I have having some difficulty with checks done as a dependant of another device. Can I request an option to have the interchange output field of checkdatetime be the time of the test that was skipped instead of the time of the la

RE: [SA-list] WOW!!! and a couple of questions....

2003-10-14 Thread Michael Shook
Thanks Michael Shook Business Continuity Analyst Saddle Creek Corporation 723 Joe Tamplin Industrial Blvd Macon GA 31217 478 742 8740 ext. 105 (work) 478 256 9318 (mobile) 478 742 7917 (fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.saddlecrk.com >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/14/03 02:48PM >>> A subgroups

RE: [SA-list] Page when e-mail server/network not available

2003-10-14 Thread Dirk Bulinckx
right: "Houston I have a problemI don't want to record messages" :-) dirk. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kevin Kruithof Sent: Tue Oct 14 8:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [SA-list] Page when e-mail server/network not ava

RE: [SA-list] WOW!!! and a couple of questions....

2003-10-14 Thread Dirk Bulinckx
A subgroups is always under a group, never under a check. The groupid is a varchar(9) dirk. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Michael Shook Sent: Tue Oct 14 3:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [SA-list] WOW!!! and a couple of questions...

RE: [SA-list] Page when e-mail server/network not available

2003-10-14 Thread Kevin Kruithof
Maybe Dirk will record some messages for us? Kevin Kevin Kruithof Head of Planetary Analysis & Development, Destroyer of Worlds Expert Tech Group 916-677-1032 -Original Message- From: Brent Ozar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 10:42 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Su

RE: [SA-list] Page when e-mail server/network not available

2003-10-14 Thread Brent Ozar
"Text to speech would be hard to implement"? Let me get this straight: it's easier for me to go find a microphone, hook it up to a PC, and record 3 or 4 voice messages than it is for me to check a box that says "Text to speech"? I'm going to beg to differ on that one. ;-) I get that it might b

RE: [SA-list] Page when e-mail server/network not available

2003-10-14 Thread davey.rance
But Brent. Just think what could happen if you used some one, Like our mothers, or mother in laws voice to wake us up at 3am with a message like. "You broke the system again. I told you to look after that firewall better." :) Davey -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [m

RE: [SA-list] Page when e-mail server/network not available

2003-10-14 Thread Kevin Kruithof
Hehe, your "Pleease" made me think of Bugs Bunny. Text to speech would be hard to implement. I was just thinking of using these alerts for when something really bad happens and SA can't route email out to the outside world (ie, phones, blackberries, etc). It would be only 3 or 4 messages--

RE: [SA-list] Page when e-mail server/network not available

2003-10-14 Thread Ferrell, Jim
We use Servers Alive with a product called Attention. It is a little pricy, but has nice functionality. Attention uses phone line to send text or numeric pages, can also send emails and make phone calls. It also has phone interface to check/set status of an alert, lets you leave status messages f

RE: [SA-list] Page when e-mail server/network not available

2003-10-14 Thread Brent Ozar
Please don't make me record a wav file for every single alert. Text-to-speech would be a lot better, so that it would read the alert and say, "This message will now repeat" and read the alert again. Brent Ozar - UniFocus "It's

RE: [SA-list] Page when e-mail server/network not available

2003-10-14 Thread Kevin Kruithof
We've also attached a modem to our SA machine, we just have it call our cell phones. The only thing configured for this alert are our Gateways, Firewalls, and SMTP servers, so if we see that number calling us, we know something really, really bad happened. Hey Dirk, speaking of this, have you eve

RE: [SA-list] Page when e-mail server/network not available

2003-10-14 Thread Stephen Gordon
Peter, I was of the same mind a few months back. The config I went for is attaching a modem to the servers alive machine and configuring SA to send an SMS message to my mobile phone when the mail servers are down. I also have another instance of SA at a VPN connected site whose sole job is to

Re: [SA-list] Page when e-mail server/network not available

2003-10-14 Thread Michael Shook
We have used as an alternate email a dialup account. Requires a data line to the PC, and another account though. We have used Budget Dialup as an alternate ISP. It's a pre-pay solution, so no monthly bills, and you can buy as little as 10 hours at a time. Their email server is slow, so once the

[SA-list] Page when e-mail server/network not available

2003-10-14 Thread Peter_Reilly
I've been using Servers Alive for a while, but so far have just been using it to send e-mail based alerts to a cell phone: one page when a server or process is down, again when it comes back. Works great as long as the network itself is up, and the primary and/or secondary e-mail server(s) are

Re: [SA-list] Servers Alive & Compaq Insight Manager 7 SP2

2003-10-14 Thread Rob McShinsky
Yes we are running this on the same system, and using the same same SQL install each in separate databases. Works fine for us. Rob McShinsky Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center - Original Message - From: "Carroll, Andy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 14

RE: [SA-list] Servers Alive & Compaq Insight Manager 7 SP2

2003-10-14 Thread Riley, Stephen
I have it running, modem contention is an issue. So I rely on Servers Alive for the pages and use Insight Manager to send email alerts, along with Servers Alive. I have not tried multiple modems. Steve -Original Message- From: Carroll, Andy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October

[SA-list] Servers Alive & Compaq Insight Manager 7 SP2

2003-10-14 Thread Carroll, Andy
Is anyone running the above combination? I am looking at moving my Compaq Insight Manager installation to the latest version 7 SP2, Is anyone running this, and has anyone managed to integrate the 2, is it even possible? Any feedback would be appreciated. Regards, Andy To unsubscribe from a lis

[SA-list] WOW!!! and a couple of questions....

2003-10-14 Thread Michael Shook
I just updated to the beta version. What a change! Very nice work. There are to many new features that I like to discuss. Question 1) The new Group ID field for the interchange data logging. I want to update my SQL table to start to include this. What should I set the column as? (MS SQL 2K) Que

[SA-list] Alert modification request

2003-10-14 Thread davey.rance
Hi Dirk. Is there any chance in having the alert "when X cycles down and then every X" cycles changed to be something like the following. When X cycles down and then every X cycles until Y cycles. Reason. I have got alerts going to different techs and different numbers of downs. This is workin

RE: [SA-list] Feature Request and a question

2003-10-14 Thread Michael Shook
Thanks, I'll give that a try. Any chance of the other fields being added? Michael Shook Business Continuity Analyst Saddle Creek Corporation 723 Joe Tamplin Industrial Blvd Macon GA 31217 478 742 8740 ext. 105 (work) 478 256 9318 (mobile) 478 742 7917 (fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.saddlec

RE: [SA-list] Interchange DB logging

2003-10-14 Thread Dirk Bulinckx
send me (offlist) a dump of the SA registry... dirk. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Cook Sent: Tue Oct 14 8:29 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [SA-list] Interchange DB logging I've made the changes but I still get the logg