RE: [SA-list] Telnet help needed....

2003-11-06 Thread Dirk Bulinckx
An example: http://www.woodstone.nu/soft/com_sample.zip dirk. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Shook Sent: Thu Nov 06 10:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [SA-list] Telnet help needed OK, sure thing!!! Ummm,

RE: [SA-list] Telnet help needed....

2003-11-06 Thread Jack Lyons
You could use perl and Net::TELNET to create a external check. -Original Message- From: Michael Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 4:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [SA-list] Telnet help needed OK, sure thing!!! Ummm, anyone got any pointers o

RE: [SA-list] Senssoft Sensors?

2003-11-06 Thread Ryan Neily
I am currently using the serial port connected sensor... Will there be any support for this in Servers Alive other than satemp.exe? Ryan Neily

RE: [SA-list] Telnet help needed....

2003-11-06 Thread Michael Shook
OK, sure thing!!! Ummm, anyone got any pointers on how to write a COM check? I've got moderate experience working in VB on stand alone apps, but I've not worked on something like this. Thanks!! Mike >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/06/03 04:22PM >>> Just re-write satelnet (or saSSHTelnet) to be an ex

RE: [SA-list] Telnet help needed....

2003-11-06 Thread Dirk Bulinckx
Just re-write satelnet (or saSSHTelnet) to be an external COM check instead of an external errorlevel check... dirk. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Shook Sent: Thu Nov 06 10:16 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [SA-list] Teln

[SA-list] Telnet help needed....

2003-11-06 Thread Michael Shook
Does anyone have any methodology in place to log on to a telnet client, enter commands, then grab output for integration to SA? One of the tests I've been asked about would have to get text from the telnet screen, use it for the SA check, then output that response (like the SMTP tests) to the i

RE: [SA-list] Statistical database question.... JOIN new interchange field or change the meaning oft

2003-11-06 Thread Michael Shook
Cool! Just add it to the list of requests for Version 5. thanks. Mike >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/06/03 03:38PM >>> Anything could be added, but will it be added.. We're thinking of a new type of logging based on the HTML templates, were you as user would be able to include anything you want in

RE: [SA-list] Senssoft Sensors?

2003-11-06 Thread Dirk Bulinckx
If you use a sensor that is SNMP enabled you can use the SNMP check of Servers Alive. dirk. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ryan Neily Sent: Thu Nov 06 9:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [SA-list] Senssoft Sensors? Does anyone

RE: [SA-list] Statistical database question.... JOIN new interchange field or change the meaning ofthe current one....

2003-11-06 Thread Dirk Bulinckx
Anything could be added, but will it be added.. We're thinking of a new type of logging based on the HTML templates, were you as user would be able to include anything you want in the order you wantbut as said "thinking of" dirk. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mail

[SA-list] Senssoft Sensors?

2003-11-06 Thread Ryan Neily
Does anyone have a better solution than using SaTemp for monitoring SensorSoft Sensors in Servers Alive? I've been using it for sometime, but it leaves alot to be desired... Did I see someone mention that this would be enabled in ServersAlive to be an internal check? Ryan Neily To unsubscri

RE: [SA-list] Statistical database question.... JOIN new interchange field or change the meaning ofthe current one....

2003-11-06 Thread Michael Shook
I hadn't noticed that. Is this something that could be added to the interchange output? I could use this just as easily as the number of current state cycles. Mike >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/06/03 02:58PM >>> In the HTML template based output we can show how long something is within it's current

RE: [SA-list] Statistical database question....

2003-11-06 Thread Roland Gaspar
in fact it does... in that it assumes a previous status... did yo uread the annotated sql files? but you're right, it's a work around, but one I've been using for months with much success... Roland Gaspar Tel.: (514) 398-7880 xt 8603 >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/06/03 0

RE: [SA-list] Statistical database question....

2003-11-06 Thread Dirk Bulinckx
In the HTML template based output we can show how long something is within it's current status. Also when using Brent's SangFroid you can get this out of the database too. dirk. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Shook Sent: Thu N

RE: [SA-list] Statistical database question....

2003-11-06 Thread Michael Shook
Thanks, but that still doesn't get around the issue of checks that never change status, or how long they have been in their current status. Mike >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/06/03 02:15PM >>> >From a post long ago, far away.. (see attachement) Roland Gaspar Tel.: (514)

RE: [SA-list] Statistical database question....

2003-11-06 Thread Roland Gaspar
>From a post long ago, far away.. (see attachement) Roland Gaspar Tel.: (514) 398-7880 xt 8603 Roland Gaspar Tel.: (514) 398-7880 xt 8603 Roland Gaspar Tel.: (514) 398-7880 xt 8603 >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [SA-list] Can't install on NT

2003-11-06 Thread Michael Klein
OK, I guess it's just me... \ - Original Message - From: "Michael Klein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 12:15 PM Subject: [SA-list] Can't install on NT > I can't seem to install SA version 4 on a Windows NT 4 + SP6a Workstation. > It hangs d

RE: [SA-list] new interchange field or change the meaning of the current one....

2003-11-06 Thread Michael Shook
:( Thanks Mike >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/06/03 02:13PM >>> I can't add a field with data that we don't keep (we only keep it for downs). dirk. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Shook Sent: Thu Nov 06 8:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: [SA-list] new interchange field or change the meaning of the current one....

2003-11-06 Thread Dirk Bulinckx
I can't add a field with data that we don't keep (we only keep it for downs). dirk. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Shook Sent: Thu Nov 06 8:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [SA-list] new interchange field or change the

RE: [SA-list] new interchange field or change the meaning of the current one....

2003-11-06 Thread Michael Shook
Ah, I see. I'd like to request a new interchange field please. Mike >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/06/03 12:48PM >>> If you add a check while SA is running then the cycles_since_start will be different the sa_cycles dirk. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROT

RE: [SA-list] Print Queues Monitoring

2003-11-06 Thread Dirk Bulinckx
Checking if the number of jobs increases or decreases isn't a good indication either. It could well be that you're printing a HUGE document and that the number is increasing which is normal. If you want to know if a queue is stuck or not I would suggest to write an external check for it and this c

RE: [SA-list] new interchange field or change the meaning of the current one....

2003-11-06 Thread Dirk Bulinckx
If you add a check while SA is running then the cycles_since_start will be different the sa_cycles dirk. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Shook Sent: Thu Nov 06 3:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [SA-list] new interchange

RE: [SA-list] Ideas from Group

2003-11-06 Thread Kevin Kruithof
Title: Message You can do this with an External (Errorlevel) check.   Create an the check and use this for the application line:   find "ERROR " \\servername\share\logfile.txt   It will return an Errorlevel = 0 if it finds a match and Errorlevel = 1 if it doesn't.  Set up the check to alert

RE: [SA-list] Ideas from Group

2003-11-06 Thread Ahmed Hassan
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RE: [SA-list] Ideas from Group

2003-11-06 Thread Mark Bradshaw
Something like this should work as a perl script.  You'll need to install ActivePerl (http://www.activestate.com/) on your SA box.   SARobocopy.pl $exit = 0;   while (<>) { if ( $_ =~ /.*Dirs :\s+\d+\s+\d+\s+\d+\s+(\d+).*/ ) {  if ( $1 ne "0" ) { $exit = 1; }  } if ( $

RE: [SA-list] Ideas from Group

2003-11-06 Thread Mark Bradshaw
Is the log file replaced at every run, or is it appended to? Mark BradshawSalem Web Network[EMAIL PROTECTED]9401 Courthouse Road, Suite 300Chesterfield, VA 23832804.768.9404 x123 -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Ahmed HassanSent

[SA-list] new interchange field or change the meaning of the current one....

2003-11-06 Thread Michael Shook
I was wondering if anyone used the "cycles_since_start" field in the interchange file. For me it's always the same number as the . Because of this I was wondering if it might me more useful to have this field changed to "cycles_since_status_change" or have a new field added. I am running into a

Re: [SA-list] Ideas from Group

2003-11-06 Thread Ahmed Hassan
Thanks for the suggestion . I don't know whether you took a look at the snippet of the log file - anyway it will be difficult to just do a search on a word like "fail". Apart from that each log file is about 300 - 500Kb from each remote site. Hence, the reason for looking for way to automate the pr

Re: [SA-list] Ideas from Group

2003-11-06 Thread Rob McShinsky
Title: Message We use the URL check and look for certain words, like "FAIL".  We have a central Monitoring IIS server where we automate a copy of multiple log files to a specific directory within the IIS server.  >From there they can be scanned or viewed manually from a central location.   R

Re: [SA-list] Print Queues Monitoring

2003-11-06 Thread Rob McShinsky
We have a problem with using Performance Monitor through Servers Alive by it self. We use a Windows 2003 Cluster in Active/Active mode with around 350 Print ques on each node. In this case an alert of 35 (our original starting point) was to low and a point of 100 may be to high if there is an act

RE: [SA-list] Query - smtp2pop3

2003-11-06 Thread Jamie Quelch
Title: Message I agree, have had to buy some glasses as sitting reading all that mail was giving me a headache... :-< -Original Message-From: Richard Temple [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 06 November 2003 09:57To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [SA-list] Query - smtp2pop3

[SA-list] Query - smtp2pop3

2003-11-06 Thread Richard Temple
Title: Query - smtp2pop3 Has anyone else got a headache reading all the smtp2pop3 emails ? I'm going to have to have a lie down. ;) :) Richard Temple

RE: [SA-list] Ideas from Group

2003-11-06 Thread Ahmed Hassan
Thanks Dirk - looking for help in writing one.Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger

RE: [SA-list] Ideas from Group

2003-11-06 Thread Dirk Bulinckx
Title: Message Write an external check for it?       dirk. -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ahmed HassanSent: Thu Nov 06 8:12 AMTo: SaliveSubject: [SA-list] Ideas from Group I  have 15 remote offices that I use Robocopy

[SA-list] Ideas from Group

2003-11-06 Thread Ahmed Hassan
I  have 15 remote offices that I use Robocopy to replicate data to my central site for the nightly backups. Robocopy generates a log file for each remote office after each replication which shows e.g. start/end date & time, failure etc. (Please see attached a snip of the log file, probably this mi