RE: [SA-list] Countfiles question

2004-05-04 Thread Anthony_Bennett
Here's an example from my working config that is counting the number of files in the specified directory. Appropriate bits replaced for security purposes. [Outbox] Path=\\Servername1\Share$\Directory Pattern=*.* Directory=F Username=Domain\Account Password=password Server=Servername1 Cheers,

RE: [SA-list] New Sasser worm and ICMP traffic

2004-05-04 Thread Travis Rabe
> Hello, > > Our area ISPs have started blocking ICMP traffic with approximately > 60-byte packet size as this is a signature of W32.Sasser traffic. As a > result, there OC3 is no longer failing, but this blocks all Servers Alive > ping packets. > > Is there a way to alter the size of the pa

RE: [SA-list] New Sasser worm and ICMP traffic

2004-05-04 Thread Dirk Bulinckx
By default the size we use is 32 bytes. (that's for the data part of the ICMP frame). You can change this by creating: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\DBU Consulting\Servers Alive\PingSize (string) And give it the value you want to have for the data part. (a restart of Servers Alive is needed

[SA-list] New Sasser worm and ICMP traffic

2004-05-04 Thread Travis Rabe
Hello, Our area ISPs have started blocking ICMP traffic with approximately 60-byte packet size as this is a signature of W32.Sasser traffic. As a result, there OC3 is no longer failing, but this blocks all Servers Alive ping packets. Is there a way to alter the size of the packet from Server

RE: [SA-list] Inverse result?

2004-05-04 Thread Walker, Chuck
Would be great for me. Chuck Walker We do not stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dirk Bulinckx Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 11:31 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [

RE: [SA-list] Inverse result?

2004-05-04 Thread Dirk Bulinckx
OK so it looks like this is usefull. However keep in mind that the check will performed as it is now and with the same messages/descriptions/error/... BUT we will at the end invert the status from up to down, or down to up. (This will be something for v5) Dirk. Don't forget to vote for Serve

RE: [SA-list] Inverse result?

2004-05-04 Thread cacrawford
We could definitely use this for the same reasons as already stated - monitoring services or boxes that should NOT be running. We currently have the 'positive' check in Servers Alive and hope everyone remembers that they need to respond on the "Up" and not on the "Down". It's a poor patch, but at

RE: [SA-list] Inverse result?

2004-05-04 Thread Kevin Kruithof
I could use it to monitor clustered services. For instance, I would like an alert for the SQL Service on the secondary SQL node to alert me if the SQL Service is running since this would mean that the primary node has failed. Kevin Kevin Kruithof Class 3 Systems Administrator, Section 21b, Type

RE: [SA-list] Inverse result?

2004-05-04 Thread Ford, Paul M ERDC-TEC-VA Contractor
Title: RE: [SA-list] Inverse result? Very much so. I want to know if someone starts up services that have been purposely disabled on certain servers. Also, some workstations have been removed from the network and I would like to be alerted if they are brought back online. Currently, you w

[SA-list] Inverse result?

2004-05-04 Thread Dirk Bulinckx
While checking out some of the "old" requests I came across several mails were people seemed to want an "inverse" result. What I mean with that is the want the same check as what is available now except that the status is the inverse from what it's now. Example: currently

[SA-list] Problem with Other Mail

2004-05-04 Thread Brett Hanson
I apologize for the long introduction to the problem, but I want to make it clear what we are doing and where the problem lies... Servers Alive version: 4.1.1586 running as a service on Windows 2000 server We use the other mail feature to send pages through to our paging server (uses TelAlert sof

RE: [SA-list] Countfiles question

2004-05-04 Thread Dirk Bulinckx
The path should be the UNC. The server entry is only used for authentication Dirk. Don't forget to vote for Servers Alive in the annual Sunbelt Target Awards http://www.sunbelt-software.com/targetawards/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of S

[SA-list] Countfiles question

2004-05-04 Thread Sutherland, Bryon
Can someone give me an example of the syntax of the Countfiles ini for a remote server? I have the following info in mine: [WWW1Mail] Path=c:\inetpub\mailroot\badmail Pattern=*.bad Directory= UserName= Password= Server=www1.ps.net The entry is a remote server. It seems to me like Path should be

RE: RE: RE: [SA-list] Servers Alive Start Up Problems

2004-05-04 Thread Dirk Bulinckx
Is it configure to load a hostfile at startup? Dirk. Don't forget to vote for Servers Alive in the annual Sunbelt Target Awards http://www.sunbelt-software.com/targetawards/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Brunt Sent: Wednesday, Apr