RE: [SA-list] Merging Host files....

2004-08-23 Thread Dirk Bulinckx
Sequentially. Due to deletes/moves within the file it could look almost random however.   Dirk.   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg A WeigoldSent: Monday, August 23, 2004 10:58 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: RE: [SA-list] Merging Host files OK... UID

RE: [SA-list] Remote sound alerting

2004-08-23 Thread Vogl, Tom
Microsoft Agent. Will read text. Easy to script. http://www.microsoft.com/msagent/default.asp -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 9:34 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [SA-list] Remote so

RE: [SA-list] Merging Host files....

2004-08-23 Thread Williamson, Scott
I would create a script to scan one of the files and update it with a UID higher than the largest one in the other file. Use # as field delimiters and Cartridge returns as record separators. Update Columns 9 - UID and 5 - Dependencies 9 Contains Text as Follows: UID=20 You'll need to st

RE: [SA-list] Merging Host files....

2004-08-23 Thread Greg A Weigold
OK... UID is the only thing that's truly unique for each check, right?  Were they assigned sequentially or anything?   Sounds like I'd be better off merging the small file into the larger one, instead of the other way around.  I'll remove my dependencies in the small file... one less headache. T

RE: [SA-list] Merging Host files....

2004-08-23 Thread Dirk Bulinckx
There are some issue you'll have with it:     * UID needs to be unique within the hostfile     * the dependencies uses the UID     Dirk.   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg A WeigoldSent: Monday, August 23, 2004 9:38 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [SA-l

[SA-list] Merging Host files....

2004-08-23 Thread Greg A Weigold
I'd like to merge 2 host files, instead of trying to recreate all of the checks on one of my servers relocating some checks to another server for time factors... Has anyone done this successfully?  Or does anyone have any suggestions on what pitfalls I may run into? Thanks Greg Weigold CSC B

RE: [SA-list] DNS Query Problem

2004-08-23 Thread Dirk Bulinckx
Title: DNS Query Problem Make sure that the definition of the DNS check says: "Result should contain " (ctrl-P from the main tree interface)   Dirk.   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ford, Paul M ERDC-TEC-VA ContractorSent: Monday, August 23, 2004 3:48 PMT

RE: [SA-list] Using the stats in Crystal Reports or ....

2004-08-23 Thread Gabrie van Zanten
Hi Well I for example do a diskspace check. I build a query in SQL that filters the output to the following: uniqueid cyclestart prettyname description extra_info 3 20040820140204 CTX-DT01 Diskspace : \\14.x.x.x\c$< 10 % 6395.01 MB 3 20040820140817 CTX-DT01 Diskspace : \\14.x.x.x\c$< 10 % 63

RE: [SA-list] Email from Servers Alive

2004-08-23 Thread Blake R. Fowkes
Title: Message That was interesting, once I made the change SA tells me that the message was sent but it never shows up in my email.  But it is now sending to my phone like it should be.     Thanks, Blake If at first you don't succeed, skydiving isn't for you. -Original Message-

[SA-list] DNS Query Problem

2004-08-23 Thread Ford, Paul M ERDC-TEC-VA Contractor
Title: DNS Query Problem I upgraded to Enterprise v4.1.1627 from an earlier beta (I believe it was v4.1.1608).  The DNS check is to test that our "www" entry resolves to exactly one IP address.  This worked fine in the previous version.  After the upgrade, I am receiving the message "ERR: retu

RE: [SA-list] Using the stats in Crystal Reports or ....

2004-08-23 Thread Michael D. Shook
Can you be more specific? I've not written any reports for Servers Alive raw output, but I'm sure I can translate for you if need be. Michael D. Shook _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gabrie van Zanten Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 9:14 AM To: [EMAIL

RE: [SA-list] Email from Servers Alive

2004-08-23 Thread Blake R. Fowkes
Title: Message I am not sure on that one I will have to check into it.  We are using iHateSpam Gateway Edition for Exchange 5.5.     Thanks, Blake If at first you don't succeed, skydiving isn't for you. -Original Message-From: Jamie Quelch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: F

[SA-list] Using the stats in Crystal Reports or ....

2004-08-23 Thread Gabrie van Zanten
Hi, I've configured ServerAlive to ouptut the data to SQL. Now I would like to build some nice reports based upon those. I'm thinking of using Crystal Reports for it, but am having some problems converting the values and getting the right grouping. Has anyone already created some nice reports f

RE: [SA-list] COMTelnet's future

2004-08-23 Thread Dirk Bulinckx
A few notes on this :-)       * choice of the component: GOOD gothe weonlydo components are great     (maybe I can get Kreso to give you a discount :-) I'll check with him.)       * if you want to test with several telnet server (of different OSes) I would suggest to have a look at http:/

[SA-list] COMTelnet's future

2004-08-23 Thread Michael D. Shook
It has become apparent that there are enough issues with COMTelnet as it now stands that it either needs to be pulled, or needs to use a professional grade Telnet component for its core. There are simply too many different paths to failure in the current methodology and I don’t have access

RE: [SA-list] Wish list addon for v5+

2004-08-23 Thread Dirk Bulinckx
This would mean that YOU as user would have to write the scripts for it and that Servers Alive should be able to execute them. Not sure how this would/could be done, but the idea is a good one.   Dirk.   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael D. ShookSent:

RE: [SA-list] Wish list addon for v5+

2004-08-23 Thread Michael D. Shook
I’m not sure just what you mean, but I’m up for “whatever it takes”. That would also enable another issue I deal with, monitoring environments that spit out temperature in Celsius, but of course I need to display in alerts as Fahrenheit.   Mike   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:

RE: [SA-list] Using command file to log alert

2004-08-23 Thread Dirk Bulinckx
You can put anything you want within the commandline, all the % parameters (as defined within the doc) will be "translated" into the values of them. The commandline is passed to the OS and it's the OS that will execute it. Without using associations (this means that if the commandline is a .VBS for

[SA-list] Using command file to log alert

2004-08-23 Thread Donald Kleinsmidt
After initially considering triggers, i have changed my mind and want to log alerts to a database table by running a command file. I've found that you can use 'Execute command' to run a command file every time an alert is recorded. Can you put SQL insert statement in this command and then pass al