Re: [SA-list] only one instance

2013-06-05 Thread Jason Passow
We use VNC to connect to a machine running Salive as an app now. We use to use it to connect as a service until our move to Server 2008.I have never experienced the only one instance problem due to VNC. I am wondering if you were to physically go to the console screen if you would also se

Re: [SA-list] only one instance

2013-06-05 Thread Ann Lynnworth
I don't quite follow your advice yet. By "you will need to use the remote," do you mean Remote Desktop? Or a remote mode of Servers Alive itself? With VNC, there is a just a single shared Windows account in play. Using VNC is like connecting to the console session with Microsoft Remote Desktop

RE: [SA-list] only one instance

2013-06-05 Thread Goggins, Patrick
You will need to use the remote. I've since stopped using the service and have the monitoring VM startup, auto-login, and auto-start interactively SA. Then whenever we need access a single shared account is used. ~Patrick -Original Message- From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:s

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2013-06-05 Thread Anderson, Peter
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[SA-list] only one instance

2013-06-05 Thread Ann Lynnworth
On a server where I use VNC to manage the machine, I see this message almost each time I connect: You can only have one instance of Servers Alive running! [ok] I have SA configured to run as a Windows service. No other applications appear to try to start just because I connect to the machine.