RE: [SA-list] 10038 error

2009-08-06 Thread Ferrell, Jim
Can your IP address change as a result of the failover? I think Servers Alive caches IP addresses after the first pass. If my memory serves me correctly, there is a setting to override that behavior. Jim Ferrell Senior Information Analyst EDS, an HP company Allison Transmis

RE: [SA-list] Beta - Archive

2009-03-19 Thread Ferrell, Jim
You know you can do a Servers Alive check to make sure those backups are working. :) Jim Ferrell EDS - Allison Transmission 4700 W 10th St Mail Code 462-470-H04 Indianapolis, IN 4622 phone: 317-242-0034 (8-252) mail: jim.ferr...@eds.com cell: 317-716-4541 -Original Message- From: Server

RE: [SA-list] SA multiple instances

2009-03-02 Thread Ferrell, Jim
We use a SA check for multiple instances. When we get an alert, we go hunting for the perpetrator and smack his knuckles with a ruler. Jim Ferrell EDS - Allison Transmission 4700 W 10th St Mail Code 462-470-H04 Indianapolis, IN 4622 phone: 317-242-0034 (8-252) mail: jim.ferr...@eds.

RE: [SA-list] Native database checks

2008-06-19 Thread Ferrell, Jim
The Notes addon works fine. Jim Ferrell EDS - Allison Transmission 4700 W 10th St Mail Code 462-470-H04 Indianapolis, IN 4622 phone: 317-242-0034 (8-252) mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 317-716-4541 -Original Message- From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

RE: Mod for V7+ WAS ([SA-list] Update interface during cycle check not 'sticking')

2007-10-23 Thread Ferrell, Jim
We have an SA check that alerts if there is more than two copies of the seversalive.exe process running. Jim Ferrell EDS - Allison Transmission 4700 W 10th St Mail Code 462-470-H04 Indianapolis, IN 4622 phone: 317-242-0034 (8-252) mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 317-716-4541 F

RE: [SA-list] URL & Database Checks Failed in Strange way with SA version 5.0.1728

2007-07-17 Thread Ferrell, Jim
The Oracle checks are a little flaky and Woodstone may want to investigate. If I log into the console and make Oracle changes or additions the checks nearly always fail. It fails with the TNS error shown below. If you stop SA and restart as a service sometimes the new/modified checks work and so

RE: [SA-list] Re: Notes DB checker

2007-05-24 Thread Ferrell, Jim
The Notes addon is working for for me. Occasionally after MS patches, we have to rerun the Lotus Notes client setup. Other than that, no problems. Jim Ferrell EDS - Allison Transmission 4700 W 10th St Mail Code 462-470-H04 Indianapolis, IN 4622 phone: 317-242-0034 (8-252) mail: [EM

RE: [SA-list] SQL Server 2005

2007-04-11 Thread Ferrell, Jim
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ferrell, Jim Sent: 11 April 2007 14:41 To: Servers Alive Discussion List Subject: RE: [SA-list] SQL Server 2005 On a side note, we abandoned using ODBC checks against databases because it exposes user ID and password. Jim Ferrell EDS - Allison

RE: [SA-list] SQL Server 2005

2007-04-11 Thread Ferrell, Jim
SQL Server 2005 On a side note, we abandoned using ODBC checks against databases because it exposes user ID and password. Jim Ferrell EDS - Allison Transmission 4700 W 10th St Mail Code 462-470-H04 Indianapolis, IN 4622 phone: 317-242-0034 (8-252) mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 317-716-

RE: [SA-list] Oracle Database Checks

2007-02-28 Thread Ferrell, Jim
From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ferrell, Jim Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 11:11 PM To: Servers Alive Discussion List Subject: RE: [SA-list] Oracle Database Checks It shows the checks as unavailable. If you try to add a new one running as

RE: [SA-list] Oracle Database Checks

2007-02-26 Thread Ferrell, Jim
: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ferrell, Jim Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 8:21 PM To: Servers Alive Discussion List Subject: [SA-list] Oracle Database Checks I installed the Oracle client on the Server Alive server. The database checks only seem to

[SA-list] Oracle Database Checks

2007-02-26 Thread Ferrell, Jim
Oracle Database Checks I installed the Oracle client on the Server Alive server. The database checks only seem to work if I run SA as an application instead of as a service. Do I need to reinstall Oracle client using Admin account? Jim Ferrell EDS - Allison Transmission 4700 W 10th St Ma

RE: [SA-list] Problems With Lotus Notes Check

2007-02-22 Thread Ferrell, Jim
On Behalf Of Ferrell, Jim Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 8:21 PM To: Servers Alive Discussion List Subject: RE: [SA-list] Problems With Lotus Notes Check Other COM checks work. Here is what the Pop-up look like: If I kill SA the pop-up also goes aw

RE: [SA-list] Problems With Lotus Notes Check

2007-02-22 Thread Ferrell, Jim
the COM check OR SA. Dirk Bulinckx. From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ferrell, Jim Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 6:51 PM To: Servers Alive Discussion List Subject

RE: [SA-list] Problems With Lotus Notes Check

2007-02-22 Thread Ferrell, Jim
Alive Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ferrell, Jim Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 5:56 PM To: Servers Alive Discussion List Subject: RE: [SA-list] Problems With Lotus Notes Check It was SA running as a service. This is the only check using the Lotus Notes com check. It is lo

RE: [SA-list] Problems With Lotus Notes Check

2007-02-22 Thread Ferrell, Jim
From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ferrell, Jim Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 3:36 PM To: Servers Alive Discussion List Subject: [SA-list] Problems With Lotus Notes Check We just started experiencing problems with the Lotus Notes com check. When the che

[SA-list] Problems With Lotus Notes Check

2007-02-22 Thread Ferrell, Jim
Problems With Lotus Notes Check We just started experiencing problems with the Lotus Notes com check. When the check is run, we get a pop-up window. Below are the basic contents of the pop-up: --- Error --- The system cannot find the file sp

RE: [SA-list] Oracle & TNSPing

2007-02-05 Thread Ferrell, Jim
I would want the logon. TNSPing can work while the database is unusable. Jim Ferrell EDS - Allison Transmission 4700 W 10th St Mail Code 462-470-H04 Indianapolis, IN 4622 phone: 317-242-0034 (8-252) mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 317-716-4541 -Original Message- From: Servers Alive Discu

RE: [SA-list] Re-introduction

2007-01-29 Thread Ferrell, Jim
We are doing what you describe with SAWeb. Jim Ferrell EDS - Allison Transmission From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Vogl, Tom Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 2:50 PM To

RE: [SA-list] Countfiles Timeouts

2006-10-30 Thread Ferrell, Jim
Title: Countfiles Timeouts If that is the case, I am stumped.   Jim From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dirk BulinckxSent: Monday, October 30, 2006 1:35 PMTo: Servers Alive Discussion ListSubject: RE: [SA-list] Countfiles Timeouts SK are still done at

RE: [SA-list] Countfiles Timeouts

2006-10-30 Thread Ferrell, Jim
Title: Countfiles Timeouts It looks like SA may not be misbehaving, or perhaps only slightly.  I increased the timeout to 20 seconds and I am not getting failures.   It appears that the second knock may be occurring within two seconds of the original check.  When this happens, it can take up

RE: [SA-list] Countfiles Timeouts

2006-10-28 Thread Ferrell, Jim
Title: Countfiles Timeouts No..    There are a few instances where the double check actually works, but not many.   Jim Ferrell From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dirk BulinckxSent: Friday, October 27, 2006 5:45 PMTo: Servers Alive Discussion ListS

RE: [SA-list] Countfiles Timeouts

2006-10-27 Thread Ferrell, Jim
Title: Countfiles Timeouts Both checks have second knock enabled.   Jim From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dirk BulinckxSent: Friday, October 27, 2006 5:30 PMTo: Servers Alive Discussion ListSubject: RE: [SA-list] Countfiles Timeouts do you have SK (

RE: [SA-list] Countfiles Timeouts

2006-10-27 Thread Ferrell, Jim
Title: Countfiles Timeouts I do not see alerts running around the same time.  After studying the log, I do see something unusual.   Most of the times when there are failures, SA is doing one of the checks twice.  There are two checks in a row and SA is doing 3 checks.   I have trimmed the log

RE: [SA-list] Countfiles Timeouts

2006-10-27 Thread Ferrell, Jim
Title: Countfiles Timeouts There are six entries all to the same remote system.  Four of the entries spend most of the time in eminence mode, sue to their schedule.  The other two are always enabled and we are having troubles with both of them.   The remote system is out side of our campus, b

[SA-list] Countfiles Timeouts

2006-10-27 Thread Ferrell, Jim
Title: Countfiles Timeouts We implemented SA v6 two days ago.  We are getting intermittent timeouts on the Countfiles external comcheck. The original timeout setting was the default 5 seconds.  I increased it to 10 seconds, but it did not appear to make any difference. Jim Ferrell EDS - Al

RE: [SA-list] Servers Alive v6 released today!

2006-10-24 Thread Ferrell, Jim
Does SA version 6 have the latest release of perfdata.ocx? Jim Ferrell EDS - Allison Transmission 4700 W 10th St Mail Code 462-470-H04 Indianapolis, IN 46222 * phone: +01-317-242-0034 (8-252) * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell phone: 317-716-4541 -Original Message- From: Servers Al

RE: [SA-list] Anti-virus signature checker

2006-08-16 Thread Ferrell, Jim
It probably should be two checks.  CA recommends you use both, but you can use only one if desired.   Jim FerrellEDS - Allison Transmission4700 W 10th StMail Code 462-470-H04Indianapolis, IN  46222 ( phone: +01-317-242-0034 (8-252)+ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Cell phone: 317-716-4541 From:

RE: [SA-list] Anti-virus signature checker

2006-08-16 Thread Ferrell, Jim
There is one for the Inoculate engine and one for the Vet engine.   Jim FerrellEDS - Allison Transmission4700 W 10th StMail Code 462-470-H04Indianapolis, IN  46222 ( phone: +01-317-242-0034 (8-252)+ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Cell phone: 317-716-4541 From: Servers Alive Discussion List [ma

RE: [SA-list] Checks fail due to lack of resources locally

2006-06-29 Thread Ferrell, Jim
Sounds like the perfdata ocx, you will need version 1.0.0.53. Jim -Original Message- From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 5:40 PM To: Servers Alive Discussion List Subject: RE: [SA-list] Checks fail du

RE: [SA-list] Checks fail due to lack of resources locally

2006-06-28 Thread Ferrell, Jim
Do all of your checks work after a fresh reboot? Jim -Original Message- From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 12:10 PM To: Servers Alive Discussion List Subject: RE: [SA-list] Checks fail due to lack of

RE: [SA-list] Checks fail due to lack of resources locally

2006-06-28 Thread Ferrell, Jim
We had trouble when we converted from version 4 to version 5. We found that there was a pretty severe handle leak in the perfdata OCX. Our system would lock up after a few hours of operation. We had a lot of perfmon checks. I worked with Woodstone and we now have a fairly stable version. You m

RE: [SA-list] Checks fail due to lack of resources locally

2006-06-27 Thread Ferrell, Jim
Do you have a lot of Perfmon checks in your configuration? Jim Ferrell EDS - Allison Transmission 4700 W 10th St Mail Code 462-470-H04 Indianapolis, IN 46222 * phone: +01-317-242-0034 (8-252) * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell phone: 317-716-4541 -Original Message- From: Servers Alive Di

RE: [SA-list] Checking anti-virus updates

2006-06-21 Thread Ferrell, Jim
I do not see how to get it from the definitions, but the update process seems to leave behind txt files that contains the version.   In my case it is :     C:\Program Files\CA\Common\ScanEngine\InoculateIT.txt  and     C:\Program Files\CA\Common\ScanEngine\Vet.txt   An excerpt from Inoculate

RE: [SA-list] E-mailing Alerts

2006-05-30 Thread Ferrell, Jim
I have been burned a couple of times by using semicolon as a delimiter instead of a comma.   Jim Ferrell EDS - Allison Transmission 4700 W 10th St Mail Code 462-470-H04 Indianapolis, IN  46222 ( phone: +01-317-242-0034 (8-252) + mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell phone: 317-716-4541 From:

[SA-list] Expand All Not working

2006-03-30 Thread Ferrell, Jim
: [SA-list] RE: [SA-list] RE: [SA-list] RE: [SA-list] Collapse All Not working Exit SA. Change one of the T to F and then restart SA That group should not be expanded.   Dirk Bulinckx.   From: Ferrell, Jim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 8:55 PMTo: Servers Alive

[SA-list] RE: [SA-list] RE: [SA-list] RE: [SA-list] RE: [SA-list] RE: [SA-list] RE: [SA-list] RE: [SA-list] RE: [SA-list] Collapse All Not working

2006-03-30 Thread Ferrell, Jim
Change one of the T to F and then restart SA That group should not be expanded.   Dirk Bulinckx.   From: Ferrell, Jim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 8:55 PMTo: Servers Alive Discussion ListSubject: [SA-list] RE: [SA-list] RE: [SA-list] RE: [SA-list] RE: [SA-list] R

[SA-list] RE: [SA-list] RE: [SA-list] RE: [SA-list] RE: [SA-list] RE: [SA-list] RE: [SA-list] Collapse All Not working

2006-03-30 Thread Ferrell, Jim
My file looks like:   G,My Entries,none,TG0001,MES Servers,none,TG0020,MES Kiosks and HMIs,none,TG0016,MES Printers,none,TG0018,Teklogix Servers,none,TG0019,Teklogix Access Points,none,TG0021,Monitoring Tools,none,TG0022,Uninterruptible Power Supplies,non

[SA-list] RE: [SA-list] RE: [SA-list] RE: [SA-list] Collapse All Not working

2006-03-30 Thread Ferrell, Jim
Did not work for me either.   Jim Ferrell From: Patricia Keane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 9:00 AMTo: Servers Alive Discussion ListSubject: [SA-list] RE: [SA-list] RE: [SA-list] Collapse All Not working This hasn’t worked. I added a group and then deleted an

[SA-list] RE: [SA-list] RE: [SA-list] Collapse All Not working

2006-03-30 Thread Ferrell, Jim
I am having similar problem after upgrade.   I will try your work around.   Jim Ferrell EDS - Allison Transmission 4700 W 10th St Mail Code 462-470-H04 Indianapolis, IN  46222 ( phone: +01-317-242-0034 (8-252) + mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell phone: 317-716-4541 From: Dirk Bulinckx [m

[SA-list] RE: [SA-list] multiple connections to shared resource

2006-03-20 Thread Ferrell, Jim
Have you mapped the drive that you are trying to check? I've been burned by that before. Jim Ferrell EDS - Allison Transmission 4700 W 10th St Mail Code 462-470-H04 Indianapolis, IN 46222 * phone: +01-317-242-0034 (8-252) * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell phone: 317-716-4541 -Original Mess

[SA-list] RE: [SA-list] RE: [SA-list] RE: [SA-list] RE: [SA-list] RE: [SA-list] File Save Message

2006-03-09 Thread Ferrell, Jim
opped.  It seems like it can't make up its mind whether it is running as service or an application.  It is definitely running as a service.  I am not launching the application.   Jim Ferrell From: Ferrell, Jim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 12:55 PMTo: Servers Al

[SA-list] RE: [SA-list] RE: [SA-list] RE: [SA-list] RE: [SA-list] File Save Message

2006-03-09 Thread Ferrell, Jim
: [SA-list] RE: [SA-list] File Save Message and are you starting the serversalive.exe file or "calling" the interface via the tray icon?   Dirk.   From: Ferrell, Jim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 6:20 PMTo: Servers Alive Discussion ListSubject: [SA-list] RE

[SA-list] RE: [SA-list] RE: [SA-list] File Save Message

2006-03-09 Thread Ferrell, Jim
m: Dirk Bulinckx [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 12:00 PMTo: Servers Alive Discussion ListSubject: [SA-list] RE: [SA-list] File Save Message SA running as service? Is the "automatically save changes on exit" option enabled? Dirk.   From: Ferrell, Jim [mail

[SA-list] RE: [SA-list] RE: [SA-list] File Save Message

2006-03-09 Thread Ferrell, Jim
by chance? Mine is but I’m not sure if that has anything to do with it. Also what version are you using? Just for comparison.   Cheers Barry  From: Ferrell, Jim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: March 9, 2006 11:00 AMTo: Servers Alive Discussion ListSubject: [SA-list] File Save Message   Every

[SA-list] File Save Message

2006-03-09 Thread Ferrell, Jim
Title: File Save Message Every time I log on or logoff the server, I get a pop-up asking if I want to save the SA configuration file. Is this normal behavior? Jim Ferrell EDS - Allison Transmission 4700 W 10th St Mail Code 462-470-H04 Indianapolis, IN  46222 ( phone: +01-317-242-003

RE: [SA-list] Reporting in SA

2006-02-01 Thread Ferrell, Jim
Title: Message We keep 30 days of Interchange data in the database.  Only the data for what we consider as "really important servers" gets transferred to another table via an insert trigger.  We then summarize the transferred data into weekly and monthly buckets.  That keeps things manageabl

RE: [SA-list] Reporting in SA

2006-01-31 Thread Ferrell, Jim
Title: Message I do a similar capture for performance data.   Jim Ferrell EDS - Allison Transmission 4700 W 10th St Mail Code 462-470-H04 Indianapolis, IN  46222 ( phone: +01-317-242-0034 (8-252) + mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell phone: 317-716-4541 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EM

RE: [SA-list] Servers Alive on W2K3

2005-12-06 Thread Ferrell, Jim
This may not be applicable, but we had authentication problems while migrating to AD.   I don't know why it worked but our NT Admins had us change the format for our SA user ID     from :DOMAIN\username     to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]   I believe this is a recipe for going from  SA on a NT Domain

RE: [SA-list] Feature request

2005-11-30 Thread Ferrell, Jim
Title: Message We check for the second instance of Servers Alive be checking for to instances of the ServersAlive.exe   Jim Ferrell EDS - Allison Transmission 4700 W 10th St Mail Code 462-470-H04 Indianapolis, IN  46222 ( phone: +01-317-242-0034 (8-252) + mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell ph

RE: [SA-list] Feature request

2005-11-27 Thread Ferrell, Jim
Title: Message A simple approach that we use is to create a check you know is going to fail.  We schedule it to run every morning at 6 AM.  It lets you know that SA is running, and has the added benefit of making sure the on-call person is out of bed and on the way to work.   It is not as ele

RE: [SA-list] Feature request

2005-11-27 Thread Ferrell, Jim
Title: Message A From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pech Lukas (CZ)Sent: Friday, November 25, 2005 2:37 AMTo: salive@woodstone.nuSubject: RE: [SA-list] Feature request Some products solved this issue by adding a kind of "Watchdog" service. It just periodically

RE: [SA-list] User BBS for "How-To" info....

2005-09-30 Thread Ferrell, Jim
I love the international flavor of this listserv. Pukka adj. (also ‘pukkah’, ‘pucka’) Anglo-Ind. 1. Genuine 2. Of good quality, reliable 3. Of full weight.Source Language Term: pucka Suggested Translation:toll, brilliant I think it is a great idea also, if Woodstone is agreeable.  I c

RE: [SA-list] Lotus Note Check

2005-09-23 Thread Ferrell, Jim
I'm betting the DB check would suffice.  I need to get back with Lotus Notes Admin.   Jim From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dirk BulinckxSent: Friday, September 23, 2005 1:40 PMTo: salive@woodstone.nuSubject: RE: [SA-list] Lotus Note Check There is a Notes DB

[SA-list] Lotus Note Check

2005-09-23 Thread Ferrell, Jim
I recall some discussion on checking Outlook servers.  As I recall there was a method to send an email and then check to see if it arrived.   Has anyone devised a method to check a Domino server for Lotus Notes?   Jim Ferrell EDS - Allison Transmission 4700 W 10th St Mail Code 462-470-H04

RE: [SA-list] MS SQL DMO on MS Server2003

2005-09-14 Thread Ferrell, Jim
Title: RE: [SA-list] MS SQL DMO on MS Server2003 Nov 7th is correct. Jim Ferrell EDS - Allison Transmission 4700 W 10th St Mail Code 462-470-H04 Indianapolis, IN  46222 ( phone: +01-317-242-0034 (8-252) + mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell phone: 317-716-4541 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mail

RE: [SA-list] optimizing ServersAlive

2005-09-08 Thread Ferrell, Jim
I probably should not jump in without more details, but ... I am running SA on an ancient server that is a piece of garbage. It is doing 530 checks in 7 minutes. An hour sounds like an awful long time. Jim Ferrell EDS - Allison Transmission 4700 W 10th St Mail Code 462-470-H04 Indianapolis, IN

RE: [SA-list] Changing Alert Setup for All Checks

2005-06-14 Thread Ferrell, Jim
Title: RE: [SA-list] Changing Alert Setup for All Checks A find/replace  can be done, but it is not encouraged by Woodstone.   Backup first, and use an editor that you trust.  (i.e. Textpad)  Do not even dream of pulling the file into Excel.   Jim Ferrell EDS - Allison Transmission 4700 W 10

RE: [SA-list] MSN Alerts stopped working.

2005-04-26 Thread Ferrell, Jim
We use Jabber and it has a pass through to AIM. Therefore you could still hit an AIM account with out the need for direct support in SA. Jim Ferrell EDS - Allison Transmission 4700 W 10th St Mail Code 462-470-H04 Indianapolis, IN 46222 * phone: +01-317-242-0034 (8-252) * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: [SA-list] Servers Alive Service

2005-04-13 Thread Ferrell, Jim
Our creative approach to put a stop to this practice was to add a check to SA for two occurrences of serversalive.exe and send a page to the offending individuals. Jim Ferrell EDS - Allison Transmission 4700 W 10th St Mail Code 462-470-H04 Indianapolis, IN 46222 * phone: +01-317-242-0034 (8-252

[SA-list] SA Evolution

2005-02-17 Thread Ferrell, Jim
It was fun to watch the screen when we first implemented years ago, and it still may be appealing to knew users to watch it work.  But now we have hundreds of checks and SA runs as a service.  SA is running on a server locked up in a lights out computer room and there is nobody there to loo

RE: [SA-list] Win XP - SP2 will not respond to SA

2005-01-29 Thread Ferrell, Jim
Title: Win XP - SP2 will not respond to SA Make sure the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) service is running on the Win-XP box.   Jim Ferrell EDS - Allison Transmission 4700 W 10th St Mail Code 462-470-H04 Indianapolis, IN  46222 ( phone: +01-317-242-0034 (8-252) + mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Ce

RE: [SA-list] Thanks to Dirk

2005-01-13 Thread Ferrell, Jim
You guys are driving the price up. :) Jim Ferrell EDS - Allison Transmission 4700 W 10th St Mail Code 462-470-H04 Indianapolis, IN 46222 * phone: +01-317-242-0034 (8-252) * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell phone: 317-716-4541 To unsubscribe from a list, send a mail message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] W

RE: [SA-list] Access rights problem when checking remote NT proce ss

2005-01-10 Thread Ferrell, Jim
een .. and 2 instances of SA in the server process list.   So what am I doing wrong? --Michael Leone, Systems AdministratorPhiladelphia Contributionship210 S. 4th Street, Philadelphia, PA  19106<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>V: 215-627-1752 x1282F: 215-627-5354  -Original Mess

RE: [SA-list] Access rights problem when checking remote NT proce ss

2005-01-07 Thread Ferrell, Jim
Title: Access rights problem when checking remote NT process We created a special account for Servers Alive.  Added that account to Group with admin privileges on all servers.   We use that account for authentication on all checks that require it. Jim Ferrell EDS - Allison Transmission 4700

[SA-list] Failed Dsikspace Checks

2004-11-05 Thread Ferrell, Jim
I just added disk space checks for our primary and backup Domain Controllers. The checks are failing about a dozen times a day. I am getting a message that access is denied. Are there known authentication issues when performing checks against a Domain Controller? - [

RE: [SA-list] Status codes

2004-10-28 Thread Ferrell, Jim
3 is unavailable   What is 2?   Jim Ferrell EDS - Allison Transmission 4700 W 10th St Mail Code 462-470-H04 Indianapolis, IN  46222 + mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dirk BulinckxSent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 3:48 PMTo: [EMA

RE: [SA-list] Avoiding unnecessary notifications

2004-08-24 Thread Ferrell, Jim
On the individual check level I really do not care one way or the other.  We would put the check in maintenance mode, and then we would put so much pressure on the person responsible for the outages that it would be fixed is short order.  Perhaps there could be reasons for not putting a chec

RE: [SA-list] Log alerts to database

2004-08-15 Thread Ferrell, Jim
o only keep one days Worth of data? Quoting "Ferrell, Jim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Not sure where you are heading. The short answer is handle it with a > stored procedure when the data arrives. > > I perform interchange logging to a database. I have an insert trigger

RE: [SA-list] Log alerts to database

2004-08-15 Thread Ferrell, Jim
erns about the size of my table so I think that this would be an excellent idea, how do only keep one days Worth of data? Quoting "Ferrell, Jim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Not sure where you are heading. The short answer is handle it with a > stored procedure when the data arr

RE: [SA-list] Log alerts to database

2004-08-13 Thread Ferrell, Jim
Not sure where you are heading. The short answer is handle it with a stored procedure when the data arrives. I perform interchange logging to a database. I have an insert trigger on the SA table that runs a stored procedure. The stored procedure then processes only what I am interested in (Perf

RE: [SA-list] Performance Monitor Checks

2004-07-30 Thread Ferrell, Jim
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ferrell, Jim Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 9:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [SA-list] Performance Monitor Checks I am running version 1607 of SA. perfdata.ocx ver 1.0.0.5, 69,632 Bytes, Thursday, March 13, 2003, 9:02:00 AM Jim -Original

RE: [SA-list] Performance Monitor Checks

2004-07-30 Thread Ferrell, Jim
Behalf Of Ferrell, Jim Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 8:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [SA-list] Performance Monitor Checks No entries in the log. Did discover that stopping and starting the Remote Registry Service cleared up the problem. I saw a thread in the SA archive from last April

RE: [SA-list] Performance Monitor Checks

2004-07-30 Thread Ferrell, Jim
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dirk Bulinckx Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 1:16 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [SA-list] Performance Monitor Checks Does the remote eventlog show any error? Dirk. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ferrell

[SA-list] Performance Monitor Checks

2004-07-30 Thread Ferrell, Jim
I have an unusual problem. We have a server that is not responding to Performance Monitor requests through Servers Alive. Actually it does respond eventually but the checks are taking two to five minutes each. During the check Servers Alive is unresponsive. When the target server gets in this st

RE: [SA-list] ActiveX Error on startup

2004-06-09 Thread Ferrell, Jim
I believe I had a similar problem.  It was caused by loading the SA upgrade  in a different directory.  I uninstalled and reinstalled in the original directory and all was well.   Jim Ferrell EDS - Allison Transmission 4700 W 10th St Mail Code 462-470-M-12A Indianapolis, IN  46222 ( phon

RE: [SA-list] Service vs. Application

2004-05-22 Thread Ferrell, Jim
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ferrell, Jim Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 9:57 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [SA-list] Service vs. Application I believe this would work if: 1. You are running 2003 Server. (Which you are.) 2. You have the latest version of Terminal

RE: [SA-list] Service vs. Application

2004-05-21 Thread Ferrell, Jim
playing. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ferrell, Jim Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 9:57 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [SA-list] Service vs. Application I believe this would work if: 1. You are running 2003 Server. (Which you are

RE: [SA-list] Service vs. Application

2004-05-21 Thread Ferrell, Jim
rname /console. This will allow SA to show up on the task bar, and allow editing without stopping the service. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ferrell, Jim Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 9:25 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [SA-list] Servi

RE: [SA-list] Service vs. Application

2004-05-21 Thread Ferrell, Jim
This is a constant problem at our site. (I have too many helpers.) I prefer to run SA as a service. If you do so, make sure to setup an ID and password and enter them on the checks that need authentication. The service runs with the system account and desktop interaction. If you desire to perf

[SA-list] Error 1460 On A Process Check

2004-05-12 Thread Ferrell, Jim
I received the following error: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 12:16:18 AM ERR process check: ERR: 1460 Is that an OS return code? What does it mean? Is there a good place to look up the meaning of the error code? Jim Ferrell EDS - Allison Transmission 4700 W 10th St Mail Code 462-470-M-12A Indianapo

RE: [SA-list] SA Handling Of Quotation Marks

2004-05-07 Thread Ferrell, Jim
Dirk. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ferrell, Jim Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 8:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [SA-list] SA Handling Of Quotation Marks Build is 1606 The characters {22} are showing on the Alert tab and on the

RE: [SA-list] SA Handling Of Quotation Marks

2004-05-07 Thread Ferrell, Jim
nbelt-software.com/targetawards/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ferrell, Jim Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 4:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [SA-list] SA Handling Of Quotation Marks I did upgrade to the latest version, I was mis

RE: [SA-list] SA Handling Of Quotation Marks

2004-05-07 Thread Ferrell, Jim
. 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 Ferrell, Jim Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 4:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE

RE: [SA-list] SA Handling Of Quotation Marks

2004-05-07 Thread Ferrell, Jim
Behalf Of Ferrell, Jim Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 4:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [SA-list] SA Handling Of Quotation Marks I just upgrade from build 1567 to 1591. When I edit alerts, it is changing double quotation marks to {22}. Is this by design, or is something strange happening? Jim F

[SA-list] SA Handling Of Quotation Marks

2004-05-07 Thread Ferrell, Jim
I just upgrade from build 1567 to 1591. When I edit alerts, it is changing double quotation marks to {22}. Is this by design, or is something strange happening? Jim Ferrell EDS - Allison Transmission 4700 W 10th St Mail Code 462-470-M-12A Indianapolis, IN 46222 * phone: +01-317-242-0034 (8-252

RE: [SA-list] Jabber/XMPP protocol based alert

2004-05-06 Thread Ferrell, Jim
I am satisfied with existing notification process. However if we did use IM, Jabber would be my first choice. Jabber is our corporate standard for IM. Jim Ferrell EDS - Allison Transmission 4700 W 10th St Mail Code 462-470-M-12A Indianapolis, IN 46222 * phone: +01-317-242-0034 (8-252) * mail

RE: [SA-list] SNMP setup HELP !

2004-04-29 Thread Ferrell, Jim
Title: SNMP setup HELP ! Try removing the first period.   Jim Ferrell EDS - Allison Transmission 4700 W 10th St Mail Code 462-470-M-12A Indianapolis, IN  46222 ( phone: +01-317-242-0034 (8-252) + mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell phone: 317-716-4541 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: [SA-list] SA to Excel

2004-03-25 Thread Ferrell, Jim
I don't believe it is practical to import a SA version 4 configuration into Excel. Even with version 3 it could cause serious problems if you didn't know what you were doing. I had to create macros to fix the data that Excel messed up. Jim Ferrell EDS - Allison Transmission -Original Messag

RE: [SA-list] Problem with SA and W3K/Terminal Server Service

2004-02-12 Thread Ferrell, Jim
Title: Message From what I have read.  We would need SA running on a Win 2003 Server, and would have to use the Windows remote desktop client v5.2.3790.   Does that sound correct?   Jim Ferrell EDS - Allison Transmission Mail Stop M-12A 4700 W 10th St Indianapolis, IN  46222 ( phone: +01-

RE: [SA-list] COUNTFILES External Check

2004-01-30 Thread Ferrell, Jim
. Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ferrell, Jim Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 11:19 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [SA-list] COUNTFILES External Check The ini has a blank line. Jim -Original Message- Fr

RE: [SA-list] COUNTFILES External Check

2004-01-30 Thread Ferrell, Jim
a BLANK line! If the path to the ini file contains a space, please put it in between quotes. Example: c:\program files\salive\external\countfiles.exe ini="c:\program files\countfiles.ini" section=mailserver - Original Message - From: "Ferrell, Jim" <[EMAIL

RE: [SA-list] COUNTFILES External Check

2004-01-30 Thread Ferrell, Jim
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ferrell, Jim Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 3:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [SA-list] COUNTFILES External Check I keep getting a zero returned, even when there are files and directories in the folder. I am fairly certain the i

[SA-list] COUNTFILES External Check

2004-01-30 Thread Ferrell, Jim
I keep getting a zero returned, even when there are files and directories in the folder. I am fairly certain the ini file is setup correctly. I also get a zero returned when I put in a bad path. What is the purpose of the ini setting, "Directory=T". Jim Ferrell EDS - Allison Transmission Mail

RE: [SA-list] Count Files

2004-01-30 Thread Ferrell, Jim
Pardon the post, I just found CFreadme.txt. Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ferrell, Jim Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 7:41 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [SA-list] Count Files Is there documentation for this external check? I

[SA-list] Count Files

2004-01-30 Thread Ferrell, Jim
Is there documentation for this external check? I presume I must pass it a directory. What about user, password, etc? Jim Ferrell EDS - Allison Transmission Mail Stop M-12A 4700 W 10th St Indianapolis, IN 46222 * phone: +01-317-242-0034 (8-252) * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell phone: 317-716-45

RE: [SA-list] SA Configuration File

2003-12-12 Thread Ferrell, Jim
ou have no entries in the first file that depend on the second file (or the other way around). And I suppose that both will have more then 10 entries? Then you'll also need 2 licenses... Dirk. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ferrell, J

[SA-list] SA Configuration File

2003-12-12 Thread Ferrell, Jim
I know that you do not endorse manually editing the configuration file, and I assume that I would do so at my own risk. But, ... can I spilt a configuration file in half an run them on two separate servers? Jim Ferrell EDS - Allison Transmission Mail Stop M-12A 4700 W 10th St Indianapolis, IN 46

RE: [SA-list] 1.7.3 saweb

2003-11-26 Thread Ferrell, Jim
--Original Message-From: Ferrell, Jim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 4:40 AMTo: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'Subject: RE: [SA-list] 1.7.3 saweb   You have to setup logon. Jim Ferrell EDS - Allison Transmission Mail Stop M-12A 4700 W 10th

RE: [SA-list] 1.7.3 saweb

2003-11-26 Thread Ferrell, Jim
You have to setup logon. Jim Ferrell EDS - Allison Transmission Mail Stop M-12A 4700 W 10th St Indianapolis, IN  46222 ( phone: +01-317-242-0034 (8-252) + mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell phone: 317-716-4541 -Original Message-From: Boyd, Nathan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Tu

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