RE: [SA-list] I might be alone

2007-11-05 Thread Michael Shook
Yup, I see it from time to time. Also, see the occasional running the CPU to 100%. Never have seen a pattern though, so I never have said anything. Like you we just have a check on a secondary server to see when the last time SA ran on the primary server. Michael D. Shook Systems Analyst

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

2007-10-23 Thread Michael Shook
House, 111 Marlowes, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire HP1 1BB Registered in England No: 2831215 From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Shook Sent: 23 October 2

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

2007-10-23 Thread Michael Shook
On a side note to Dirk, is there any way you can have SA do the following: when started as an app, check to see if the service is running, if so change some aspect of the GUI to show this. when started as a service, check to see if the process is running, if so throw a msgbox alert showing th

RE: [SA-list] URL Check

2007-10-18 Thread Michael Shook
-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) From: Ahmed Hassan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 4:09 PM To: Michael Shook Subject: Re: [SA-list] URL Check Hi Micheal I think so - but will have to co

FW: [SA-list] URL Check

2007-10-18 Thread Michael Shook
] Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 4:09 PM To: Michael Shook Subject: Re: [SA-list] URL Check Hi Micheal I think so - but will have to confirm this with my Web Admin guys. By the way - how willI go about checking if the web site credit card verification was working? Thanks Ahmed

RE: [SA-list] Exchange monitoring

2007-10-18 Thread Michael Shook
List Subject: RE: [SA-list] Exchange monitoring I'm with Michael on this one! We only monitor for disk size etc. Maybe check the mail queue for stuck mail... -Original Message----- From: Michael Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 1:56 PM To: Servers Alive Discu

RE: [SA-list] Exchange monitoring

2007-10-18 Thread Michael Shook
ABSOLUTLY!!! U, not sure exactly what to look for to determine the health (I'm not an Exchange admin, they're going to get back to me with specifics) And yes, we'd be willing to Beta test. We're running Exchange 2003 on 2003 Enterprise Server for the back end, and Exchange 2003 on 2003 Stand

RE: [SA-list] URL Check

2007-10-18 Thread Michael Shook
Is all you are trying to do is see if your websites credit card verification is working? Michael D. Shook Systems Analyst - Data Integration Saddle Creek Corporation 863 668 4477 (work) 863 665 1261 (fax) My time zone: UTC -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) -

RE: [SA-list] SNMP checks - limited to 2 values per entry?

2007-10-12 Thread Michael Shook
it's worth alerting on. Doug From: Servers Alive Discussion List on behalf of Michael Shook Sent: Wed 10/3/2007 10:00 PM To: Servers Alive Discussion List Subject: RE: [SA-list] SNMP checks - limited to 2 values

RE: [SA-list] SNMP checks - limited to 2 values per entry?

2007-10-03 Thread Michael Shook
You could build a cascade of checks with the alert on the bottom. Michael D. Shook Systems Analyst - Data Integration Saddle Creek Corporation 863 668 4477 (work) 863 665 1261 (fax) My time zone: UTC -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) -Original Message- From: Servers Alive Discussion List [

RE: [SA-list] Uptime monitoring

2007-09-26 Thread Michael Shook
h, alright. I didn't know that it is so old. Well seems logic now that you used so complicated method as you didn't have export we got in the v6. Thx, I'll look through it again. -Original Message- From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf O

RE: [SA-list] Uptime monitoring

2007-09-25 Thread Michael Shook
t's better in your method? I found it rather ... Complicated to setup and to maintain. Petr -Original Message- From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Shook Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 11:51 PM To: Servers Alive Discussion List

RE: [SA-list] Uptime monitoring

2007-09-25 Thread Michael Shook
If you go to the Users Group, you'll find the rather involved method I have in place to manage uptimes. SAUG.snarkybox.com Michael D. Shook Systems Analyst - Data Integration Saddle Creek Corporation 863 668 4477 (work) 863 665 1261 (fax) My time zone: UTC -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) -O

RE: [SA-list] Vista?

2007-09-20 Thread Michael Shook
Windows for Workgroups 3.11 BABY!!! Michael D. Shook Systems Analyst - Data Integration Saddle Creek Corporation 863 668 4477 (work) 863 665 1261 (fax) My time zone: UTC -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) -Original Message- From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTE

RE: [SA-list] Enabeling SQL checks in Servers Alive...

2007-09-13 Thread Michael Shook
Alive Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Shook Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 8:06 AM To: Servers Alive Discussion List Subject: RE: [SA-list] Enabeling SQL checks in Servers Alive... If you do a count(*), then you can ask SA to error if the count is wrong. SA

RE: [SA-list] Enabeling SQL checks in Servers Alive...

2007-09-13 Thread Michael Shook
If you do a count(*), then you can ask SA to error if the count is wrong. SA will only get a result from the top right cell of the result set. Michael D. Shook Systems Analyst - Data Integration Saddle Creek Corporation 863 668 4477 (work) 863 665 1261 (fax) My time zone: UTC -0400 (Eastern D

RE: [SA-list] Interface not updating

2007-09-05 Thread Michael Shook
U, I'd have to agree with Steve here. While I understand the issue that is trying to be fixed, I would be as frustrated as he is while working on a new exotic check. Perhaps a new command button to update the interface by hand when necessary? Michael D. Shook Systems Analyst - Data Int

RE: [SA-list] Groups randomly changing

2007-08-15 Thread Michael Shook
Sounds like when you modify SA using the console as an applications while SA is running as a service in the background. Is this the case? Michael D. Shook Systems Analyst - Data Integration Saddle Creek Corporation 863 668 4477 (work) 863 665 1261 (fax) My time zone: UTC -0400 (Eastern Daylight

RE: [SA-list] HELP SMTP email doent work

2007-07-13 Thread Michael Shook
"[2704] Woah, nellie! " ROFLMAO! Dang, I needed that Michael D. Shook Systems Analyst - Data Integration Saddle Creek Corporation 863 668 4477 (work) 863 665 1261 (fax) My time zone: UTC -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

RE: [SA-list] Monitoring Event Log

2007-07-03 Thread Michael Shook
What property of the printer do you want to monitor? Michael D. Shook Systems Analyst - Data Integration Saddle Creek Corporation 863 668 4477 (work) 863 665 1261 (fax) My time zone: UTC -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) --

RE: [SA-list] Monitoring Event Log

2007-07-03 Thread Michael Shook
inckx. From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Shook Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 5:11 PM To: Servers Alive Discussion List Subject: RE: [SA-list] Monitoring Event Log Could you ha

RE: [SA-list] Monitoring Event Log

2007-07-03 Thread Michael Shook
Re: [SA-list] Import entry Could you have SA force a new error? That way you could have something to test against... Michael D. Shook Systems Analyst - Data Integration Saddle Creek Corporation 863 668 4477 (work) 863 665 1261 (fax) My time zone: UTC -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) -

RE: [SA-list] Checking Telnet response

2007-07-03 Thread Michael Shook
When you open the COMTelnet test window and connect, do you see what you expect to see from the session? To further assist you, I need to see screen shots of the 'Connection', 'Command Rules', 'Parsing Rules', 'Alert Rules' and 'Test'. I also need to see the 'Parameter String' Please send

RE: [SA-list] Diagnostic help

2007-06-20 Thread Michael Shook
From: Michael Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 10:11 AM To: Servers Alive Discussion List Subject: RE: [SA-list] Diagnostic help We've seen that same issue (messages being split) here, when the text message was sent to a cell phone, the cell service would cu

RE: [SA-list] Diagnostic help

2007-06-20 Thread Michael Shook
When greater then 30, I get a text message: Here are the two messages I get: Sbj:HCP File Check is DOWN|HCP File Check is DOWN The number of HCP files has exceeded 30! Mail generated by Woodstone [1 of 2] Alive at Wednesday, June 20, 2007 8:24:37 AM[2 of 2] F

RE: [SA-list] Diagnostic help

2007-06-20 Thread Michael Shook
Please specifiy exactly how you have the check setup, and please show us how you currently receive the alert. Michael D. Shook Systems Analyst - Data Integration Saddle Creek Corporation 863 668 4477 (work) 863 665 1261 (fax) My time zone: UTC -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

RE: [SA-list] File Properties System Date Parameter?

2007-05-31 Thread Michael Shook
* * What is a sample file name? Michael D. Shook Systems Analyst - Data Integration Saddle Creek Corporation 863 668 4477 (work) 863 665 1261 (fax) My time zone: UTC -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) From: Serve

RE: [SA-list] File Properties System Date Parameter?

2007-05-31 Thread Michael Shook
* Well, rats. :-) I was just starting to figure out a way to script this. Michael D. Shook Systems Analyst - Data Integration Saddle Creek Corporation 863 668 4477 (work) 863 665 1261 (fax) My time zone: UTC -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) ---

RE: [SA-list] File Properties System Date Parameter?

2007-05-30 Thread Michael Shook
tten 995 minutes ago. -Original Message- From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Shook Sent: May 30, 2007 3:25 PM To: Servers Alive Discussion List Subject: RE: [SA-list] File Properties System Date Parameter? change the "creation date&quo

RE: [SA-list] File Properties System Date Parameter?

2007-05-30 Thread Michael Shook
f you have any examples I could use as a guide I'd appreciate it. Send to me directly if you want. Thanks for the ideas Barry Dirk - Ditto the strong helpful community for "SA strong points":-) From: Servers Alive Discussion List [

RE: [SA-list] File Properties System Date Parameter?

2007-05-30 Thread Michael Shook
itto the strong helpful community for "SA strong points":-) From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Shook Sent: May 30, 2007 1:56 PM To: Servers Alive Discussion List Subject: RE: [SA-list] File Propert

RE: [SA-list] File Properties System Date Parameter?

2007-05-30 Thread Michael Shook
* If I'm not mistaken, if you give the file properties check only the folder name in which the log files live, then it will check the modified time of the folder, which should be the modified time of the most recently modified file in that folder. Michael D. Shook Systems Analyst - Data Int

RE: [SA-list] Strong point(s) of Servers Alive

2007-05-30 Thread Michael Shook
1) Exceptional versatility. This will check 98% of your environment out-of-the-box. For the other 2%, you can easily build external add-ons yourself, a member of the user community might assist you, or Woodstone will write one for you. 2) The best support I've EVER seen for ANY product, hardware o

RE: [SA-list] Monitoring UPS

2007-05-25 Thread Michael Shook
essage- From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Shook Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 1:06 PM To: Servers Alive Discussion List Subject: RE: [SA-list] Monitoring UPS Ah, so this is a continuation of the situation from a few weeks ago? If so, then my answer

RE: [SA-list] Monitoring UPS

2007-05-25 Thread Michael Shook
er Network Administrator Olson Research Group 300 Phillips Blvd. Suite 100 Ewing, NJ 08618 609-882-9888 Fax: 609-359-2003 -Original Message- From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Shook Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 12:51 PM To: Servers Alive Disc

RE: [SA-list] Monitoring UPS

2007-05-25 Thread Michael Shook
List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Shook Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 12:51 PM To: Servers Alive Discussion List Subject: RE: [SA-list] Monitoring UPS Have you installed PowerChute Business Edition Server on both machines? Do both machines have the Windows SNMP commponents installe

RE: [SA-list] OFF TOPIC: Command line SSH/Telnet utility

2007-05-22 Thread Michael Shook
t;<< * PSFTP (an SFTP client, i.e. general file transfer sessions much like FTP) * PuTTYtel (a Telnet-only client) * Plink (a command-line interface to the PuTTY back ends) * Pageant (an SSH authentication agent for PuTTY, PSCP and Plink) * PuTTYgen (an RSA and DSA key generation utility).

[SA-list] OFF TOPIC: Command line SSH/Telnet utility

2007-05-22 Thread Michael Shook
OFF TOPIC: Command line SSH/Telnet utility Can anyone recommend a good utility that will allow the download of a file via a SSH/Telnet session from the command line? Any ideas would be appreciated. We're trying to automate the weekly retrieval of router configs. Thanks!! Michael D. Shook

RE: [SA-list] Monitoring UPS

2007-05-14 Thread Michael Shook
100 Ewing, NJ 08618 609-882-9888 Fax: 609-359-2003 -Original Message- From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Shook Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 11:31 AM To: Servers Alive Discussion List Subject: RE: [SA-list] Monitoring UPS This assumes that

RE: [SA-list] Monitoring UPS

2007-05-14 Thread Michael Shook
This assumes that you have a network management card installed. If the back of your UPS has a black metal plate with no markings, you need to install a AP9617, AP9618 or AP9619 network amangement card. Michael D. Shook Systems Analyst - Data Integration Saddle Creek Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [SA-list] uptime reporting

2007-05-09 Thread Michael Shook
List Subject: RE: [SA-list] uptime reporting It said it could not connect to the db. Dirk Bulinckx. From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Shook Sent: Wednesday, M

RE: [SA-list] uptime reporting

2007-05-09 Thread Michael Shook
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Shook Sent: 05 July 2006 18:46 To: Servers Alive Discussion List Subject: RE: [SA-list] uptime reporting Hmmm, I can't find the link to the old forum either (i may have been the only person who posted to it?) If there's still interest, I ca

RE: [SA-list] SNMP - Monitoring UPS

2007-05-08 Thread Michael Shook
x27;s indeed the correct OID. I have set it to laert when the result contains the value 3. BTW - can enter all the values you have suggested? Best wishes - Original Message From: Michael Shook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Servers Alive Discussion List Sent: Monday, 7 May, 2007 1:35:15 PM

RE: [SA-list] SNMP - Monitoring UPS

2007-05-07 Thread Michael Shook
That is the TRAP OID for a status of "OnBattery". GetIf shows this by putting a # symbol after the group name in the OID tree. In this case it shows "apc#". The correct OID for a SNMP check is: .1.3.6.1.4.1.318.1.1.1.4.1.1.0 GetIf will show the possible values in the "Enums" drop down box on

RE: [SA-list] Linking Monitoring Packages

2007-05-03 Thread Michael Shook
f Mark Bradshaw Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 2:26 PM To: Servers Alive Discussion List Subject: RE: [SA-list] Linking Monitoring Packages Transmogrifies? Nice. -Original Message- From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Shook Sent: Thursday, May 0

RE: [SA-list] Linking Monitoring Packages

2007-05-03 Thread Michael Shook
This strays into the realms of automation rather then inspection. The solution I'd use for this would be AutoMate. http://www.networkautomation.com/index.htm?redirfrom=unisyn&; A very powerful tool for any and all automated tasks. Among other things we use it thusly: Outlook client always runni

RE: [SA-list]

2007-05-02 Thread Michael Shook
live Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Shook Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 9:41 PM To: Servers Alive Discussion List Subject: RE: [SA-list] Well, SA will allow use of a reg file local to the install, and depending on how stripped down it goes, a simple WinSock.dll

RE: [SA-list]

2007-05-02 Thread Michael Shook
done with the number of dll's installed and the amount of information placed in the registry. I'd think the time it would take to re-architect SA for this would be excessive. Wouldn't a full blown version on a laptop be easier? You'd have to create the checks/host file either way.

RE: [SA-list]

2007-05-02 Thread Michael Shook
- From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Shook Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 7:41 PM To: Servers Alive Discussion List Subject: RE: [SA-list] I'd be curious to see a really basic Servers Alive be made portable. With just

RE: [SA-list]

2007-05-02 Thread Michael Shook
t: RE: [SA-list] Could it be made to do so, perhaps in the "free" version? From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Shook Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 11:56 AM To:

[SA-list]

2007-05-02 Thread Michael Shook
Can Servers Alive be made portable? IE: run from a USB Stick with NO installation or integration with windows, the regisrty or files on the main PC? Michael D. Shook Systems Analyst - Data Integration Saddle Creek Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) 863 668 4477 (work) 863

RE: [SA-list] Remote agent testing

2007-05-02 Thread Michael Shook
. From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Shook Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 4:36 PM To: Servers Alive Discussion List Subject: RE: [SA-list] Remote agent testing *nix? this is XP to XP Telnetting to remote from

RE: [SA-list] Remote agent testing

2007-05-02 Thread Michael Shook
From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Shook Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 4:06 PM To: Servers Alive Discussion List Subject: [SA-list] Remote agent testing Dirk: XP 2 XP on the same LAN I can't get this to work at all. Telnet or SSH, Full or

[SA-list] Remote agent testing

2007-05-02 Thread Michael Shook
Remote agent testing Dirk: XP 2 XP on the same LAN I can't get this to work at all. Telnet or SSH, Full or read only, Echo back or not. Different results, some with error messages, none actually work. Telnet from cmd line works. Can you give me exact instructions on one method of getting

RE: [SA-list] Update(s)

2007-04-19 Thread Michael Shook
Sign me up for the NT Agent please. Michael D. Shook Systems Analyst - Data Integration Saddle Creek Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] 863 668 4477 (work) 863 665 1261 (fax) www.saddlecrk.com -Original Message- From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dirk

RE: [SA-list] Some mail alert are sent twice ?!!?

2007-04-18 Thread Michael Shook
This reminds me of the time when we had Servers Alive running on the console, and then a tech remoted in and used his login to access the the server remotely. He then started a 2nd SA instance not seeing the one running on the root console. This of course caused 2x alerts to be sent. So, check t

RE: [SA-list] Some mail alert are sent twice ?!!?

2007-04-18 Thread Michael Shook
This reminds me of the time when we had Servers Alive running on th Michael D. Shook Systems Analyst - Data Integration Saddle Creek Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) 863 668 4477 (work) 863 665 1261 (fax) www.saddlecrk.com (http://www.saddlecrk.com/) -

RE: [SA-list] SQL Server 2005

2007-04-11 Thread Michael Shook
SQL Server 2005 Where are you worried about exposure? Yes, there is some risk of a person standing at the Servers Alive server opening the files and getting the password. We answered this question 2 ways: One, the Servers Alive server itself is no more or less secure than the Database Serv

RE: [SA-list] SQL Server 2005

2007-04-11 Thread Michael Shook
SQL Server 2005 Would this require the SQL 2005 client tools installed on the ServersAlive server? Michael D. Shook Systems Analyst - Data Integration Saddle Creek Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) 863 668 4477 (work) 863 665 1261 (fax) www.saddlecrk.com (http://www.sadd

RE: [SA-list] feature request for v7

2007-04-10 Thread Michael Shook
you've done anything at all." Michael Shook wrote: Wow, the addition of a join between my log db (which is a text ODBC driver) and the SA db would be both tricky (MS SQL linking to Text DBs has always been problematic) and slow (two DBs on 2 servers). So, this solution dies on the dr

RE: [SA-list] feature request for v7

2007-04-10 Thread Michael Shook
if I rambled I have not been sleeping much). Jason Passow Mississippi Welders Supply [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph: (507) 494-5178 fax: (507) 454-8104 "If you do everything right, nobody will realize you've done anything at all." Michael Shook wrote: That may be, but how do I set it up? If

RE: [SA-list] feature request for v7

2007-04-10 Thread Michael Shook
That may be, but how do I set it up? If I just set another threshhold, how will I know when it is exceeded again with more errors? If this is a cascade event (where things go bad and keep going that way) how would one or two additional checks help? Then two by adding more checks, I increase the adm

[SA-list] feature request for v7

2007-04-09 Thread Michael Shook
feature request for v7 Can I get an alert option for "and every time the result changes"? For example I have an ODBC check that returns the number of errors in a log table for a given period of time. We have a master query that is "DOWN when there are more than 3 errors in the last twelve hou

RE: [SA-list] feature request for v7

2007-04-05 Thread Michael Shook
L PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Shook Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 3:51 PM To: Servers Alive Discussion List Subject: RE: [SA-list] feature request for v7 The 2nd one. I develope the bizarre new check on my PC using the free version, but I need them appended into the the production SA

RE: [SA-list] not sending a "when back up" if previous down alert was not sent

2007-04-05 Thread Michael Shook
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Shook Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 3:51 PM To: Servers Alive Discussion List Subject: [SA-list] not sending a "when back up" if previous down alert was not sent I know some discussion in the past has been had about a new check status of &qu

[SA-list] not sending a "when back up" if previous down alert was not sent

2007-04-05 Thread Michael Shook
not sending a "when back up" if previous down alert was not sent I know some discussion in the past has been had about a new check status of "Error" which would indicate that the check process itself failed (slow network, bad login, etc…) rather than the check failed the rules (less than 2GB f

RE: [SA-list] feature request for v7

2007-04-05 Thread Michael Shook
--- From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Shook Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 2:46 PM To: Servers Alive Discussion List Subject: [SA-list] feature request for v7 Due to the re-distribution of job duties, I find mysel

[SA-list] feature request for v7

2007-04-05 Thread Michael Shook
feature request for v7 Due to the re-distribution of job duties, I find myself developing checks (usually the more complicated addon checks) on my pc then telling the SA admin how to build the checks on the production machine that I no longer have access to. my request is: the ability to imp

RE: [SA-list] idea....

2007-04-03 Thread Michael Shook
I think that we're all over complicating it. I see what you all have brought up, and I think those points are valid from a technician's point of view (the guy coding the check). How about a non-technicians (managers ?) POV form? Leave it all in natural-language form? For the check maybe ju

[SA-list] idea....

2007-04-03 Thread Michael Shook
idea I would like a Servers Alive maintained form (by maintained, mean an updated version with each version change) that could be filled out externally to SA that has all the fields I need to write an actual check. Something like a word document that would ask all the questions possible,

RE: [SA-list] GUI make-over - more items

2007-03-28 Thread Michael Shook
k.com -Original Message- From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Shook Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 2:21 PM To: Servers Alive Discussion List Subject: RE: [SA-list] GUI make-over - more items as far as: "Ability to TURN OFF the update of t

RE: [SA-list] GUI make-over - more items

2007-03-28 Thread Michael Shook
as far as: "Ability to TURN OFF the update of the GUI and just use it to manage checks. " => meaning that it does not show the status nor the roundtrip nor the response not the colored bar? That seems kind of difficult to combine this with the request about the status column, or am I missing some

RE: [SA-list] GUI make-over

2007-03-26 Thread Michael Shook
Dirk Bulinckx. -Original Message- From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Shook Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 7:06 PM To: Servers Alive Discussion List Subject: RE: [SA-list] GUI make-over For me, the biggest impact would be to have 2 different wa

RE: [SA-list] GUI make-over

2007-03-26 Thread Michael Shook
For me, the biggest impact would be to have 2 different ways of displaying and organizeing the checks. 1) by logical group 2) by dependencies Since you have both these data elements, let the GUI display both. Let me organize by logical group regardless of the physical dependencies, and let me ma

RE: [SA-list] GUI make-over

2007-03-26 Thread Michael Shook
I wouldn't mind a *nix cron style of schedule input. We use taht elsewhere, so the team is fairly used to it. Michael D. Shook Systems Analyst - Data Integration Saddle Creek Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) 863 668 4477 (work) 863 665 1261 (fax) www.saddlecrk.com (http

RE: [SA-list] How to check WINWORD.exe in Task Manager

2007-03-01 Thread Michael Shook
When It hangs, does it start up multiple instances of WINWORD? Michael D. Shook Systems Analyst - Data Integration Saddle Creek Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) 863 668 4477 (work) 863 665 1261 (fax) www.saddlecrk.com (http://www.saddlecrk.com/) --

[SA-list] Monitor a Remote machines local user lockout status

2007-02-27 Thread Michael Shook
Monitor a Remote machines local user lockout status Did the group ever dream up a way to do this? Thanks!!! Michael D. Shook Systems Analyst - Data Integration Saddle Creek Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) 863 668 4477 (work) 863 665 1261 (fax) www.saddlecrk.com (http:

RE: [SA-list] Web Templates

2007-02-22 Thread Michael Shook
So you're looking for something closer to the 'dashboard' as discussed here: http://saug.snarkybox.com/index.php?topic=17.0 (http://saug.snarkybox.com/index.php?topic=17.0) ? Michael D. Shook Systems Analyst - Data Integration Saddle Creek Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTE

RE: [SA-list] Text to speech

2007-02-15 Thread Michael Shook
Can you play a .wav file to a phone call? I think I remember this functionality. If so, then have the dingus create a .wav file of the text message, then play that to the phone. Michael D. Shook Systems Analyst - Data Integration Saddle Creek Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EM

RE: [SA-list] AIM alerts not being sent?

2007-02-14 Thread Michael Shook
In my case, we registered v5, and I would need to buy a new license for v6, correct? Which I wouldn't get, until next year's budget. So I will be using v5 for at least the rest of this year. -> -> -> Dirk Bulinckx. -> -Original Message- -> From: Servers Alive Discu

RE: [SA-list] AIM alerts not being sent?

2007-02-13 Thread Michael Shook
Just as a thought... Since the IM part of SA seems to be continually under seige as the protocols shift, would it make sense for that part of SA to be "externalized" to a .dll or somesuch so that upgrading that piece of it doesn't mean an upgrade to SA in it's whole. I envision a separate .dll

RE: [SA-list] XML output

2007-02-08 Thread Michael Shook
We are a Crystal Reports shop at the moment, and expect to transiton over to MS SQL Report Services in the next few years for hardcopy / management reporting. I would probably import the data into a MS SQL table for reporting and viewing via web. Michael D. Shook Systems Analyst - Data Integrati

RE: Re[2]: [SA-list] weird SA utilization question

2007-02-08 Thread Michael Shook
Dirk, even though this isn't your problem, I wonder if you could have an administrative option to NOT update the GUI while running a check cycle? Sort of like run the checks in the background, then update the display all at once when done. Would this be possible? Would it help? Michael D. Sh

RE: [SA-list] Feature request, was: Changing alert recipients en masse

2007-02-05 Thread Michael Shook
re using. With the CRON schedule you can say that it has to run on a specific day/hour/minute, while what we do is run "all the time" except... Dirk Bulinckx. From: Servers Alive Discussion List

RE: [SA-list] Feature request, was: Changing alert recipients en masse

2007-02-05 Thread Michael Shook
recipients en masse No I'm not aware of that format. Can you give some examples/tips/hints/...? Dirk Bulinckx. From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Sho

RE: [SA-list] Feature request, was: Changing alert recipients en masse

2007-02-05 Thread Michael Shook
d"), how do you see that within an XML file? Dirk Bulinckx. From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Shook Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 10:11 PM To: Servers Ali

RE: [SA-list] Feature request, was: Changing alert recipients en masse

2007-02-02 Thread Michael Shook
en masse For the export? I hope even before that :-) (that is before v7) Dirk Bulinckx. From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Shook Sent: Friday, February 02

RE: [SA-list] Feature request, was: Changing alert recipients en masse

2007-02-02 Thread Michael Shook
tools -Tom From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Shook Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 7:56 AM To: Servers Alive Discussion List Subject: [SA-list] Feature request

[SA-list] Feature request, was: Changing alert recipients en masse

2007-02-02 Thread Michael Shook
Can I request a way to print out the alerts that each check have? Or better yet export a .csv with the alert data? I'd love: SAID UID Alert Recipients Alert Conditions Alert Schedule I have been asked repeatedly for this information so the managers of the teams can review it. P

RE: [SA-list] Agent based check

2007-02-01 Thread Michael Shook
This is probably off topic, but maybe not. We are implementing vmWare ESX and VI in our production environment. Since the host servers are rather well protected, having agents to talk with them directly would probably be really nifty. I know that ESX runs on a proprietary Linux core, so a Linux a

RE: [SA-list] Monitor Groups

2007-01-31 Thread Michael Shook
I would ask that you write it up and stick it on the SAUG for the future. You never know when just that sort of thing is needed. http://saug.snarkybox.com (http://saug.snarkybox.com) Michael D. Shook Systems Analyst - Data Integration Saddle Creek Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAI

RE: [SA-list] is it remotely possible?

2007-01-26 Thread Michael Shook
My thought for those sites that you can't see directly would be to place SA on a machine there, perform all the checks, have that SA use HTML output to write out it's status to a web page that's accessable by your SA server which then inspects that web page for errors. Michael D. Shook Syste

RE: [SA-list] Monitor a group of checks

2007-01-26 Thread Michael Shook
r First Advantage-SafeRent (301) 881-3400 WWW.FADVSafeRent.com (http://www.fadvsaferent.com/) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Shook Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 10:31 AM To: Servers Ali

RE: [SA-list] Re-introduction

2007-01-26 Thread Michael Shook
* * /@ \ \ ___> \ (__O) \ (@) \ (@) \ (__o)_\ \\ hehe Welcome Back Mark... BTW, I have a TelnetCOM check that needs a new developer... (hint hint) :) Michael D. Shook Systems Analyst - Data Integration Saddle Creek Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: [SA-list] Monitor a group of checks

2007-01-26 Thread Michael Shook
://www.fadvsaferent.com/) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Shook Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 8:51 AM To: Servers Alive Discussion List Subject: RE: [SA-list] Monitor a group of checks The

RE: [SA-list] Monitor a group of checks

2007-01-26 Thread Michael Shook
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) 863 668 4477 (work) 863 665 1261 (fax) www.saddlecrk.com (http://www.saddlecrk.com/) From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of M

RE: [SA-list] Monitor a group of checks

2007-01-26 Thread Michael Shook
The answer immediately is that you use dependencies to make each PDU check dependant on whether or not the Tower check is UP. If this is what you want to do, full instructions are in the user guide. If you're looking for something else, please explain further. Michael D. Shook Systems Anal

RE: [SA-list] VBScript

2007-01-11 Thread Michael Shook
The conversion script doesn't fire until AFTER the UP/DOWN comparison happens. It is intended to convert the %e returned for output. It sounds like you need to have both steps (get computer name and list of users) in one script. Are you looking for a specific user? Michael D. Shook Systems

RE: [SA-list] Unlocking a local user account on a remote machine

2007-01-04 Thread Michael Shook
nline. From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Shook Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 7:16 PM To: Servers Alive Discussion List Subject: [SA-list] Unlocking a local user account on a remote machine Does anybody have a method of unlocking a local

[SA-list] Unlocking a local user account on a remote machine

2007-01-04 Thread Michael Shook
Unlocking a local user account on a remote machine Does anybody have a method of unlocking a local user account on a remote machine? AND Does anybody have a method of checking a local user on a remote machine to see if it's locked? Thanks!!! Michael D. Shook Systems Analyst - Data Integra

  1   2   3   4   5   >