RE: [SA-list] Checking ISDN backup interface.

2002-12-11 Thread Sloane, David
Jack, If I understand your problem correctly, the ISDN and T1 interfaces end up at the same far-side (farthest from the Servers Alive box) IP address. So pinging that address will be of no value. Can you add a secondary IP address on the far-side interface you want to monitor and use that addres

RE: [SA-list] Templates & Printers

2002-12-06 Thread Sloane, David
For #2 - you could also do an http check if they're recent ( < 3 years old or so) for the built-in webserver on the JetDirect device. That works for JetDirect cards in printers as well... - David -Original Message- From: James Nunnerley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December

RE: [SA-list] Upgrading to new version

2002-12-06 Thread Sloane, David
I've tried this process - going from SA 3.2 to 3.3x - and it seems to have failed to load the Servers Alive service. During the install, I get an error message: The specified device does not exist as an installed service. (-2147023836) on line 0 [OK] I also get "Installat

RE: [SA-list] failure commands

2002-11-25 Thread Sloane, David
As long as you're in a batch file, you should get the services of the command interpreter. So echo text >> file works in a batch file, or at the command line, but not as a "start|Run" command. "echo" isn't an executable, just a command.com command - like "dir" or "cd" -David -Original Mess

RE: [SA-list] External check and error codes.

2002-11-25 Thread Sloane, David
Doesn't it need to come out as a DOS-style errorlevel, not, for example, a text string to standard-out? (possibly the wrong term) -David -Original Message- From: Dirk Bulinckx [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 2:32 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [SA-lis

RE: [SA-list] Remote NT Checks

2002-11-25 Thread Sloane, David
pe Id: [] Host not found. Does that indicate to you that NetBIOS is not accessible? Thanks In Advance, Dan Geiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Sloane, David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 5:54 PM Subje

RE: [SA-list] Remote NT Checks

2002-11-22 Thread Sloane, David
If that fails, you may want to try "nbtstat -a servername" (the "a" must be lowercase). Or "nbtstat -A 10.10.10.10" where 10.10.10.10 is the remote machine IP address (now the "A" must be uppercase). Net View will test for access to enumerate shares and requires NetBIOS communication and name reso

RE: [SA-list] Perfmon problem when SA is running as a service

2002-11-22 Thread Sloane, David
Jean, You may want to use a series of "net use" commands and connect to the ipc$ shares in a batch file like this: net use \\server1\ipc$ net use \\server2\ipc$ net use \\server3\ipc$ If you schedule this script with the scheduler service and start the scheduler service with your ServerAlive ac

RE: [SA-list] Perfmon monitors problem

2002-11-20 Thread Sloane, David
Stefano, Have you tried using "(machinename)\(username)" for the login name field in the login box? It sounds like the SA machine is using the domain security context by default when attaching to non-domain machines. This sounds like normal behavior for NT/2000 authentication. If you put "(mach

RE: Re[2]: [SA-list] Command execs

2002-11-15 Thread Sloane, David
@;Sokol.us] Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 12:59 PM To: Sloane, David Subject: Re[2]: [SA-list] Command execs -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello David, Like for me, if i want to kill or run something on remote pc i`m using SSH2 connection with Vandyke SSH server and SecureCRT

RE: [SA-list] Command execs

2002-11-15 Thread Sloane, David
bust and >very powerful. As Davis said, you MUST test the applications first, we >had a few >problems but were soon ironed out. I would also advise getting all >of the >utils that your going to use one 1 box first, before moving on to >your other >servers > >Stuart Brereto

[SA-list] pstools - one more thing

2002-11-15 Thread Sloane, David
d the netlogon service are in good shape, you can get a graceful shutdown or reboot remotely, sparing you the risk of file corruption from a hard reset. -David -Original Message- From: Sloane, David Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 10:32 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [S

RE: [SA-list] Command execs

2002-11-15 Thread Sloane, David
going to use one 1 box first, before moving on to your other servers Stuart Brereton ntl: Business Managed Network Services Customer Networks Operations Centre (CNOC) Network Technician / Network Specialist E-mail: - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office: - +44 (0)1527 494005 Mobile: - 07990 648

RE: [SA-list] Command execs

2002-11-14 Thread Sloane, David
Title: Message For remote command execution, try psexec - part of PSTools - from www.sysinternals.com.   It's extremely powerful when administering systems - you can start a wide range of processes remotely.  Using psexec with batch programs can do great things for sysadmin productivity.   B

RE: [SA-list] Multiple checks

2002-11-06 Thread Sloane, David
If it's on Windows 2000 server, you could adjust the recovery properties of the service. Since it's outside the firewall (a ms-sql database? better not to ask...) you could set one of the "failure" tasks to "run a file." Point that to a batch file running postie (or a similar command-line smtp-

RE: [SA-list] Service Monitor Failure

2002-10-28 Thread Sloane, David
Does the Servers Alive service run as the local account? Even though you specify privileges in the system checks, the SA service may not have sufficient rights to get out to the network if it's running as "Local System." -David -Original Message- From: Stephen Gordon [mailto:Stephen.Gor

RE: [SA-list] Question re Browsing - Check ?

2002-10-25 Thread Sloane, David
JoJo, Sure. The URL check in Servers Alive is very flexible. Browse the site and pick up whatever error IE returns - "invalid server name" or something. Enter that string in the "should contain" text field and alert if you get anything else. Or you can do the opposite - turn "on" the site for

RE: [SA-list] Age of a file

2002-10-24 Thread Sloane, David
Paul, If it's not too much trouble, I'm interested in this file as well. -David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:Paul_Gaskell@;eu.fmo.com] Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 12:20 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SA-list] Age of a file Joep, I have a VB progr

RE: [SA-list] Exchange Monitoring

2002-10-21 Thread Sloane, David
You could monitor the "Microsoft Exchange Information Store" on the mail server. Or, if you're running POP3, you could do a round-trip mail test with Postie (send mail via smtp, pick up the same message via pop3). -David -Original Message- From: Barry George [mailto:Barry.George@;Dougall

[SA-list] scheduled, positive "I'm here" message

2002-10-18 Thread Sloane, David
My manager would like an email alert daily, preferably at 8:00 AM, that says "this server is up" after a URL check. I can do the URL check with a text string just fine, but I don't see how to trigger an "Everything's OK" message. Any thoughts? -David To unsubscribe from a list, send a mail messa

RE: [SA-list] scheduled, positive "I'm here" message

2002-10-18 Thread Sloane, David
design is just like a stroll in the park. Jurassic Park, that is." Larry Wall -Original Message- From: Dirk Bulinckx [mailto:dirk@;woodstone.nu] Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 3:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [SA-list] scheduled, positive "I'm here&quo