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From: Adrian Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: inFusion Support List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 4:29 PM
Subject: Re: [iMS] CFTimer
> Hi Howie:
>
> Just a few questions and/or requests here:
>
> 1) Can this start_any_NT/Win2K service?
>
Since you can run a CF template and since we have a CFX_ServiceControl tag
then the answer is yes...
> 2) Can it do this remotely as well as locally?
>
Not sure exactly the scenario you mean but you can run any template that can
be accessed by the service.
> 3) As well as scheduling - it would be really cool if it could monitor a
range
> of pre-defined services both locally and on remote servers over the 'net,
e.g.
> Cold Fusion, SQL Server, IIS etc..., and if a service fails i.e. fails to
> respond to requests - then automatically restart it.
>
Hmmmm...there are some other products that do this. The reason that the
restart of CF functionality is in the software already is because some of
our CF stuff is DBase and the server gets frequent PCode errors...so, this
service will run a cf template periodically and then restart CF if the
proper response is not read from CF.
> As an option - an automatic server shutdown and reboot in the event of an
failed
> service which will not restart would also be_very_useful indeed.
>
I think it may be best to keep that external to this service. I want to
provide a way to easily schedule iMS-related templates and also restart CF
if it bombs. Of course, there may also be added functionality if demand
dictates :-)
Regards,
Howie
> Regards,
>
> Adrian Cooper.
>
>
> >
> > My company is prepared to offer a CFTimer service that you can use with
iMS
> > to fire off templates at certain intervals. This CFTimer service will
also
> > allow you to restart ColdFusion if the service fails. What I need is
> > feedback regarding this new server. Here are some key points:
> >
> > 1 - Event record storage
> >
> > i - In an ODBC Database
> > ii - In a flat text file
> >
> > 2 - Event retrieval
> >
> > i - Internal fetches via ODBC
> > ii - Fire off a Coldfusion template to retrieve events
> >
> > 3 - Types of events
> >
> > i - By frequency (every three minutes, for example)
> > ii - Periodic by day (Each Monday at 3 PM, for example)
> > iii - Periodic by Date (Each first of the month at 3 PM, for example)
> > iv - All of the above
> >
> > 4 - Format of database
> >
> > This is only important if the server should use ODBC directly. We need
to
> > decide the tables and DB fields required to implement the supported
event
> > types.
> >
> > 5 - Format of events from ColdFusion template
> >
> > This is only important if the server should use a ColdFusion template to
> > retrieve events.
> >
> >
> > Please provide feedback on this as I would like to make this something
that
> > works for everyone.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Howie Hamlin
> >
> >
> >
> >
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