What type of error? There's almost certainly a way to do what you're looking for with wget, or Powershell, or another scripting language, if what you're really trying to gauge is what the server is doing. I think that's the key question at the moment. Are you trying to record and interpret a particular client response, or are you actually looking to make sure the server is doing what *it* is supposed to be doing. (Or some combination of both, which might entail separate monitoring straegies.)
On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 10:04 PM, Jimmy Tran <[email protected]> wrote: > That was just a political requirement made by people who don't > understand computers. I'm not sure if other browsers can run in kiosk mode. > > The main thing we need to know is if the webpage displays an error during > a period of 7 days we need to be notified. > > What were you thinking? > > Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S4 > > -----Original Message----- > *From:* Richard Stovall [[email protected]] > *Received:* Thursday, 31 Oct 2013, 6:57pm > *To:* [email protected] [[email protected]] > *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] RE: test IE uptime? > > Let me rephrase the question. > > Does IE *have* to be the rendering engine? > > If yes, why? Are you testing IE's (a client's) ability to render a > server response correctly, or are you really trying to monitor the server > itself? There's likely a big difference here in terms of what is easy to > do and what is not. > > > On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 9:49 PM, Jimmy Tran <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yes >> >> >> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S4 >> >> -----Original Message----- >> *From:* Richard Stovall [[email protected]] >> *Received:* Thursday, 31 Oct 2013, 6:45pm >> *To:* [email protected] [[email protected]] >> *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] RE: test IE uptime? >> >> Does IE have to be the rendering engine? >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 9:05 PM, Jimmy Tran <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> If there's a cost associated, that may be ok. There really isn't a >>> budget allocated for this but if it's cheaper to buy a software than me >>> writing some scripts that might be a better way to go. >>> >>> You provide some great keywords to do some searching on thanks! >>> >>> >>> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S4 >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> *From:* Ken Schaefer [[email protected]] >>> *Received:* Thursday, 31 Oct 2013, 5:56pm >>> *To:* [email protected] [[email protected]] >>> *Subject:* RE: [NTSysADM] RE: test IE uptime? >>> >>> Well, the basic concept you are looking at is “end user experience >>> monitoring”, as opposed to “component monitoring” (e.g. a server or hard >>> disk) or “service monitoring” (e.g. is a website up) >>> >>> >>> >>> There’s plenty of third party products out there that can simulate >>> client actions – usually via an agent installed on the remote machine. Or >>> you do a “poor man’s” job and do this yourself with a bit of scripting. I >>> assumed you wanted the latter since you didn’t mention any existing tools >>> you have or any budget. >>> >>> >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> Ken >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >>> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Jimmy Tran >>> *Sent:* Friday, 1 November 2013 11:45 AM >>> *To:* [email protected] >>> *Subject:* RE: [NTSysADM] RE: test IE uptime? >>> >>> >>> >>> I will look in to that. Any other ideas? >>> >>> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S4 >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> *From:* Ken Schaefer [[email protected]] >>> *Received:* Thursday, 31 Oct 2013, 5:30pm >>> *To:* [email protected] [[email protected]] >>> *Subject:* [NTSysADM] RE: test IE uptime? >>> >>> Write a little script (e.g. using VBScript and ServerXMLHTTP object) >>> that makes the same HTTP request? You can then log the details to a log >>> file to later analyse. >>> >>> >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> Ken >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* [email protected] [ >>> mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] >>> *On Behalf Of *Jimmy Tran >>> *Sent:* Friday, 1 November 2013 11:21 AM >>> *To:* [email protected] >>> *Subject:* [NTSysADM] test IE uptime? >>> >>> >>> >>> I’ve been tasked with determining a way to document if a web page in IE >>> errors out. Basically, the page will refresh every 10 seconds with updated >>> data. I need to find a way to see if the page comes back with a page error >>> or not. Any ideas out there? These tests will be performed at kiosks that >>> have no management that have poor internet connectivity. >>> >>> >>> >>> All I can currently measure is system up time, not internet connectivity >>> uptime or page errors in IE. >>> >>> >>> >>> TIA >>> >>> >>> >>> Jimmy >>> >>> >>> >> >> >
