You're no daisy. On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 3:41 PM, William Robbins <[email protected]>wrote:
> Just a thought...perhaps you need a new workstation if those things you've > listed tax it's resources to the point that you can't do your job > appropriately. > > But then, given your posts regarding this "problem" today I doubt you'll > understand anything I have to say either. But I feel bad for Jonathan whose > head seems to be swelling. > > He's been walking around paraphrasing "Tombstone" of all things... > > - WJR > > > On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 14:32, John Aldrich > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I *AM* running multiple apps at once. Microsoft LookOut!...err... Outlook >> is >> a bit of a resource hog. My AS/400 terminal client is running now, I have >> a >> VNC session going, I have Chrome running multiple tabs... so, yeah... my >> system isn't just sitting here doing nothing. >> >> >> >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 2:12 PM >> >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Re: Vipre console hangs server on reboot >> >> This I don't understand, running of management tools on (sometimes >> dedicated) servers. Why not go the whole hog and run your email and >> internet >> browsing on a server too? If you were using a thin client or a drastically >> underpowered PC, then this would make sense, but not if you have a decent >> workstation. >> >> I agree that running lots of consoles creates a headache due to startup >> time >> and occasionally on a resource basis, so what we try to do is integrate as >> much stuff as possible into OpsManager, so we don't need to stare at a >> load >> of consoles. Then I can only open consoles as I need to work on them. But >> if >> your PC can't handle running seven or eight applications including a few >> management consoles, or if you worry because your machine uses lots of its >> memory (even though it is there to be used), then you have a few issues >> that >> need to be resolved. >> >> Just my 2 penneth worth, ymmv >> Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any >> moment >> ________________________________________ >> From: Steve Ens <[email protected]> >> Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:04:20 -0500 >> To: NT System Admin Issues<[email protected]> >> ReplyTo: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: Vipre console hangs server on reboot >> >> Better on a workstation than on a server is all I can say. >> On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 12:29 PM, John Aldrich >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> Well, yeah... but I don't choose to load down my workstation with a whole >> bunch of management consoles and associated crap. :D >> >> >> >> From: Roger Wright [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 1:23 PM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Re: Vipre console hangs server on reboot >> Agreed. I can run the VIPRE console on the server but choose to do it >> from >> my desktop machine instead. It's rarely open on the server. >> >> >> Roger Wright >> ___ >> Dr. Seuss is my favorite rapper! Cat - Hat... sheer genius! >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Jonathan Link <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> Why on earth have the console running all the time, then? >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 1:14 PM, John Aldrich < >> [email protected]> >> wrote: >> Nope... it's not the Vipre server that's the problem, it's the console. >> Guess I'll just have to live with manually shutting down the console if I >> want to reboot the server. It's not that big a deal now that I've decided >> not to automatically reboot the server weekly. >> >> >> From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 12:59 PM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: RE: Vipre console hangs server on reboot >> >> how about a "net stop <vipre services>". I can't test right now, but that >> seems like it would stop the console too. there's two key vipre services, >> by the way. If you can "net stop", there's no reason to taskkill >> ________________________________________ >> From: Andrew S. Baker [[email protected]] >> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 11:20 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Re: Vipre console hangs server on reboot >> Well, if they (app vendor) offer no programmatic way to shut the console >> down, and they (app vendor) are suggesting that you kill the task, then >> your >> only other alternative will be an application that programmatically >> manages >> the dialog boxes. This approach will likely be complicated by the state >> of >> the server (e.g. workstation locked). >> >> Process killing is rarely fraught with peril... >> >> ASB >> http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker >> Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 11:44 AM, John Aldrich >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> I suppose there’s no real reason to reboot the server on a scheduled >> basis… >> THAT server has never had any real issues… As for not running the Console >> remotely, I really don’t wish to install it on another machine as it’s a >> bit >> of a resource hog. As far as taskkill, I just don’t like killing off a >> process “just because”, and that’s what that seems like to me. >> >> >> >> From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 11:25 AM >> >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Re: Vipre console hangs server on reboot >> >> A - Why are you rebooting the server on a scheduled basis? >> >> >> B - Why are you not running the Vipre console remotely? >> >> C - What's wrong with Taskkill (assuming you don't wish to address the >> previous two issues)? >> ASB >> http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker >> Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… >> >> On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 11:14 AM, John Aldrich >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> I have to manually shut down Vipre Enterprise Console if I want the server >> to come up on a scheduled reboot, otherwise it hangs the server and I have >> to manually power-cycle the server to get it to work. I checked with >> Sunbelt >> support and they said there is no way to *programmatically* close the >> console when I reboot the server (scheduled task, so it's >> non-interactive.) >> They suggested using Microsoft's TaskKill. Anyone got any better >> suggestions? 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