Hi, John, The server is not part of a domain. It is a standalone machine running Windows 2000 Server as it's OS. All 4 of the checks (NT Checks) that are failing are basically self-monitoring checks, i.e. it is monitoring the same machine that it is running on.
Thanks, Dan Geiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rosiak, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 3:57 PM Subject: RE: RE: [SA-list] Running SA As Service > Dan, > > Is the server being checked part of a domain...if so, then add the domain > name to the username in the check. > Example: yourdomain.com\yourserver > > John Rosiak > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Geiser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 3:42 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: RE: [SA-list] Running SA As Service > > > Thanks for the information, Geoff. > > OK, so according to the "hostname" command the Netbios name for this > particular machine is NTGWEB01. I updated my 2 Disk Space checks to use the > Netbios name instead of the IP address. I then started Servers Alive as a > service and I am still getting the same errors. Here is an excerpt from the > log... > > Tuesday, January 07, 2003 3:31:40 PM Servers Alive version 3.3.1135.1 > Tuesday, January 07, 2003 3:31:40 PM Oracle > Core40.dll/core35.dll/oracore8.dll/oracore9.dll library not available > Tuesday, January 07, 2003 3:31:40 PM SQL libs found, by default using v7 > Tuesday, January 07, 2003 3:31:40 PM Netware library's not available > Tuesday, January 07, 2003 3:31:40 PM DUN installed and available for SA > Tuesday, January 07, 2003 3:31:41 PM ERR: connect to host failed: 1312 > Tuesday, January 07, 2003 3:31:41 PM Free space on \\ntgweb01\c$ can't be > checked! Tuesday, January 07, 2003 3:31:41 PM Sending email message (FREE > DISK SPACE < 10% ON C DRIVE OF NTGWEB01) Tuesday, January 07, 2003 3:31:42 > PM ERR: connect to host failed: 1312 Tuesday, January 07, 2003 3:31:42 PM > Free space on \\ntgweb01\d$ can't be checked! Tuesday, January 07, 2003 > 3:31:42 PM Sending email message (FREE DISK SPACE < 10% ON D DRIVE OF > NTGWEB01) Tuesday, January 07, 2003 3:32:18 PM ERR: connect to host failed: > 1312 Tuesday, January 07, 2003 3:32:18 PM NTService check of DNS on > 127.0.0.1 failed Tuesday, January 07, 2003 3:32:18 PM Sending email message > (DNS SERVICE ON NTGWEB01 IS DOWN) Tuesday, January 07, 2003 3:32:54 PM ERR: > connect to host failed: 1312 Tuesday, January 07, 2003 3:32:54 PM NTService > check of SMTPD32 on 127.0.0.1 failed Tuesday, January 07, 2003 3:32:54 PM > Sending email message (SMTP SERVICE ON NTGWEB01 IS NOT RUNNING) Tuesday, > January 07, 2003 3:33:30 PM ERR: connect to host failed: 1312 > > Just to provide some additional information, the machine I have Servers > Alive installed on is Windows 2000 Server. The machine is hosted a remote > datacenter. I connect to the machine via Terminal Services. > > In the check configuration I am using the username "Administrator" and the > corresponding password for all of the NT-based checks. I can run everything > fine when Servers Alive is a program running from the desktop but when I try > to run it as a service all of the NT-based checks fail. I have to be able > to run Servers Alive as a service or this solution is not going to work for > us. If Servers Alive is a good solution for us we plan on buying it so any > help which we can be given would be greatly beneficial. Right now this > "service" issue is preventing me from rolling it out to our other servers. > > I would be glad to provide any additional information that would help > troubleshoot this issue. Could someone who is running Servers Alive as a > service please give me some feedback on this issue? This is becoming > increasingly frustrating. > > Thanks In Advance, > Dan Geiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Geoff Weinhold - Mailing Lists" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 6:46 PM > Subject: Re: RE: [SA-list] Running SA As Service > > > > Hi Dan, > > > > Try 'hostname' from the command prompt. > > > > Geoff > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Dan Geiser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 3:06 PM > > Subject: Re: RE: [SA-list] Running SA As Service > > > > > > > Thanks for the feedback Dirk. > > > > > > How do I find out the Netbios name of the host? > > > > > > Thanks, Much! > > > Dan Geiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Dirk Bulinckx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 2:32 PM > > > Subject: RE: RE: [SA-list] Running SA As Service > > > > > > > > > > Doc page 45 or 41 depending on how you look at page numbers: 1312 > > > > A specified logon session does not exist. It may already be > > > > terminated. > > > > > > > > The OS refused a netbios connection to the 127.0.0.1 IP had > > > > returns > this > > > as > > > > error. Instead of using 127.0.0.1 use the netbios name of the > > > > host. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > dirk. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > > > > Behalf Of Dan Geiser > > > > Sent: Fri Jan 03 6:22 PM > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: Fw: RE: [SA-list] Running SA As Service > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, Dirk, > > > > > > > > Here is the contents of the logfile when it runs as a service... > > > > > > > > Friday, January 03, 2003 12:07:12 PM Servers Alive version > > > > 3.3.1135.1 Friday, January 03, 2003 12:07:12 PM Oracle > > > > Core40.dll/core35.dll/oracore8.dll/oracore9.dll library not > > > > available Friday, January 03, 2003 12:07:13 PM SQL libs found, by > > > > default using > v7 > > > > Friday, January 03, 2003 12:07:13 PM Netware library's not > > > > available Friday, January 03, 2003 12:07:13 PM DUN installed and > > > > available for > SA > > > > Friday, January 03, 2003 12:07:34 PM ERR: connect to host failed: > 1312 > > > > Friday, January 03, 2003 12:07:34 PM Free space on \\127.0.0.1\c$ > can't > > be > > > > checked! > > > > Friday, January 03, 2003 12:07:34 PM Sending email message (FREE > > > > DISK > > > SPACE > > > > < 10% ON C DRIVE OF NTGWEB01) > > > > Friday, January 03, 2003 12:07:55 PM ERR: connect to host failed: > 1312 > > > > Friday, January 03, 2003 12:07:55 PM Free space on \\127.0.0.1\d$ > can't > > be > > > > checked! > > > > Friday, January 03, 2003 12:07:55 PM Sending email message (FREE > > > > DISK > > > SPACE > > > > < 10% ON D DRIVE OF NTGWEB01) > > > > Friday, January 03, 2003 12:08:31 PM ERR: connect to host failed: > 1312 > > > > Friday, January 03, 2003 12:08:31 PM NTService check of DNS on > 127.0.0.1 > > > > failed > > > > Friday, January 03, 2003 12:08:31 PM Sending email message (DNS > SERVICE > > ON > > > > NTGWEB01 IS DOWN) > > > > Friday, January 03, 2003 12:09:07 PM ERR: connect to host failed: > 1312 > > > > Friday, January 03, 2003 12:09:07 PM NTService check of SMTPD32 on > > > 127.0.0.1 > > > > failed > > > > Friday, January 03, 2003 12:09:07 PM Sending email message (SMTP > SERVICE > > > ON > > > > NTGWEB01 IS NOT RUNNING) > > > > Friday, January 03, 2003 12:09:43 PM ERR: connect to host failed: > 1312 > > > > Friday, January 03, 2003 12:09:43 PM NTService check of W3SVC on > > 127.0.0.1 > > > > failed > > > > Friday, January 03, 2003 12:09:43 PM Sending email message (WORLD > > > > WIDE > > WEB > > > > SERVICE ON NTGWEB01 IS NOT RUNNING) > > > > > > > > I found the error "1312" in the Servers Alive documentation but I > > > > have > > no > > > > idea what the description of the error means... > > > > > > > > "A specified logon session does not exist. It may already be > > terminated." > > > > > > > > Your feedback is appreciated. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Dan Geiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > What does the logfile give you for the failed checks? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >dirk. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > > > > > >Behalf Of Dan Geiser > > > > > > Sent: Thu Jan 02 8:06 PM > > > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Subject: Re: [SA-list] Running SA As Service > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, Dirk, > > > > > > 8 of my 10 checks are checking the local system via the IP > Address > > > > > >127.0.0.1. I have my username set to Administrator with the > correct > > > > > >password. Given that shouldn't it be working? > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, Much! > > > > > > Dan Geiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > From: Dirk Bulinckx > > > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 5:41 PM > > > > > > Subject: RE: [SA-list] Running SA As Service > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > When Servers Alive is running it will do the checks from > > > > > > within > > the > > > > > >security context of the user running Servers Alive. > > > > > > So when running it as a service it will use the security > context > > of > > > > the > > > > > >SYSTEM account. Which has no rights on remote systems. > > > > > >Therefore > > you > > > > can > > > > > >set a username/password combination to do the check. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > dirk. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > > > > > >Behalf Of Dan Geiser > > > > > > Sent: Tue Dec 31 10:29 PM > > > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Subject: [SA-list] Running SA As Service > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello, All, > > > > > > I've been investigating Servers Alive for a few weeks now > > > > > > to > > see > > > if > > > > it > > > > > >meets our monitoring needs. During this time I've been running > > > > > >it > as > > a > > > > > >regular program from the desktop. I would like to stop running > > > > > >it > > from > > > > the > > > > > >desktop and start running it as a service. I see that during > > > > > >the installation Servers Alive configured itself as a service > > > > > >which is > > > > currently > > > > > >set to Manual startup. When I stop Servers Alive on the > > > > > >desktop > and > > > > start > > > > > >the appropriate service I start getting all sorts of complaints > from > > > > Servers > > > > > >Alive regarding most/all of the different checks that I have > > > > > >setup > > even > > > > > >though it doesn't seem to flag any of these checks when it's > running > > as > > > a > > > > > >desktop program. > > > > > > > > > > > > Is there something special that I have to when running > Servers > > > > Alive > > > > > >as a service which I don't have to do when it's running as a > regular > > > > > >program? > > > > > > > > > > > > The checks that I am currently using cover an assortment > > > > > > of > > > things. > > > > > >There are 2 Disk Space checks, 4 NT Service checks 1 Ping > > > > > >check, 2 > > Port > > > > > >checks and 1 URL check. They all have no complaints when the > program > > > is > > > > > >running from the desktop and yet all of the checks seem to be > failing > > > > when > > > > > >it runs as a service. > > > > > > > > > > > > Any advice you have would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, Much! > > > > > > Dan Geiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > > > > Sent via the WebMail from [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ================================================================== > > > > == > > > > This E-mail is scanned and free from viruses. www.nexustechgroup.com > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from a list, send a mail message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > With the following in the body of the message: > > > > unsubscribe SAlive > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from a list, send a mail message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > With the following in the body of the message: > > > > unsubscribe SAlive > > > > ================================================================== > > > > == > > > > This E-mail is scanned and free from viruses. www.nexustechgroup.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==================================================================== > > > This E-mail is scanned and free from viruses. www.nexustechgroup.com > > > > > > To unsubscribe from a list, send a mail message to > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] With the following in the body of the message: > > > unsubscribe SAlive > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from a list, send a mail message to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] With the following in the body of the message: > > unsubscribe SAlive > > ==================================================================== > > This E-mail is scanned and free from viruses. www.nexustechgroup.com > > > > > > ==================================================================== > This E-mail is scanned and free from viruses. www.nexustechgroup.com > > To unsubscribe from a list, send a mail message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > With the following in the body of the message: > unsubscribe SAlive > To unsubscribe from a list, send a mail message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > With the following in the body of the message: > unsubscribe SAlive > ==================================================================== > This E-mail is scanned and free from viruses. www.nexustechgroup.com > > ==================================================================== This E-mail is scanned and free from viruses. www.nexustechgroup.com To unsubscribe from a list, send a mail message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] With the following in the body of the message: unsubscribe SAlive
