I use TS to remotely admin my server but since SA isn't accessible via TS I set VNC up to connect to the loopback address and run it in my TS session. I also have several other apps that don't run as services so I can connect to the the console and log in just like I'm sitting in front of it via VNC instead of a separate desktop. I'd use VNC exclusively but we don't allow it through the firewall.
Remote access inside remote access...it isn't pretty but it works. -Kevin > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brent Ozar > Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 11:52 AM > To: Dewachter Johan > Subject: Re: [SA-list] SAlive service and terminal server > > > Friday, March 21, 2003, 10:41:39 AM, you wrote: > > DJ> When you install SA on W2K server and logon through terminal > DJ> services, you get no tray icon, but you are able to start > a second > DJ> SA. > > Correct. That's how it's always been for me since v3, and > actually all of the services I use work that way. > Motherboard Monitor does that, too. > > DJ> Due to some strange effects I am now wondering > DJ> - Is it allowed to start the SA exe a second time? > DJ> - If this is allowed, what exactly happens? > DJ> You now have two SA's running. Is the interactive SA a > front-end > DJ> that connects to the service? > > No. You're running two sets of checks. If you make changes > over TS, you should stop the service first, load SA in the TS > session, save your changes, then start the service again. > > DJ> - If this is not allowed, how are you supposed to change the > DJ> configuration when SA is running as a service? You can't activate > DJ> the tray icon in a TS session. > > SA has a built-in Telnet server, so you can make some changes > that way, but I gotta confess - I'm lazy, and I just stop the > service, make my changes over TS, and then start the service again. > > Brent > > > -- > BrentO > Famous Last Words: Tell those Marines to stop singing in the halls > > > 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
