Hi - Yes there are different error codes that a service throws which could indicate the state of the service but I do not have the list. Other folks have mentioned other monitoring solutions that could work well for you...
I have seen SiteMinder just stop responding when the services seemed to be restarting OK. In that case a reboot of the server was required to enable user authentication again. I've found that a daily restart of the SM and CF services resolves almost all SM issues in regards to the auth failures.. and this also eliminated the need to troubleshoot and restart services during the day when folks are using the apps. Not really the answer you are looking for, but I hope that this helps some. Dave -----Original Message----- From: ColdFusion Programmer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 4:32 PM To: Spectra-Talk Subject: SiteMinder Service Status Thank you David, I don't the script to restart the SiteMinder service if its down. I just want my monitoring tool to get an alert and then I take the necessary actions to restart it. There are 9 productions servers and I want to just be able to check the status of the services. Will your code show the status of the service(s) as "started" if the the service is not responding or has crashed unexpectedly? I would like the script to give me the true picture of what the current status is. What I don't want to happenn is the client calling me telling me that he can't login to the application and my monitoring service showing that the SiteMinder service is running when actually it has crashed or is not responding. I hope this is making sense? >Hi - > >As an option, perhaps using the AT scheduler in Windows >to check the services periodically.. it would probably >run more efficiently and the following batch code could >check the SM services, restart if required, and write >activity to a logfile. > >Batch Code Sample: >---------------------------------------------------------- >@echo off >set zLog=%cd%\checkSiteMinder.log >echo ==== %date% - %time% ==== >> %zLog% >set zServices="SiteMinder Authentication Service","SiteMinder >Authorization Service" >for %%i in (%zServices%) do ( > net start | find /i "%%~i" > nul > if errorlevel 0 if not errorlevel 1 ( > echo Running: %%i >> %zLog% > ) else ( > echo Not Running: %%i >> %zLog% > echo Attempting to start service.. >> %zLog% > net start %%i >> %zLog% > if errorlevel 0 ( > echo Success Starting %%i >> %zLog% > ) else ( > echo ERROR Starting %%i >> %zLog% > ) > ) >) > >Logged Output Sample: >---------------------------------------------------------- > >==== Tue 07/22/2003 - 11:26:00.35 ==== >Not Running: "SiteMinder Authentication Service" >Attempting to start service.. >The SiteMinder Authentication Service service is starting. >The SiteMinder Authentication Service service was started successfully. >Success Starting "SiteMinder Authentication Service" >Not Running: "SiteMinder Authorization Service" >Attempting to start service.. >The SiteMinder Authorization Service service is starting. >The SiteMinder Authorization Service service was started successfully. >Success Starting "SiteMinder Authorization Service" >==== Tue 07/22/2003 - 11:26:17.85 ==== >Running: "SiteMinder Authentication Service" >Running: "SiteMinder Authorization Service" >==== Tue 07/22/2003 - 11:26:20.77 ==== >Running: "SiteMinder Authentication Service" >Running: "SiteMinder Authorization Service" > > >Hope this helps.. >Dave > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 10:57 AM >To: Spectra-Talk >Subject: RE: SiteMinder Service Status > > >> >> You would have to install the tools in the windows 2000 >> resource kit. > >Just go to a command prompt and type net. > >> >There is also a 'native' tool, "net" to do this. >> > >> >> However, what happenns if the SitMinder service crashes >> >> unexpectedly, and as you might know this happenns very often. >> >> Would tList.exe still list the service? My guess is it would, >> >> because the SiteMinder Authentication/Authorization service >> >> status would still be "started" even though the service has >> >> crashed. I need a script to monitor the siteMinder services >> >> and send alerts when the service is not responding. >> > >> >Actually, I always thought a crashed service did NOT show up as >> >running. >> > >> >Another option is to get a list of running processes. I'm >> sure you can >> >find a DOS tool for this. >> > > >http://www.sysinternals.com/ - search here for pstools. One of them >will list running processes. > >-Ray > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe visit http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/spectra_talk or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body.
