Hi:
We have about 30 Virtual PCs that run more than 60 scripts daily. When connecting to a scripting PC, you should use a tool that connects to the active session, and leave the machine logged in. I use the VMWare vSphere Client. Before going to virtual PCs, I used DameWare / PCAnywhere. I would not recommend Remote Desktop. When creating a script to run unattended, you need to make sure you have strong timeout logic. Most of our scripts will send me an email if they get stuck with a screen shot attached, so I can research. We also have logic built in that will try to exit Meditech, and restart (thank you Paul, it is still working well). Each of my scripts records start / end times in a database. I use a small dashboard report to track progress through out the day / night. It takes a good amount of work to get a script to run unattended. If you have questions that I can help with, my phone number / email is below. Good luck ! Betsy Valanti Sr. Programmer Analyst Information Technology Halifax Health (386) 254-4116 x 11177 [email protected] ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, August 31, 2012 3:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [talkbws] Automatically running a scheduled BWS script? Hello, I am researching running a BWS script daily at 11:30pm based on some conditions. This is a time when no one is in the office and thus it would need to be unmanaged. I looked into the Schedule feature in BWS and in the documentation it says: "There are 5 factors that will prevent or delay Scheduled Scripts from running: ... The Boston WorkStation is not running." We have a Windows server we could run this on, what is the best way you would accomplish this? I could remote in once and setup a schedule for it to run, but from what I've read on the knowledge base (below) it does not seem this will go well if the screen is not "active". "The safe advice is, the desktop must be logged in and active. Or to describe it another way, a user could be sitting in front of that PC, and could see the screen." So no one would be there to remote in and make the desktop "active". I have made a few attempts, but came across various issues such as "Yes/No" prompt popups in Meditech are never seen by BWS and often the script ends up hanging at that point. Has anybody accomplished this so that an unmanaged scheduled script is consistently reliable? Thank you, Tyler Nielson Applications Analyst I.S. Department, Saratoga Hospital --- To post a message to this list, send mail to: [email protected] You are currently subscribed as: [email protected] Unsubscribe in the customer center on our website: http://www.bostonworkstation.com/customer_center/virtual_user_group_talk .aspx This e-mail communication and any attachments may contain confidential and privileged information for the use of the designated recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, disclosure, dissemination, distribution or copying of it or its contents is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify Saratoga Hospital immediately by e-mail at [email protected] and destroy all copies of this communication and any attachments. --- To post a message to this list, send mail to: [email protected] You are currently subscribed as: [email protected] Unsubscribe in the customer center on our website: http://www.bostonworkstation.com/customer_center/virtual_user_group_talk.aspx
