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You could
have a scheduler to run your program.
Then, have the program to put its output in a webpage in the directory
where the other pages are kept and have WugPro check that page. -----Original
Message----- Will this be limited to
_vbscript_, or can you run any other tools, such as tools that are provided in reskit,
windows scripting, etc. Brian -----Original
Message----- Erik, In the
current version of WhatsUp, Pro and Gold, no, it is not possible to run a
program and check the output of that program for the state of the device.
However, Pro is getting an update soon and one feature is the capability of
running a _vbscript_ (if I have the terminology correct!) and checking the response
of the script. This may be able to call the program (not a programmer, so don't
know all the details) and see its output. If SNMP
Informant is adding capabilities to address this, I think it would be a cheap
investment (assuming it happens soon enough for you)! Be thankful there is a
light at the end of your tunnel! As for
MS, well, you said it well and I won't add anything. Daniel
Donnelly -----Original
Message----- I am wondering if it is possible to run a
command as an Active Monitor instead of just the few options available in
WUP. Currently, when you go to add a new Active Monitor type, it gives
you a choice of several types: DNS Monitor, NT Service Monitor, Ping Monitor,
SNMP Monitor, TCPIP Monitor, and Telnet Monitor. Is there any way I can
run a command and expect a response (similar to the TCPIP Monitor)? My real problem is this:
I have a few servers running Microsoft Network Load Balancing (NLB) that I want
to monitor with WUP. I can monitor services on them and individually
monitor up/down status, but I can't see anywhere the 'convergence' state of the
the cluster. Microsoft has (as usual) not put out anything in SNMP that
you can monitor NLB with, and their solution is to run the 'WLBS' command
locally on the monitoring machine and query the status of the cluster over the
network. I would be fine doing this, but WUP doesn't seem like it can
execute a command as a monitor...unless I'm missing something... The real problem here is
Microsoft's continuing lack of support for standards-based mechanisms...even
when they do impliment a 'standard' mechanism, they butcher it so badly that
nothing else that uses the real standard can interoperate with MS... I know that SNMP
Informant (www.snmp-informant.com) is promising
future support for monitoring NLB if you pay for the 'APP' version of their
software, but I don't feel I should have to pay just to monitor a basic
function of my Operating System... If IPSWITCH does have a
way to do this, it would be fantastic, but it would also be another instance of
the rest of the IT industry compensating for the inherent stupidity of
Microsoft's software. Erik Amundson |
- [WhatsUp Forum] Run a command as an Active Monitor in WUP... Erik Amundson
- RE: [WhatsUp Forum] Run a command as an Active Monit... Daniel Donnelly
- RE: [WhatsUp Forum] Run a command as an Active Monit... bweissinger
- RE: [WhatsUp Forum] Run a command as an Active M... Anthony Franklin
- RE: [WhatsUp Forum] Run a command as an Active Monit... smedeiro
- RE: [WhatsUp Forum] Run a command as an Active Monit... Steve R. Helmig
- RE: [WhatsUp Forum] Run a command as an Active Monit... SBosnjak
- RE: [WhatsUp Forum] Run a command as an Active Monit... Randall Fruin
