I've got a script I'm working on but I've run into an error. I'm trying to monitor a process on remote servers (its the same process for all three), and if the process ever ends I'd like this script to run a command line email program called Postie. Notifying me the process has stopped. Unfortunately I've got to embed the credentials within the script. I'm currently logged on as myself under XP (trying to develop the script), not the user embedded within the script. Once I get the script working I'll transfer it to a WIN2K3 server and, using Windows Task Scheduler, have it run intermittently throughout the day. The credentials that are embedded ARE local admins on the respective servers. Here's the code that's been developed so far: ==================== ' Create Objects Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set objShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell") ' Create Variables arrComputer = array("Computer1","Computer2","Computer3") strProcess = "Process.exe" strUser = "domain\username" strPassword = "respective_password" strResults = "" strResultsFile = "C:\Windows\output.txt" ' Process Each Computer For Each Computer in arrComputer Set objSWbemLocator = CreateObject("WbemScripting.SWbemLocator") Set objWMIService = objSWbemLocator.ConnectServer(strComputer, _ "root\CIMV2", strUser, strPassword, "MS_409", "NTLMDomain:" + strDomain) Set colProcesses = objWMIService.ExecQuery _ ("Select * from Win32_Process Where Name = '" & strprocess & "'") ' Only Log if Process Not Running If colProcesses.Count = 0 Then strResults = strResults & Computer & "," & strProcess & "," & " Not Running" & vbCrLf End If Next 'Write Process Results to File Set logFile = objFSO.CreateTextFile(strResultsFile, True) logFile.WriteLine strResults logFile.Close 'Email Results (Modify this line as needed, if you can send a text body ' as a parameter, then you won't need to create the results file) objShell.Run "postie -host:mailserver.com -from:[email protected] -to:[email protected] -srocessResults -nomsg -a:" & strResultsFile ==================== However, when I try to run it I get the following error message: Script: c:\documents and settings\user\desktop\scripts\XXXXXX.vbs Line: 16 Char: 5 Error: User credentials cannot be used for local connections Code: 80041064 Source: SWbemLocator I'm not entirely sure why I'm getting this error, so any help would be greatly appreciated. thx.
Having the statement "option explicit" at the start of your code would be a wonderful thing. It would tell you immediately that you're using the variable "Computer" in one place and "strComputer" in another, even though the two refer to one and the same thing.
ok. I'll be sure to make remember that. Another source seems to indicate that you cannot impersonate to the local computer with WMI. You can only impersonate to a remote host. However, I'm not exactly sure what that means and I'm not sure where to make a change if necessary. Thanks.
Maybe I did not express myself clearly. This is what your code should look like. Spot the difference! ' Create Objects Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set objShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell") ' Create Variables arrComputer = array("Computer1","Computer2","Computer3") strProcess = "Process.exe" strUser = "domain\username" strPassword = "respective_password" strResults = "" strResultsFile = "C:\Windows\output.txt" ' Process Each Computer For Each strComputer in arrComputer Set objSWbemLocator = CreateObject("WbemScripting.SWbemLocator") Set objWMIService = objSWbemLocator.ConnectServer(strComputer, _ "root\CIMV2", strUser, strPassword, "MS_409", "NTLMDomain:" + strDomain) Set colProcesses = objWMIService.ExecQuery _ ("Select * from Win32_Process Where Name = '" & strprocess & "'") ' Only Log if Process Not Running If colProcesses.Count = 0 Then strResults = strResults & Computer & "," & strProcess & "," & " Not Running" & vbCrLf End If Next 'Write Process Results to File Set logFile = objFSO.CreateTextFile(strResultsFile, True) logFile.WriteLine strResults logFile.Close 'Email Results (Modify this line as needed, if you can send a text body ' as a parameter, then you won't need to create the results file) objShell.Run "postie -host:mailserver.com -from:[email protected] -to:[email protected] -srocessResults -nomsg -a:" & strResultsFile ================== If you run the code on the local machine then you must not supply a user name or password.
There is a free monitoring tool you could use http://www.real-user-monitoring.com dne wrote: Monitoring a process on a server.... 20-Dec-07 I've got a script I'm working on but I've run into an error. I'm trying to monitor a process on remote servers (its the same process for all three), and if the process ever ends I'd like this script to run a command line email program called Postie. Notifying me the process has stopped. Unfortunately I've got to embed the credentials within the script. I'm currently logged on as myself under XP (trying to develop the script), not the user embedded within the script. Once I get the script working I'll transfer it to a WIN2K3 server and, using Windows Task Scheduler, have it run intermittently throughout the day. The credentials that are embedded ARE local admins on the respective servers. Here's the code that's been developed so far: ==================== ' Create Objects Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set objShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell") ' Create Variables arrComputer = array("Computer1","Computer2","Computer3") strProcess = "Process.exe" strUser = "domain\username" strPassword = "respective_password" strResults = "" strResultsFile = "C:\Windows\output.txt" ' Process Each Computer For Each Computer in arrComputer Set objSWbemLocator = CreateObject("WbemScripting.SWbemLocator") Set objWMIService = objSWbemLocator.ConnectServer(strComputer, _ "root\CIMV2", strUser, strPassword, "MS_409", "NTLMDomain:" + strDomain) Set colProcesses = objWMIService.ExecQuery _ ("Select * from Win32_Process Where Name = '" & strprocess & "'") ' Only Log if Process Not Running If colProcesses.Count = 0 Then strResults = strResults & Computer & "," & strProcess & "," & " Not Running" & vbCrLf End If Next 'Write Process Results to File Set logFile = objFSO.CreateTextFile(strResultsFile, True) logFile.WriteLine strResults logFile.Close 'Email Results (Modify this line as needed, if you can send a text body ' as a parameter, then you won't need to create the results file) objShell.Run "postie -host:mailserver.com -from:[email protected] -to:[email protected] -srocessResults -nomsg -a:" & strResultsFile ==================== However, when I try to run it I get the following error message: Script: c:\documents and settings\user\desktop\scripts\XXXXXX.vbs Line: 16 Char: 5 Error: User credentials cannot be used for local connections Code: 80041064 Source: SWbemLocator I'm not entirely sure why I'm getting this error, so any help would be greatly appreciated. thx. Previous Posts In This Thread: Monitoring a process on a server.... I've got a script I'm working on but I've run into an error. I'm trying to monitor a process on remote servers (its the same process for all three), and if the process ever ends I'd like this script to run a command line email program called Postie. Notifying me the process has stopped. Unfortunately I've got to embed the credentials within the script. I'm currently logged on as myself under XP (trying to develop the script), not the user embedded within the script. Once I get the script working I'll transfer it to a WIN2K3 server and, using Windows Task Scheduler, have it run intermittently throughout the day. The credentials that are embedded ARE local admins on the respective servers. Here's the code that's been developed so far: ==================== ' Create Objects Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set objShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell") ' Create Variables arrComputer = array("Computer1","Computer2","Computer3") strProcess = "Process.exe" strUser = "domain\username" strPassword = "respective_password" strResults = "" strResultsFile = "C:\Windows\output.txt" ' Process Each Computer For Each Computer in arrComputer Set objSWbemLocator = CreateObject("WbemScripting.SWbemLocator") Set objWMIService = objSWbemLocator.ConnectServer(strComputer, _ "root\CIMV2", strUser, strPassword, "MS_409", "NTLMDomain:" + strDomain) Set colProcesses = objWMIService.ExecQuery _ ("Select * from Win32_Process Where Name = '" & strprocess & "'") ' Only Log if Process Not Running If colProcesses.Count = 0 Then strResults = strResults & Computer & "," & strProcess & "," & " Not Running" & vbCrLf End If Next 'Write Process Results to File Set logFile = objFSO.CreateTextFile(strResultsFile, True) logFile.WriteLine strResults logFile.Close 'Email Results (Modify this line as needed, if you can send a text body ' as a parameter, then you won't need to create the results file) objShell.Run "postie -host:mailserver.com -from:[email protected] -to:[email protected] -srocessResults -nomsg -a:" & strResultsFile ==================== However, when I try to run it I get the following error message: Script: c:\documents and settings\user\desktop\scripts\XXXXXX.vbs Line: 16 Char: 5 Error: User credentials cannot be used for local connections Code: 80041064 Source: SWbemLocator I'm not entirely sure why I'm getting this error, so any help would be greatly appreciated. thx. Re: Monitoring a process on a server.... Having the statement "option explicit" at the start of your code would be a wonderful thing. It would tell you immediately that you're using the variable "Computer" in one place and "strComputer" in another, even though the two refer to one and the same thing. ok. I'll be sure to make remember that. ok. I'll be sure to make remember that. Another source seems to indicate that you cannot impersonate to the local computer with WMI. You can only impersonate to a remote host. However, I'm not exactly sure what that means and I'm not sure where to make a change if necessary. Thanks. : Maybe I did not express myself clearly. This is what your code shouldlook like. Maybe I did not express myself clearly. This is what your code should look like. Spot the difference! ' Create Objects Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set objShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell") ' Create Variables arrComputer = array("Computer1","Computer2","Computer3") strProcess = "Process.exe" strUser = "domain\username" strPassword = "respective_password" strResults = "" strResultsFile = "C:\Windows\output.txt" ' Process Each Computer For Each strComputer in arrComputer Set objSWbemLocator = CreateObject("WbemScripting.SWbemLocator") Set objWMIService = objSWbemLocator.ConnectServer(strComputer, _ "root\CIMV2", strUser, strPassword, "MS_409", "NTLMDomain:" + strDomain) Set colProcesses = objWMIService.ExecQuery _ ("Select * from Win32_Process Where Name = '" & strprocess & "'") ' Only Log if Process Not Running If colProcesses.Count = 0 Then strResults = strResults & Computer & "," & strProcess & "," & " Not Running" & vbCrLf End If Next 'Write Process Results to File Set logFile = objFSO.CreateTextFile(strResultsFile, True) logFile.WriteLine strResults logFile.Close 'Email Results (Modify this line as needed, if you can send a text body ' as a parameter, then you won't need to create the results file) objShell.Run "postie -host:mailserver.com -from:[email protected] -to:[email protected] -srocessResults -nomsg -a:" & strResultsFile ================== If you run the code on the local machine then you must not supply a user name or password. ahhh....I spotted the difference.Now its working. ahhh....I spotted the difference. Now its working. Thanks very much for your patience. : Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice LINQ With Strings http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorial...47db-adb9-db7fe2c6ab8c/linq-with-strings.aspx
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