Hostmonitor 8.32 on windows server 2008 x64

lillep · Post by **lillep** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 12:54 am

Hi there
Can Hostmonitor run and be installed on windows server 2008 x 64 without any problems ?

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 11:13 am

We recommend to use Windows Server 2003.
However you can install HostMonitor on Windows 2008 x64. There are some problems with posible workaraund...

Please check the manual or visit our web site for more information
System requirements:
http://www.ks-soft.net/hostmon.eng/index-sysreq.htm
"How to install HostMonitor as Win32 Interactive service" notes:
http://www.ks-soft.net/hostmon.eng/mfra ... tm#Service

Regards
Alex

bbackx · Post by **bbackx** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 4:33 am

We are running HostMonitor on Windows 2008 x64.
The biggest problem I have is with ODBC. HostMonitor (server or agent) is 32bit, by default an ODBC is 64bit. 32bit scripts can't use the 64bit connector, but there is a workaround (If you are using Windows x64 Edition and you want to setup some ODBC test items, you should setup ODBC datasources using 32-bit ODBC Data Source Administrator (e.g. C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\odbcad32.exe). )
Other minor bugs I came across where fixed quickly or caused by problems on the network.
For the moment, I'm trying to convert my scripts to directly connect to the SQL-database and no longer via an ODBC.