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kkern
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 Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 1:25 pm Post subject: Test registry value on remote machine |
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I am trying to evaluate a registry key entry from a remote Windows server and I'm having a hard time putting all the pieces together. Could someone point me in the right direction to figuring this out (if there is a way).
I would like to test a Windows Update registry key to see if the server needs a reboot after an automatic update. I started with the readreg.vbs example (by the way, I'm not too familiar with VBscript programming, so it is a little bit of a challenge). But I don't see how a computer name ties into it. Would I have to set up RMA on each server to run the VBscript correctly?
Or is there a test I missed reading about that I can point into at Windows Registry keys that will give to the same thing? Any other suggestions/recommendations to accomplish the same testing would be helpful too if this proves resource-consuming.
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KS-Soft
Joined: 03 Apr 2002
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| Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 8:34 pm Post subject: |
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Truth to say I am not expert in VB either. But I think you can find some useful scripts on http://search.winnetmag.com/#code
There is examle of the script that reads registry of the local system using WMI
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/scriptcenter/registry/scrreg16.mspx
| Code: | const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002
strComputer = "."
Set StdOut = WScript.StdOut
Set oReg=GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" &_
strComputer & "\root\default:StdRegProv")
strKeyPath = "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion"
strValueName = "LicenseInfo"
oReg.GetBinaryValue HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,strKeyPath,_
strValueName,strValue
For i = lBound(strValue) to uBound(strValue)
StdOut.WriteLine strValue(i)
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I assume you can change strComputer = "." line to something like strComputer = "\\server"
Regards
Alex |
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kkern
Joined: 16 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 5:48 am Post subject: |
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I'll have to try that this morning and see how it works. I did find something late last night that might work. Turns out Windows XP (Pro only?) has a program called reg.exe that allows you to query/compare/add/delete/etc registry information.
Looks like "reg compare KEY KEY /v Value" will return an errorlevel code that I can evaluate with the External Program test in HM. The only odd catch is I created a custom registry key on the HM server with the value I want to test against (0x8). Not sure how well this will work for other tests I can think up later.
Thanks for your help ... |
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plambrecht
Joined: 19 May 2004
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Location: Belgium
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| Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2004 8:28 am Post subject: |
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Hi,
Try this code :
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Dim objReg
Set objReg = wscript.CreateObject("RegObj.Registry")
if err <> 0 then
WScript.StdOut.Write "scriptres:" & StatusBad & "REGOBJ.DLL not found. Please install & register regobj.dll"
WScript.Quit
End if
Function ReadRemoteReg(rserver, root, value1, byref retregval)
on error resume next
Dim objRemote, objRegKey, regVal
'connect to remote server
Set objRemote = objReg.RemoteRegistry(rserver)
if err <> 0 then
ReadRemoteReg = err.number
retregval = err.description & " - Unable to connect to server " & ucase(rserver)
Set ObjRemote = Nothing
exit Function
End if
'open regkey
Set objRegkey = objRemote.RegKeyFromString(root)
if err <> 0 then
ReadRemoteReg = err.number
retregval = err.description & " - Regkey " & root & " not found on server " & ucase(rserver)
Set ObjRemote = Nothing
Set objRegKey = Nothing
exit Function
End if
'and read values
regval = objRegKey.Values(value1).Value
if err <> 0 then
ReadRemoteReg = err.number
retregval = err.description & " - Unable to read RegValue '" & value1 & "'"
exit Function
Else
ReadRemoteReg = 0
retregval = RegVal
End If
Set ObjRemote = Nothing
Set objRegKey = Nothing
End Function
If ReadRemoteReg("SERVER-FS1", "\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion", "CurrentVersion", RetVal)=0 Then
WScript.StdOut.Write "scriptres:OK:" & RetVal
Else
WScript.StdOut.Write "scriptres:Bad:" & RetVal
End if
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It requieres RegObj.dll.. (http://download.microsoft.com/download/vb60pro/update/6.0/w9x2k/en-us/regobji.exe)
Pieter |
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terje
Joined: 25 Jul 2005
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Location: Sydney
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| Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 6:27 am Post subject: |
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I presume I just create a VB script within hostmonitors scriptmanager and use the script content from above verbatim. But what are the parameters I should pass?
Perhaps somebody that is good at reading VB script can help. |
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KS-Soft
Joined: 03 Apr 2002
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| Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 11:43 am Post subject: |
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That script uses hard-coded parameters | Code: | ...
If ReadRemoteReg("SERVER-S1", "\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion", "CurrentVersion", RetVal)=0 Then
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Parameters are: server_name, key_name, variable_name
Regards
Alex |
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