restart service

M@ster · Post by **M@ster** » Mon Nov 11, 2002 9:09 am

Do I have to configure an alert profile for every service I want to restart after a failure?
He should try to restart the service, and send an email.

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KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Mon Nov 11, 2002 12:56 pm

As I understand you have set of tests those monitor your services. If service XX fails, HM must restart service XX. Right?
In this case you can use the same action profile for all tests. Just specify %ServiceComp% and %ServiceName% macro variables in the action properties dialog (use these macros instead name of target system and name of service). You can use these macros when configure "send e-mail" action as well

Regards
Alex

M@ster · Post by **M@ster** » Tue Nov 12, 2002 1:33 am

Great!
Maybe I should take a closer look at the variables

M@ster · Post by **M@ster** » Tue Nov 12, 2002 7:30 am

Another question regarding NT Service Check.

I have a folder for every Server I want to monitor. Is it possible to use a variable for the servername? I tried %folder%, but that doesn't work

That would have the advantage, that I can copy a test to a new folder and not have to adjust every test/servername.

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Tue Nov 12, 2002 4:07 pm

Where do you want to use variable? In the test properties dialog? Its impossible. If you have set of tests and want to create the same sets for another servers, you can use export/import functions. Export selected tests to text file, start any text editor that has find&replace function, replace some test parameters (e.g. servername, username, password), and import tests from text file into new folder.

Regards
Alex

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Nov 13, 2002 5:45 am

On 2002-11-12 15:07, KS-Soft wrote:
Where do you want to use variable? In the test properties dialog? Its impossible.

That would be a nice feature for forther versions.

If you have set of tests and want to create the same sets for another servers, you can use export/import functions. Export selected tests to text file, start any text editor that has find&replace function, replace some test parameters (e.g. servername, username, password), and import tests from text file into new folder.

Regards
Alex

That's the way I handle it now. The other way would be a lot easier.

regard
René

mpriess · Post by **mpriess** » Wed Nov 13, 2002 10:07 am

I would recommend using mail merge in MS Word. You can create hundreds of similar tests in just a few minutes this way. I link to a SQL table and merge all of the server names into the different tests. After this, I recommend copying the results from word to notepad then saving it as a text file. Then, perform the import and you are good to go.