Re: Monitor system

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From: Eric Lawrence [MSFT] (e_lawrence_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 03/04/04 

Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 17:41:53 -0800

If each network server exposed its status via a webservice, the ASP.NET page
could call those services and build a status page from them.

If the servers were configured to expose their status via WMI and the
ASP.NET page had permissions to run the query, this would work. 

-- 
Thanks,
Eric Lawrence
Program Manager
Assistance and Worldwide Services
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
"Mark Goldin" <markgoldin@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:O5lbGxXAEHA.3804@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> What I want is to have web based monitor that will show some statistics
> about processes running on various network servers.
>
> "Tommy" <Websoftwares@Hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:a85edaaf.0403031031.db51d2d@posting.google.com...
> > I think I was a little confused as well.
> >
> > An aspx page can only enumerate the process of a machine that is
> > hosting the web application.  That means for every machine that you
> > want to access, you will need to install the web application on that
> > machine.
> >
> > I was assuming that you are trying to host a web application on a
> > central server, and have each client navigate to an aspx page on the
> > central server to determine the processes running on each client
> > machine.  As I have mentioned in my earlier post, this is not possible
> > when the web application is hosted in a central server.
> >
> > You could, however, determine the processes running on a central
> > server (not the client) by navigating to an aspx page from a client
> > machine.  Is that what you wanted to do?
> >
> > I hope this could clarify this.
> >
> > Tommy,
> >
> > "Mark Goldin" <markgoldin@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:<eIfGouQAEHA.3284@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>...
> > > Does that mean I won't be able to access other computers from an aspx
> page?
> > >
> > > "Eric Lawrence [MSFT]" <e_lawrence@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > > news:O3dyNfMAEHA.1600@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > > > I suppose his original post was unclear; I assumed from his post
that
> he
> > > > wished to create a server monitoring page.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Eric Lawrence
> > > > Program Manager
> > > > Assistance and Worldwide Services
> > > >
> > > > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> > >  rights.
> > > >
> > > > "Tommy" <Websoftwares@Hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:a85edaaf.0403021115.73166292@posting.google.com...
> > > > > I don't think the System.Diagnostics.Process class will work for
> Mark
> > > > > because this is a .NET framework class, and it'll only work on the
> > > > > server-side.  This means it can only enumerate process on the
> server,
> > > > > not on the client PC.
> > > > >
> > > > > I don't think you can enumerate the processes on a PC using a
> webpage
> > > > > unless the user downloads some components that can access these
> > > > > Windows API or .NET API.  However, this will defeat the purpose of
> > > > > using a webpage.
> > > > >
> > > > > These are just one of those things that cannot be done using
> webpages
> > > > > alone.  HTML and scripting languages are designed to not have this
> > > > > capability to protect a user's machine from being compromised.
> > > > >
> > > > > Tommy,
> > > > >
> > > > > "Eric Lawrence [MSFT]" <e_lawrence@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > >  news:<#IDVa48$DHA.212@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl>...
> > > > > > The System.Diagnostics.Process class is your friend, but you'll
> need
> > >  to
> > >  make
> > > > > > sure your ASP.NET worker thread has permissions to enumerate the
> > >  processes
> > > > > > on the system.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > -- 
> > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Eric Lawrence
> > > > > > Program Manager
> > > > > > Assistance and Worldwide Services
> > > > > >
> > > > > > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
> no
> > >  rights.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > "Mark" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > > > > news:DDAE4E9E-5FD5-44FE-85BE-1A30314CB5A0@microsoft.com...
> > > > > > > I am working on a monitor system - web page that will show
what
> > >  processes
> > > > > > are running on different computers. How would I get such
> information?
> > >  All I
> > > > > > need is a name of a process (title on a taskbar is fine) and
> whether
> > >  it's
> > > > > > running or not.
> > > > > > > Am I way of a target? Will appreciate ay idea.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thanks
> > > > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
>
>

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