There is an NT Reskit command called Netsvc which you can use to check on
the status of an NT Service.


netsvc service_name \\server_name /query

It will tell you if the service is running or not.

How you would implement this I don't know.


Nathan

        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Doug Thorneycroft [SMTP:dthorneycroft AT LACSD DOT ORG]
        Sent:   Tuesday, March 30, 1999 12:00 PM
        To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
        Subject:        Re: check if scheduler is running

        Richard Sims wrote:
        >
        > >I would like to know is the scheduler is running on all my client
nodes
        > >before the backup starts. Is there a way to check this without
logging
        > >on to the client?

        On NT, you can use server manager to view the status of the
scheduler
        service
        on all your NT clients. You can also use it to start, stop, or
disable
        the service,
        providing you have the proper authority and the schedules are
running as
        services
        on the clients.


        >
        > Clients don't have TCP/IP ports open until the schedule comes due,
so one
        > can't bounce off those ports to determine existence.
        > The closest thing might be the SHOW PENDING server command, unless
a
        > comparable SQL query could be formulated.  But even then, that's
an *expected*
        > client presence, whereas you want current actual.  This may
require some
        > alternate access to the client to look for the ADSM client
process.
        >       Richard Sims, BU