No Outlook for Alerts!

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  • Roy,

    Pretty slick!  By the way, you know that MAPI is a goner in 2005?

  • One more thing: Isn't it possible to filter also on the DATE in the query?

    btw: Very nice script!

     


    * Noel

  • Sorry, but I cannot find Win32_NTLogEvent anywhere.  What is it - an mssql table, a file?

  • Good article. Just proves there is more than one way to skin a cat

    "I cannot find Win32_NTLogEvent anywhere"

    This is a WMI class. There is a whole bunch of them in Windows http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wmisdk/wmi/wmi_reference.asp

    "...you know that MAPI is a goner in 2005"

    Well it's not actually gone, it's still there but you have the option of using a new thing called DatabaseMail which is SMTP based. Realistically, I don't know that many DBA's given the option would use SQL Mail and rely on MAPI and Exchange.

     

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    Colt 45 - the original point and click interface

  • If you go to command prompt and type in wbemtest and enter.

    Hit connect.

    Change the location from:

    root\default to root\cimv2 and hit login

    Hit enumerate classes, use recursive radio button, hit ok

    You will no have a list of all the classes and their properties.  You can scroll down to Win_NTLogEvent to see the properties in the middle window.

    Or you can cut and paste this script as ClassInfo.vbs

    Const wbemFlagReturnImmediately = &h10

    Const wbemFlagForwardOnly = &h20

    On Error Resume Next

    arrComputers = Array(".")

    For Each strComputer In arrComputers

       WScript.Echo

       WScript.Echo "=========================================="

       WScript.Echo "Computer: " & strComputer

       WScript.Echo "=========================================="

      

    strClass = "Win32_NTEventLog"

    Get objWMIService = _

       GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}root\cimv2")

    Set colClasses = objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM " & strClass, "WQL", _

                                              wbemFlagReturnImmediately + wbemFlagForwardOnly)

    i = 0

    For Each objClass In colClasses

       i = i + 1

       If i = 1 Then

       WScript.Echo "* Properties *"

       For Each objProperty In objClass.Properties_

          WScript.Echo objProperty.Name

       Next

       WScript.Echo vbNewLine & "* Methods *"

       For Each objMethod In objClass.Methods_

          WScript.Echo objMethod.Name

       Next

       End If

    Next

    Next

     

    Hope this helps

  • Sorry the line strClass = "Win32_NTEventLog"

    Should read:

    strClass = "Win32_NTLogEvent"

     

     

  • There are several lines in Alert.vbs that reference Microsoft's site. If my SQL server does not have HTTP access do the web what are my options here? Thanks.

    objEmail.Configuration.Fields.Item _

    ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusing") = 2

    'name of notesserverhost ?

    objEmail.Configuration.Fields.Item _

    ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserver") = _

    "mailserver"

    objEmail.Configuration.Fields.Item _

    ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserverport") = 25

  • No http - no go.

    You could redirect the output to open an instance of word, excel, etc., then use this accross the lan but there are some issues with this especially with XP, SP2.  I will consider this for a future article. 

  • I get this error when I try and run the script.  Any thoughts.

    [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver]COUNT field incorrect or syntax error

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