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IT Analytics Data Collector Notes and Troubleshooting

Host resources: Check host connectivity

This utility displays information on the connection status of a list of host names, IP addresses, or a range of IP addresses.

chkHostConnection.{sh|bat} HostAddresses userId password 
[domain <domain>] 
[exclude <excludeHostAddresses>] [wmiserver <wmiserver>] 
[cto <connectTimeout>] [sto socketTimeout>] 
[accessCmd=accessControlCommand>]

Table: Hosts resources and their values.

Host Addresses

The hosts to verify. It can be hostname, IP address, or range of IP addresses, or a comma-separated list of them.

domain

The Domain for the Windows hosts

excludeHostAddresses

The hosts to be excluded from the HostAddresses list. It can be hostname, IP address, or range of IP addresses, or a comma separated list of them.

wmiserver

Name of the WMI Proxy Server

cto

Connection time-out in milliseconds

sto

Socket time-out in milliseconds

accessCmd

An access control command such as sudo

As a result: for each host, the status of the connection is listed.

Connectivity Check Server List: [172.16.1.10, 172.16.1.12, APTAREaix1]
172.16.1.10 ............. SUCCESS
172.16.1.12 ............. SUCCESS
Usage
chkHostConnection.{sh|bat} HostAddresses userId password [domain <domain>] [exclude <excludeHostAddresses>] [wmiserver <wmiserver>] [cto <connectTimeout>] [sto socketTimeout>] [accessCmd=accessControlCommand>]

HostAddresses

The hosts to verify. It can be hostname, IP address, or range of IP addresses, or a comma-separated list of them.

domain

The Domain for the Windows hosts

excludeHostAddresses

The hosts to be excluded from the HostAddresses list. It can be hostname, IP address, or range of IP addresses, or a comma separated list of them.

wmiserver

Name of the WMI Proxy Server

cto

Connection time-out in milliseconds

sto

Socket time-out in milliseconds

accessCmd

An access control command such as sudo

Result

For each host, the status of the connection is listed.

Connectivity Check Server List: [172.16.1.10, 172.16.1.12, APTAREaix1]
172.16.1.10 ............. SUCCESS
172.16.1.12 ............. SUCCESS

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