live online farm monitoring

[Rodzilla]

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See attached files.

On the PC that you are going to use to monitor your other nodes...
Make a folder in C:\ called "Prog"

Extract the "d2olprogress1014.zip" into the "Prog" folder.
Extract the "executed2olprogress.zip" into the same folder.
Extract the "D2OLProgress INI.zip" into the same "Prog" folder


On all of the PC's with nodes you want to monitor....
Copy the "D2OLProgressNode.class" from the "Prog" fold above into the ...\D2OL\jre\bin folder of every node you want to watch.

NOW THE FUN PART!

Use the "nt_resource_kit_service_tools.zip" to create your services.
Extract the 2 files to C:\Windows

If you used one of my easy installers then these files will already be there... don't mess with them.


Here is the steps that PCZ put together for me to use to set these up as services.

Originally posted by PCZ
I will describe a setup on one of my nodes for you.

This is an HT P4
D2OL is installed in 2 directories d:\d2ol1, d:\d2ol2 set up to run as services.

The PC doesn't have Java installed and the version of D2OL in use has the embedded jre.

To monitor these installs I use D2OLProgress also set up as a service.
This is how I setup D2OLProgress as a service

{Rodzilla edit: took some stuff out}

Type the following in a CMD window
instsrv d2olp1 c:\windows\srvany.exe
instsrv d2olp2 c:\windows\srvany.exe.

{Rodzilla NOTE: you only need to create 2 if have 2 nodes on 1 rig... this is an example of how to setup a rig with 2 nodes}

Now the tricky part.
go to the run box and type regedit.

Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es

Scroll through the list until you find the d2olp1 key.

Right click on it and select new key
Type Parameters for the key name.

Right click on Parameters and select new String Value
Type AppDirectory as the String name

Right click on Parameters again and select new String Value
Type Application as the String name.

double click the AppDirectory String and enter the following:
d:\d2ol1\jre\bin

{Rodzilla NOTE: Be sure to use the directory path and applies to you!}

double click the Application String and enter the following:
d:\d2ol1\jre\bin\java D2OLProgressNode -sendto 172.31.158.125 -dir d:\d2ol1\d2ol -name inet-P1

{Rodzilla NOTE: 172.31.158.125 is the IP address of the computer that will be doing the monitoring (The PC with the "Prog" folder) you can also use the computer name here. inet-P1 is the name you want to be displayed in the monitoring app... there can be no spaces in it and you can't use the same name 2 times.}

The appdirectory string is the path to the java executable and D2OLProgress.

The Application string is the same as you would type from a cmd window.
I have used the full path in the application string although this isn't absolutely necessary I always do.

Repeat for the d2olp2 key.
using d2ol2 in place of d2ol1.

Hopefully you can substitute the correct settings for your setup into the above info.
Path to D2OL install directories.
IP address of D2OLProgress monitor
Machine names.

Don't forget to start the services.
The quickest way to the services applet is to to type services.msc in the run box.

If the service works you should be able to see it pop up on the progress monitor... launch the "StartD2OLProgress.bat" to bring up the Monitor app.