Detect Remote Shutdown

[Chris Johnson]

Hey all,

I have a small app I have developed that periodically pings a list of server
and returns their status. Given my environment I have setup the program such
that a server can be down 4 minutes before I get an alert.

My problem now is that is a server is rebooted, it will be back up before
the 4 minute window and I will not be aware that it has rebooted.

I am looking for a way (as an administrator, or not, if possible) to detect
the reboot of a remote machine. I have found code to initiate a local and
remote reboot, but not a way to detect one is happening, can anyone shed
some light here for me?

Thanks!
chrisj

 

[Patrice]

You should be able to get the server boottime using WMI.. Try :
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d.../wmisdk/wmi/wmi_tasks__desktop_management.asp
(how long a computer has been running).

 

[Chris Johnson]

Patrice,

Not a bad idea. I will try that one for now. If anyone has a way to actually
detect the shutdown even I am also still interested in that.

Thanks again Patrice for the quick response!
chrisj

 

[Richy]

Just an idea, you could write a service as that has an OnStop handler, and
will be stopped when the server reboots. In the OnStop Handler you could
send a message via IP Socket to the app running to detect the shut down.

 

[Chris Johnson]

Thats the direction Im going with the project next. Im currently writting my
"jr." application to report into the parent. Might throw some more questions
out once I get a bit farther but thanks for the hint!

chrisj