[Performance Monitoring Counter logs?]

Also, that is a Raid5 setup for the disks that are running at a 160%.

[Performance Monitoring Counter logs?]

It's a physical disk counter. And, I started out sampling every 30 seconds but I don't see much difference in the numbers, between 5 minutes and 30 seconds. Now can you tell me if the number in the report is an average number?

[Performance Monitoring Counter logs?]

I've got a counter log running that samples the server every 5 minutes for a 24 hour period. I'm asking if the number produced in the report is an average number. For example the % disk time number is 15.401. Does this mean the average amount of time the disk was busy over that 24 hour period was 15%?

We have another server and the % disk time number is 160.234%. How could a number like that be produced? I thought that once it reached a 100% that's it.

I'm using the Perfmon wizard that I downloaded off of MS's site to create the counter log.

[Sending email from the command line for performance alerts.]

I found this VB script code on Paul Sadowski's scripting page and it works for me. I put the file in the \Windows\System32 subdir and wrote a little batch file to start it with "cscript". I put the batch file in the "Run this Program" field under the Actions tab.

Set objMessage = CreateObject("CDO.Message")

objMessage.Subject = "Diskspace low on server"

objMessage.From = "notifyadmin@domain.org"

objMessage.To = "someone@domain.org"

objMessage.TextBody = "Check disk space"

'==This section provides the configuration information for the remote SMTP server.

'==Normally you will only change the server name or IP.

objMessage.Configuration.Fields.Item _

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

'Name or IP of Remote SMTP Server

objMessage.Configuration.Fields.Item _

("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserver") = "emailserver.domain.org"

'Server port (typically 25)

objMessage.Configuration.Fields.Item _

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

objMessage.Configuration.Fields.Update

'==End remote SMTP server configuration section==

objMessage.Send

[Sending email from the command line for performance alerts.]

BLAT definitely works. The error message indicates that your SMTP server isn't going to alloy you to relay email from just any source (this is Good ThingTM, unless of course you want to relay email ).

I'm not saying that Blat don't work. I'm just saying I get the error message. I'll ask the email admin to look into relaying from the inside. Thanks for cluing me in on the meaning of the error msg.

Don - the code you were gracious enough to send me. I tried it, and it creates a tmp file in c:\inetpub\mailroot\pickup\temp, but I don't receive it via email. Is there something else I need to do to have it emailed to me?

And, on the telnet, I think I need to add a CR\LF at the end of the commands. It works as long as I can hit the <Enter Key> at the end of each command. But in the batch file I need to emulate hitting that <Enter Key>.

Thanks

[Sending email from the command line for performance alerts.]

I use a CMD utility called BLAT for sending emails. There's no install required...it's just drag-n-drop.

I tried using Blat, I get the message "Error: Server refused connection". I have another issue to work at the moment that's been given a higher priority. So it may be a day or two before I get back to this one. Thanks to both of you for the suggestions. I appreciate the help.

[Sending email from the command line for performance alerts.]

Don, many thanks for the code and the suggestion. I'll try this today.

[Sending email from the command line for performance alerts.]

Windows 2003 SP2.

I want to setup a Performance Alert and email myself a message when the Alert is triggered. I'm asking for help with the command syntax. I know you can send an email from the command prompt, I haven't found out how it's done through googling so I'm posting up here.

TIA