RE: [hobbit] Feasibility of Windows Client

["Aiello, Steve \(GE, Corporate, consultant\)" <steve.aiello (at) ge.com>]

With your BBWin, will there be the abbility to run customs external
scripts ?  Alot of my existing scripts are written in VBS.

	-----Original Message-----
	From: Etienne Grignon [mailto:etienne.grignon (at) gmail.com] 
	Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 9:24 AM
	To: hobbit (at) hswn.dk
	Subject: Re: [hobbit] Feasibility of Windows Client
	
	
	Hi Steve, Hi Peter,
	
	
	Well, with BBWin, you will be able to compile it without cygwin
because I use all win32 possibilities :) And the source code of BBWin is
under GPL, so no more problem :) 
	
	About the hobbit protocol, the agent will be able to use data
messages so, I some agents will be able to send status message used for
the web page, and data message in an easier format to be able to parse
it on hobbit server side. For the moment, I'm trying to get the same
format than the original quest bbnt client to be able to use the
existing rrd parsing scripts. Of course, in the future, we can imagine
to report status and data in a similar format than the today hobbit unix
client. 
	
	
	About WMI, I will only use if I can't do it using native C++
api. For example, I have made a nice external vbs using WMI to monitor
my windows wlbs (NLB) clusters because no C api was available. However,
for the MSCS clusters, even if it's possible to make it with WMI, I had
prefered make the external with the native C api. So, note that you will
be soon be able to monitor easily the two sorts of Microsoft clusters :)
These 2 probes will be integrated in the preview release. (If I have
enough time, MSCS external will be released as a native bbwin agent :) )

	
	After posting the preview release, I think I will be able to
implement a new probe each 2 weeks, so I will try to work as Henrik :
	
	1) first post the idea with my implementation idea
	2) recolt all your ideas and remarks 
	3) merge the all and implement it 
	
	
	If anyone has ideas about the project, don't hesitate to post or
to send me directly an email :)
	
	
	Peter : I did't get the attached file you posted, it doesn't
seem to be present 
	
	--
	Etienne