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THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
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FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS
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Inc. for information on purchasing technical support if you so desire.
Copyright © 1990-2011 Vinzant Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Event Control Server is a registered trademark of Vinzant Software, Inc.,
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 11
THE GLOBAL EVENT CONTROL SERVER® 13
GETTING STARTED 19
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 21
HELP FILES AND TUTORIAL 25
WHAT WAS ADDED IN GECS 4.00 25
WHAT WAS ADDED IN GECS 4.01 26
WHAT WAS ADDED IN GECS 4.10 28
HOW TO INSTALL GECS 29
A. NEW SYSTEM INSTALLATION 29
B. NEW AGENT INSTALLATION 32
C. NEW CLIENT INSTALLATION 40
D. FINISHING NEW INSTALLATION 41
E. MANUAL UPGRADE FROM GECS 3.6, 4.0 or 4.01 49
F. UPGRADING GECS AGENTS 51
G. UPGRADING GECS CLIENTS 51
H. UPGRADING A GECS 4.01 or GECS 4.10 INSTALLATION 51
UPDATING YOUR GECS LICENSE NUMBER 51
GECS DOCUMENTATION & INSTALLATION 52
GECS AUTHENTICATION METHODS 52
USER GUIDE 55
GECS SYSTEM OVERVIEW 57
OVERVIEW OF TERMINOLOGY 57
GECS LICENSING 61
SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS 62
WINDOWS CLIENT PROGRAM INTERFACE 62
GECS NAMING & NUMBERING SCHEMES 63
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TASK AUTOMATION 65
AUTOMATING TASKS 67
JOB CREATION 67
BATCH JOBS 68
STUDIO WORKSHEETS 68
JOB VIEWS 68
JOB NAME 68
COMMAND LINE 69
COMMAND LINE TYPE 72
CAPTURE OUTPUT 73
NEXT RUN TIME 74
JOB STATUS 75
JOB TITLE 76
START IN DIRECTORY 76
ENABLE COMMAND LINE SUBSTITUTION 76
MARKING JOBS COMPLETE ONCE STARTED 85
SIMULATING JOB RUNS 86
NEVER LATE 86
SHOW ACTIVITY 86
KEEP COMPLETE JOBS 86
EXECUTE 87
PROGRAMS THAT REQUIRE USER INPUT 87
SENDING KEYSTROKES TO PROGRAMS 87
DETAILS OF KEYBOARD STUFFING 89
JOB RETURN CODE OVERVIEW 96
DEFINING JOB SUCCESS AND FAILURE 104
JOB COMMENTS 104
JOB NOTES 104
CREATING JOBS USING WRK FILES 104
SUBMITTING JOBS VIA MAIL 112
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WHEN YOUR GECS JOB WON'T RUN… 114
AUTOMATING PROGRAMS 114
GUIDE TO DEVELOPING JOB PROGRAMS 115
WINDOWS NT/2000/XP/2003 ARCHITECTURE 116
SCHEDULING JOBS 117
SCHEDULING CONCEPTS 119
JOBS THAT REPEAT 119
JOB SCHEDULING 120
CHECKING JOB SCHEDULES 122
ADVANCED SCHEDULING FEATURES 122
DEFINING CALENDARS 122
VALID TIME PERIODS 123
TIMES TO EXECUTE 124
REMAINING TIMES 124
JOB CLASS 124
VACATION PERIODS 125
TRIGGER FILES 125
JOB DEPENDENCIES 128
BATCH DEPENDENCIES 129
DEPENDS ON EVENT 130
DEPENDS ON WINDOWS EVENT 130
RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS 130
JOB REQUIREMENTS 130
JOB PRIORITY 131
MINIMUM DISK SPACE 131
THINGS THAT KEEP JOBS FROM RUNNING 132
RESOLVE SCHEDULING ISSUES 132
WHY JOBS WON'T RESCHEDULE 132
EVENTS 133
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EVENTS 135
EVENT EDIT 136
EVENT FOLLOW UP 137
VIEWING EVENTS IN LISTS 137
EVENT DEFINITIONS 138
GENERATING USER DEFINED EVENTS 145
EVENT DEFINITIONS LIST 145
SETTING UP EVENT EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS 148
MAIL ISSUES 152
EVENT SNMP TRAP MESSAGES 153
AUDITING 167
THE GECS AUDITING OPTION 169
MONITORING AND MANAGING 173
MONITORING THE GECS SYSTEM 175
CHECKING THE STATUS OF JOBS 175
CUSTOMIZE JOB AND EVENT VIEWS 177
MONITORING GECS USING A BROWSER 179
GECS ADMINISTRATION OVERVIEW 180
MINIMIZING USER INTERVENTION 181
JOB RUN TIME ISSUES 181
JOB LATENESS ISSUES 182
RETURN CODE ISSUES 184
JOB STATISTICS 185
WINDOWS CLIENT PROGRAMS 189
OVERVIEW 191
JOBS LISTS 192
ICON VIEW 193
JOB VIEW PROPERTIES 195
SCHEDULED JOB DETAIL 196
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BATCHES 202
STUDIO WORKSHEETS 213
EVENTS 215
EVENT VIEW PROPERTIES 216
EVENT DETAIL 218
CALENDARS 218
RESOURCES 221
VACATIONS 222
USERS 224
SECURITY PROFILES 227
CUSTOM VARIABLES 227
SYSTEM VIEW 228
EVENT DEFINITIONS 236
EVENT DEFINITION DETAILS 237
AGENTS 241
OVERVIEW 243
CREATE AGENT RECORDS 243
STARTING YOUR AGENTS 243
RUNNING A TEST JOB ON NEW AGENTS 244
TROUBLESHOOTING 245
MONITORING YOUR AGENTS 246
AGENT PARAMETERS 246
CONFIGURING AGENTS 251
STARTING AND STOPPING AGENTS 252
WINDOWS AGENT AS DESKTOP VS. SERVICE 253
AGENT COMMAND LINE UTILITIES 256
AGENT DESKTOP TERMINAL COMMANDS 256
UNINSTALLING GECS AGENTS 257
ISSUES FOR SPECIFIC AGENTS 260
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CONTROLLER 267
OVERVIEW 269
INSTALLING THE CONTROLLER PROGRAM 269
MONITORING YOUR CONTROLLER 269
CONTROLLER PARAMETERS 270
STARTING AND STOPPING YOUR CONTROLLER 278
CONFIGURING YOUR CONTROLLER 279
CONTROLLER WINDOW COMMANDS 281
UNINSTALLING GECS 281
SYSTEM MANAGER 283
OVERVIEW 285
INSTALLING THE SYSTEM MANAGER PROGRAM 285
MONITORING YOUR SYSTEM MANAGER 285
SYSTEM MANAGER PARAMETERS 285
CONFIGURING THE SYSTEM MANAGER 289
DATA BACKUP 289
SETTING UP A GECS FAIL OVER SYSTEM 290
GECS SYSTEM RECOVERY PROCEDURES 290
STARTING AND STOPPING THE SYSTEM MANAGER 291
SYSTEM MANAGER WINDOW COMMANDS 292
UNINSTALLING GECS 292
WEB MANAGER AND BROWSER CLIENTS 293
OVERVIEW 295
CONFIGURING YOUR WEB MANAGER 295
STARTING AND STOPPING THE WEB MANAGER 295
WEB MANAGER WINDOWS COMMANDS 296
USING GECS BROWSER CLIENT PROGRAMS 296
DEPENDENCY VIEWER 298
USING SSL 298
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UTILITY PROGRAMS 307
GECS COMMAND LINE UTILITIES 309
CUSTOM INSTALLATION 349
GECS CONFIGURATIONS 351
CUSTOM INSTALLATION PROGRAM 353
TECHNICAL REFERENCE 363
REGISTRY ENTRIES 365
TIME SYNCHRONIZATION 376
TIME CHANGE ISSUES 379
CONFIGURING GECS FOR SOUND 380
GECS LICENSING RESTRICTIONS 380
INCREASING PERFORMANCE 381
SCRIPTED INSTALLATION 382
GECS XML 387
XML WRK FILES 389
WEB MANAGER XML 390
SECURITY 393
ACCESS TO THE GECS CLIENT PROGRAMS 395
SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS 395
SETTING UP PACKET ENCRYPTION 396
SETTING UP GECS CERTIFICATE MANAGEMENT 396
SSL CERTIFICATES 397
FAULT TOLERANCE 399
FAULT TOLERANCE 401
INSTALL SQL SERVER 402
INSTALL GECS ADMINISTRATOR 403
INSTALL MAIN GECS COMPONENTS 404
INSTALL GECS AGENT 408
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FILE GLOSSARY 413
FILE GLOSSARY 415
GECS MISC. PROGRAM FILES 419
GECS DATA FILES 420
OTHER FILES CREATED 421
OVERVIEW OF SQL TABLES 422
USING ODBC TO ACCESS GECS DATA 423
SQL TABLE LAYOUT 423
JOB DUMP DATA FILES 458
COMPLETED JOB DUMP DATA FILES 465
ERROR NUMBERS 467
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION WORKSHEET 475
SAMPLE CONFIGURATION WORKSHEET 477
CONFIGURATION WORKSHEET 478
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