Doing an analysis of 24x7 - anyone using encryption with this package?

Which encryptyon? For instance, PGP can be simply automated by calling PGP command line utilities from batch and script jobs.

: Doing an analysis of 24x7 - anyone using encryption with this package?

: Which encryptyon? For instance, PGP can be simply automated by calling PGP
: command line utilities from batch and script jobs.
PGP is exactly what I would like to use... Is there an example of this?
I don't normally use any scripting so trying to pull from other examples.

Get a working SELECT for columns in DB2 AS400

Let's split your original question into 2 question:

1. How to use command line PGP?
See http://www.cs.sjsu.edu/CRC/documentation/PGPCmdLineGuide.pdf for detailed instructions on using Network Associates' version of PGP tools.
Virtually all PGP distributions are not free and pretty expensive for commercial use. However, there is a free version available from GnuPGP, which can be used by anyone under the terms of GPL license.
GnuPGP can be found at http://www.gnupg.org including downloads and docs.

2. How to schedule and run batch files and programs from 24x7 Scheduler?
start 24x7, click File/New/Job menu. Follow instructions provided by the Job Properties Wizard. If you get any specific questions while creating a new job, please feel free to ask.

: PGP is exactly what I would like to use... Is there an example of this?
: I don't normally use any scripting so trying to pull from other examples.

Please ignore first line from my previous message, it got there by mistake.

: Get a working SELECT for columns in DB2 AS400

: Let's split your original question into 2 question: 1. How to use command
: line PGP?
: See http://www.cs.sjsu.edu/CRC/documentation/PGPCmdLineGuide.pdf for
: detailed instructions on using Network Associates' version of PGP tools.
: Virtually all PGP distributions are not free and pretty expensive for
: commercial use. However, there is a free version available from GnuPGP,
: which can be used by anyone under the terms of GPL license.
: GnuPGP can be found at http://www.gnupg.org including downloads and docs.

: 2. How to schedule and run batch files and programs from 24x7 Scheduler?
: start 24x7, click File/New/Job menu. Follow instructions provided by the Job
: Properties Wizard. If you get any specific questions while creating a new
: job, please feel free to ask.

The pgp piece is fine except its located on another server.
Ultimately, I want to run the pgp command from the location
where 24x7 is located and running.
I have only installed the "trial" version so am very new to
this....
: Please ignore first line from my previous message, it got there by mistake.

Why cannot you make the "pgp piece" available on the same computer? Then it is going to be a piece of cake to run command line PGP.

You can also create a more complicated thing involving multiple computers in the processing. If you tell us what specifically you are trying to do and in which invironment then I can tell you what pieces you would need to automate that and how to do that.

: The pgp piece is fine except its located on another server.
: Ultimately, I want to run the pgp command from the location
: where 24x7 is located and running.
: I have only installed the "trial" version so am very new to
: this....

: Why cannot you make the "pgp piece" available on the same computer?
: Then it is going to be a piece of cake to run command line PGP.

: You can also create a more complicated thing involving multiple computers in
: the processing. If you tell us what specifically you are trying to do and
: in which invironment then I can tell you what pieces you would need to
: automate that and how to do that.

pgp is installed on a single server running in w2000 environment, its primarily used for
a single file. Others are using PKZIP for Windows.

Using the 24x7 Scheduler on a local PC (XP). The 24x7 app can be used much more
efficiently and for many reasons in addition to pgp. One of the tests for purchase
of 24x7 would be ease of use across multiple platforms, with the ability to send these
commands from a primary location to other boxes. If the ease of use across platforms is
not an easy use, my assumption would be that perhaps this software is not for our contined
use.

Ok, we are finally getting somewhere. I guess you are a Windows shop. So we are talking about scheduling a job on your PC to transfer a file to another PC, encrypt it using command line PGP, transfer it back and then do something with it? Correct?

There exist several ways how this can be automated in 24x7. For example you can use remote jobs to do that or use COM automation.

That should be a piece of cake. Install 24x7 Windows version on your computer and also on the server.

After installation:

On the server:
1. Start 24x7 Remote Agent on the server (for beginning use Windows Start menu to start the agent manually).

On your computer:
1. Start 24x7 Scheduler (for beginning use Windows Start menu to start the agent manually)

2. Setup Remote Agent profile (one time deal) using Tools/Remote Agents menu. Perhaps you name this profile as "myWin2000"

3. If the file you want to encrypt is local create new program type job (using File/New/Job menu) with the command line like
pgp –c c:\temp\file1.txt

Perhaps you name this job "PGP my file"

4. Create another job having JAL script type. In the job script enter
script type job . In the job script enter the following

FileTransferEx "ToRemote", "myWin2000", "c:\\dir1\\file1.txt", "c:\\temp\\file1.txt"
JobRemoteRun "PGP my file", "myWin2000"
FileTransfer "ToLocal", "myWin2000", "c:\\temp\\file1.pgp", "c:\\dir1\\file1.pgp"

That's it.

Please keep in mind that 24x7 is a big product with tons of features and options. Using 24x7 you can automate virtually anything (on Windows all, Unix, Linux, even mainframe).

: pgp is installed on a single server running in w2000 environment, its
: primarily used for
: a single file. Others are using PKZIP for Windows.

: Using the 24x7 Scheduler on a local PC (XP). The 24x7 app can be used much
: more
: efficiently and for many reasons in addition to pgp. One of the tests for
: purchase
: of 24x7 would be ease of use across multiple platforms, with the ability to
: send these
: commands from a primary location to other boxes. If the ease of use across
: platforms is
: not an easy use, my assumption would be that perhaps this software is not for
: our contined
: use.