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CanadaDBA
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 Posted - 2005-04-01 : 11:53:44
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| I want to view event viewer on my production server remotely. But when I use Eventvwr \\servername, it doesn't ask me for server password and therefore, I can't view it. What's wrong?Canada DBA |
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Michael Valentine Jones
Yak DBA Kernel (pronounced Colonel)
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Posted - 2005-04-01 : 12:09:22
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Are you not in the BUILTIN\Administrators group on that server or a Domain Admin?quote:
Originally posted by farhadr
I want to view event viewer on my production server remotely. But when I use Eventvwr \\servername, it doesn't ask me for server password and therefore, I can't view it. What's wrong?Canada DBA
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jason
Posting Yak Master
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Posted - 2005-04-01 : 12:54:51
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CanadaDBA
583 Posts |
Posted - 2005-04-04 : 08:56:53
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No, I am not. But I have an admin id on that machine. The problem is that EV doesn't ask me to enter a user id and password. Does it use my current userid and password to connect to the preoduction and read its logs?quote:
Originally posted by Michael Valentine Jones
Are you not in the BUILTIN\Administrators group on that server or a Domain Admin?quote:
Originally posted by farhadr
I want to view event viewer on my production server remotely. But when I use Eventvwr \\servername, it doesn't ask me for server password and therefore, I can't view it. What's wrong?Canada DBA
CODO ERGO SUM
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CanadaDBA
583 Posts |
Posted - 2005-04-04 : 08:59:44
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I have used the following commands and got the messages:eventvwr \\MachineName.something.something.COM The format of specified computer name is invalid.eventvwr \\MachineNameThe network path was not found.eventvwr \\1.2.3.4 Access is denied.quote:
Originally posted by jason
How are you making the remote connection?
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jason
Posting Yak Master
164 Posts |
Posted - 2005-04-04 : 13:16:50
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| 1)Are you using a valid admin account to connect?2)Are you connecting through VPN? If not, please describe the method you are using to connect. |
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CanadaDBA
583 Posts |
Posted - 2005-04-04 : 14:02:03
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1. My loacl id is not known by the server. 2. I connect through VPN. I had an email from my net admin indicating "You need to connect to the Server with what ever ID you would normally use to administer the box." What this means? Does it mean I need to login to my local with the id that I use for the server? But that id is not known in my local or my LAN. I created same id on my local (like what I have in production) but I was not able to login to the LAN and therefore, I couldn't have access to VPN. I think this is something that Net Admin guys on server side have to fix.If EV had a login window like QA, then I would be able to login and view the logs but it seems this assumption is incorrect.quote:
Originally posted by jason
1)Are you using a valid admin account to connect?2)Are you connecting through VPN? If not, please describe the method you are using to connect.
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jason
Posting Yak Master
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Posted - 2005-04-04 : 14:10:30
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| You should contact your net admin and have him/her provide you with complete instructions on connecting with VPN.You are not connected to VPN if you are not using a login account recognized by the domain and/or server providing the VPN service.If you are using Microsoft VPN then you must login into VPN with a valid domain user account. If you check the box to save the password, the VPN client will cache the login credentials and use the cached credentials when accessing the remote network resources. |
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View event viewer on production server remotely