Windows Script monitor FileFolder not found

emily2000

I want to use the FileCount.vbs(a template provided by Solarwind) to monitor the numbers of files in a special folder. The script worked quite well in DOS with this command: cscript FileCount.vbs [filefolderpath]. But I copy the same script to the script body of Windows Script monitor, and the same filefolderpath to script arguments, the results turned to be FileFolder not found.

Is there any special requirements of define the path in script arguments?

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josh.clark

The script will run on the Orion Server, but you are probbaly wanting to monitor a folder on the target node.

You can't use "c:\Windows\foo.txt" since that will look on the Orion Server. You want to use UNC paths. So this would be something like "\\TargetNodeIPAddress\sharename\foo.txt"

To keep from having to hard code the Target Node's IP address, you can use the special variable ${IP}. This will be replaced by the target node's IP address.

The final result would look like this:

\\${IP}\ShareName\foo.txt

If you use the default admin share it might be this:

\\${IP}\C$\Windows\foo.txt

emily2000

I have considerd that, since when i tested the script in command line, I also run the script to get the files in remote server.

I attached the script here:

'
'
'
' Copyright 1999-2008 SolarWinds, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
'
'

' Script Name: FileCount.vbs
' Purpose: This script will return the number of files in a folder.
' Usage: cscript.exe FileCount.vbs [pathToFiles]
' [pathToFiles] is Local or UNC Path

Option Explicit
On Error Resume Next

Dim lstArgs, path, fso, objDir, objFiles

Set lstArgs = WScript.Arguments

If lstArgs.Count = 1 Then
     path       = Trim( lstArgs( 0 ))
Else
     WScript.Echo "Message: Usage: wscript.exe filelist.vbs [pathToFiles]" &vbCRLF &"[pathToFiles] Local or UNC Path"
     WScript.Echo "Statistic: 0"
     WScript.Quit( 1 )
End If

Set fso = Wscript.CreateObject( "Scripting.FileSystemObject" )

If fso.FolderExists( path ) Then
Set objDir = fso.GetFolder( path )

    If( IsEmpty( objDir ) = True ) Then
      WScript.Echo "Message: OBJECT NOT INITIALIZED"
      WScript.Echo "Statistic: 0"
      WScript.Quit( 1 )
    End If

    Set objFiles = objDir.Files

    If( IsEmpty( objFiles ) = True ) Then
      WScript.Echo "Message: OBJECT NOT INITIALIZED"
      WScript.Echo "Statistic: 0"
      WScript.Quit( 1 )
    End If

    WScript.Echo "Message: " & CInt( objFiles.Count ) & " FILES"
    WScript.Echo "Statistic: " & CInt( objFiles.Count )
    WScript.Quit( 0 )

Else
    WScript.Echo( "Message: FOLDER NOT FOUND" )
    WScript.Echo "Statistic: 0"
    WScript.Quit( 1 )
End If

And my path filled in the argument is like "//remotecomputername/C$/temp/"

Thanks

josh.clark

And my path filled in the argument is like "//remotecomputername/C$/temp/"

Those should be backslashes "\" not forward slashes "/". Is that a typo?

\\remotecomputername\C$\temp\

emily2000

Sorry, I explained it wrong. I did use backslashes not foward slashses in the path, but I made a mistake here in showing you the path. My path is like \\remotecomputername\C$\temp\ , still can´t find the path. T__T

rfletcher

I've been working with this script as well did anyone find out why this didn't work in Orion?