How to check if remote desktop service is up and running? 1

[grofaty]

Hi,
using Windows 2008 RC2 I am constantly restarting server (because I am doing some test). Server is installed inside VMware environment. After restart I can't see if computer is really up and running. To get some information I use command:
ping /t <server_ip_address>
But this command only tells that network is up, not that remote desktop service is up.

So I am using Remote Desktop and time to time check if remote desktop server is up, so I can connect to computer. Now I have to manually check if server is up that I can login.

Is there a way (like a 'ping' command) to get info if remote desktop server is up and so I am able to login?
Thanks

 

[MakeItSo]

Hi grofaty,

sounds like a Power Shell job to me.
Using psexec, a command like this should do:

cmd /c psexec \\[computername] netstat -an | find ":3389" > logfile.txt

or if you get permission failure:

cmd /c psexec -u [user] -p [password] \\[computername] netstat -an | find ":3389" > logfile.txt

The lines of the resulting logfile containing "ESTABLISHED" are then the users logged on via RDP.

Good luck!
MakeItSo

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[grofaty]

@MakeItSo,
I works perfect. Excellent! Thanks for help.

P.S. Program psexec is not installed by default, so on laptop I needed to install it:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897553.aspx