Comments on: The Future of SYDI http://ogenstad.net/2007/12/17/the-future-of-sydi/ Security Stories and Help with Network Documentation Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:41:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Timo http://ogenstad.net/2007/12/17/the-future-of-sydi/comment-page-1/#comment-50057 Timo Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:33:28 +0000 http://ogenstad.net/2007/12/17/the-future-of-sydi/#comment-50057 sorry for the subdirectory "rechner" cscript.exe sydi-server.vbs -wabefghipPqrsu -o./%COMPUTERNAME%.xml -ex cscript.exe ./tools/sydi-transform.vbs -x./%COMPUTERNAME%.xml -s./xml/serverhtml.xsl -o./%COMPUTERNAME%.htm sorry for the subdirectory “rechner”

cscript.exe sydi-server.vbs -wabefghipPqrsu -o./%COMPUTERNAME%.xml -ex

cscript.exe ./tools/sydi-transform.vbs -x./%COMPUTERNAME%.xml -s./xml/serverhtml.xsl -o./%COMPUTERNAME%.htm

]]> By: Timo http://ogenstad.net/2007/12/17/the-future-of-sydi/comment-page-1/#comment-50056 Timo Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:31:59 +0000 http://ogenstad.net/2007/12/17/the-future-of-sydi/#comment-50056 Use cscript.exe sydi-server.vbs -wabefghipPqrsu -o./rechner/%COMPUTERNAME%.xml -ex to create a xml document after that you can create a html document with cscript.exe ./tools/sydi-transform.vbs -x./rechner/%COMPUTERNAME%.xml -s./xml/serverhtml.xsl -o./rechner/%COMPUTERNAME%.htm Use
cscript.exe sydi-server.vbs -wabefghipPqrsu -o./rechner/%COMPUTERNAME%.xml -ex

to create a xml document after that you can create a html document with

cscript.exe ./tools/sydi-transform.vbs -x./rechner/%COMPUTERNAME%.xml -s./xml/serverhtml.xsl -o./rechner/%COMPUTERNAME%.htm

]]> By: Sveinung http://ogenstad.net/2007/12/17/the-future-of-sydi/comment-page-1/#comment-49890 Sveinung Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:06:17 +0000 http://ogenstad.net/2007/12/17/the-future-of-sydi/#comment-49890 hi how can i use sydi whitout word ? hi
how can i use sydi whitout word ?

]]> By: Randy http://ogenstad.net/2007/12/17/the-future-of-sydi/comment-page-1/#comment-49207 Randy Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:25:44 +0000 http://ogenstad.net/2007/12/17/the-future-of-sydi/#comment-49207 The tool is great! Having a problem running it acroos the network for servers that don't have Word installed. Here's what I used on the cmd line: C:\temp\General Purpose Utilities\SYDI Server>cscript.exe sydi-server.vbs -uutilserver\userid -ppassword -tutilserver Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.7 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Start subroutine: GatherWMIInformation(utilserver) -2147024891 -- Access is denied. (utilserver) C:\temp\General Purpose Utilities\SYDI Server> The tool is great! Having a problem running it acroos the network for servers that don’t have Word installed.
Here’s what I used on the cmd line:
C:\temp\General Purpose Utilities\SYDI Server>cscript.exe sydi-server.vbs -uutilserver\userid -ppassword -tutilserver
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.7
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Start subroutine: GatherWMIInformation(utilserver)
-2147024891 — Access is denied. (utilserver)

C:\temp\General Purpose Utilities\SYDI Server>

]]> By: Patrick Ogenstad http://ogenstad.net/2007/12/17/the-future-of-sydi/comment-page-1/#comment-47005 Patrick Ogenstad Tue, 05 May 2009 17:59:03 +0000 http://ogenstad.net/2007/12/17/the-future-of-sydi/#comment-47005 Joeg - Your suggestion with .ini files is already possible. However you use XML files, take a look at the ss-xml2word.vbs script. Joeg – Your suggestion with .ini files is already possible. However you use XML files, take a look at the ss-xml2word.vbs script.

]]> By: Joeg http://ogenstad.net/2007/12/17/the-future-of-sydi/comment-page-1/#comment-46176 Joeg Thu, 16 Apr 2009 23:58:47 +0000 http://ogenstad.net/2007/12/17/the-future-of-sydi/#comment-46176 First: THANK YOU! Patrick you have made my life as a SysAdmin MUCH easier with the SYDI tools. With SYDI I can create documentation in 15 minutes that would have taken 15 hours without it. As far as SYDI-AD, I think that would be wonderful! As far as suggestions, I would like to see a script that can be used to fill in the server specific information in the resulting Word files using an .INI file or some such (Machine owner, location and such). First: THANK YOU!

Patrick you have made my life as a SysAdmin MUCH easier with the SYDI tools. With SYDI I can create documentation in 15 minutes that would have taken 15 hours without it.

As far as SYDI-AD, I think that would be wonderful!

As far as suggestions, I would like to see a script that can be used to fill in the server specific information in the resulting Word files using an .INI file or some such (Machine owner, location and such).

]]> By: Patrick Ogenstad http://ogenstad.net/2007/12/17/the-future-of-sydi/comment-page-1/#comment-43970 Patrick Ogenstad Mon, 09 Feb 2009 07:24:33 +0000 http://ogenstad.net/2007/12/17/the-future-of-sydi/#comment-43970 Anil - Are you still using SYDI-Server 2.0? Can you rescan the files with the latest version and see if you still have the same problem? Anil – Are you still using SYDI-Server 2.0? Can you rescan the files with the latest version and see if you still have the same problem?

]]> By: Anil Shetty http://ogenstad.net/2007/12/17/the-future-of-sydi/comment-page-1/#comment-43871 Anil Shetty Fri, 06 Feb 2009 10:21:21 +0000 http://ogenstad.net/2007/12/17/the-future-of-sydi/#comment-43871 I am getting the below error while converting files from .xml to .doc Reading SYDI-Server Source File: C:\sydi-server-2.0\ServerName.xml C:\sydi-server-2.0\tools\ss-xml2word.vbs(817, 7) Microsoft Cursor Engine: Multip le-step operation generated errors. Check each status value. The command I used is as below C:\sydi-server-2.0>cscript C:\sydi-server-2.0\tools\ss-xml2word.vbs -lC:\sydi-se rver-2.0\language\lang_english.xml -xC:\sydi-server-2.0\Out\ServerName. xml -oC:\sydi-server-2.0\Out\ServerName.doc I am getting the below error while converting files from .xml to .doc
Reading SYDI-Server Source File: C:\sydi-server-2.0\ServerName.xml
C:\sydi-server-2.0\tools\ss-xml2word.vbs(817, 7) Microsoft Cursor Engine: Multip
le-step operation generated errors. Check each status value.

The command I used is as below
C:\sydi-server-2.0>cscript C:\sydi-server-2.0\tools\ss-xml2word.vbs -lC:\sydi-se
rver-2.0\language\lang_english.xml -xC:\sydi-server-2.0\Out\ServerName.
xml -oC:\sydi-server-2.0\Out\ServerName.doc

]]> By: Al http://ogenstad.net/2007/12/17/the-future-of-sydi/comment-page-1/#comment-43789 Al Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:00:40 +0000 http://ogenstad.net/2007/12/17/the-future-of-sydi/#comment-43789 Great Tool. Have you given any thought to showing the server uptime? Great Tool. Have you given any thought to showing the server uptime?

]]> By: Tom http://ogenstad.net/2007/12/17/the-future-of-sydi/comment-page-1/#comment-41555 Tom Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:47:34 +0000 http://ogenstad.net/2007/12/17/the-future-of-sydi/#comment-41555 I work for a fortune 500 company. We couldn't find a packaged server documentation solution for under 100k. All of the packaged solutions required client software to be installed and our data center provider would not allow it. For Windows Servers, all of the data you need is available and free thru WMI, why pay for a packaged solution? I ran it against 200 servers and experienced no problems. I highly recommend this product! I work for a fortune 500 company. We couldn’t find a packaged server documentation solution for under 100k. All of the packaged solutions required client software to be installed and our data center provider would not allow it. For Windows Servers, all of the data you need is available and free thru WMI, why pay for a packaged solution? I ran it against 200 servers and experienced no problems. I highly recommend this product!

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