Viewing the Event Logs remotely Via an ASP Page wi

If you are administrate a Web server on a remote machine, then your know how important it can is able to quickly view R Event logs and ' check on things ' Until recently, the only way to did this is to log onto the machine via Terminal Servic ES, VNC or PC Anywhere, log onto the desktop, and bring up Event viewer that way. Or, you could use somebody ' s component.
Fortunately,. The Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) interface has become so sophisticated--and scriptable--we can All this using the scripting interfaces in an ASP page. Not so, but we can make things a lot easier by creating a form-based query interface this lets you enter search T Erms to get back only what you need to.
The key to the implementation of the Desktop Management Task Force ' s (DMTF) web-based Enterprise (WB EM) Initiative for microsoft®windows platforms This extends Common information Model (CIM) to represent management OB Jects in Windows management environments. The Common information Model, also a DMTF standard, is a extensible data Model for logically organizing object s in a consistent, unified manner in a managed environment. IT provides:
A Rich Query language that enables detailed queries of the information model.
A scriptable API that developers can use to create management applications. The scripting API supports several languages, including Microsoft Visual basic®; Visual Basic for Applications (VBA); Visual Basic, Scripting Edition (VBScript); Microsoft jscript®development software. Besides VBScript and JScript, developers can use any scripting language implementation that supports Microsoft ' s ActiveX® Scripting technologies with the This APIs (for example, a Perl scripting engine). Additionally, can use the Windows scripting Host or Microsoft Internet Explorer to run scripts utilizing this INTERFAC E. Windows scripting Host, like Internet Explorer, serves as a controller engine of ActiveX scripting engines. Windows scripting Host supports scripts written in VBScript and JScript.