Monitor folder activity

Question

Hi,

As I learned from some googling, the monitor folder activity opens a single session while monitoring. Any network routing device have a session timeout and when it "comes" the Monitoring folder stops monitoring without any warning. In my case, I have a Checkpoint firewall in between, and 6-10 minutes after the job started, it stops monitoring.
I have many options to overcome this with scheduling and even job restarts, but... do we have some normal option of monitoring folders/files?
Thanx, Dany

Answer 1

Maybe running an additional Runbook Server in the same network/subnet with the folder is an option. As you can run a runbook on a defined Runbook Server this should work. But the Runbook Server service requires to communicate through the firewall with the SCORCH DB SQL Server.
The Runbook Server service could be installed on an existing server in the subnet.

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Regards
Andreas Baumgarten

Answer 2

Hi @Anonymous ,

I've personally never had issues with the Monitor Folder runbook activity, but if you don't want to use that then PowerShell is the way to go.
You can use the Run .Net Script with your PowerShell script, and link it to a schedule, for example Monitor Date/Time.

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Best regards,
Leon

Answer 3

Hi,

Sure in the internal network with no FW/router on the way, the Monitor Folder works, but not when there is session timeout. The powershell option is more of "Lets build a scheduled task and powershell script" and then.. Why do I need Orchestrator? I need the gays in the support team to monitor and easy understand/create jobs and this why I use Orchestrator. For now, I am using the "monitor date and time" and then "get file status" action. I am looking for If someone found the solution for the session reset in the monitor folder activity as it is simple and best suites our need....

Thanks for the answer :)

Answer 4

Hi,

I will read about the ability of running runbook server in the remote environment and check if it is possible. I will mark your answer as accepted, but there is "local" solution I would love to hear about. For now I will consider implementing runbook server in remote network and temporary will make all the jobs on scheduling and not monitoring.

Thank you very much. Dany