Logging Number of Users (active connections)

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I am trying to determine how many users on average are logged in via Terminal
Services.

Is there a way to log this? Or at very least, is there a way to record or
receive a message if the number of active connections goes over a certain
number?

Thanks for any help!
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Gabe
 
Re: Logging Number of Users (active connections)

This should give you a starting point:

How can I retrieve the total number of sessions on my Terminal
Server?
http://ts.veranoest.net/ts_faq_administration.htm#TSSessionCount

You can use the methods described there and save the results to a
file for post-processing. Then use a 3rd party utility like blat to
email the report to you. You can schedule the information
retrieving script to run automatically a couple of times per day.

http://www.blat.net/194/

_________________________________________________________
Vera Noest
MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___

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<skilansing@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on 04 dec 2007 in
microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> I am trying to determine how many users on average are logged in
> via Terminal Services.
>
> Is there a way to log this? Or at very least, is there a way to
> record or receive a message if the number of active connections
> goes over a certain number?
>
> Thanks for any help!
 
Re: Logging Number of Users (active connections)

Thanks for your help.

I created a batch file that runs "query session /counter /server:servername"
and then outputs the results to a text file. I then have a scheduled task
that runs this daily. It should keep updating the text file with the
additional info.

This will work, but i would love it to tally the total number of users
currently active versus just showing the list. When looking back at the
records, I will have to manually tally the users to find out how many were
logged on at that time.

Thanks again for your help. Let me know if you (or anyone else) has any
other suggestions.

--
Gabe


"Vera Noest [MVP]" wrote:

> This should give you a starting point:
>
> How can I retrieve the total number of sessions on my Terminal
> Server?
> http://ts.veranoest.net/ts_faq_administration.htm#TSSessionCount
>
> You can use the methods described there and save the results to a
> file for post-processing. Then use a 3rd party utility like blat to
> email the report to you. You can schedule the information
> retrieving script to run automatically a couple of times per day.
>
> http://www.blat.net/194/
>
> _________________________________________________________
> Vera Noest
> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
> ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___
>
> =?Utf-8?B?c2tpbGFuc2luZw==?=
> <skilansing@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on 04 dec 2007 in
> microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:
>
> > I am trying to determine how many users on average are logged in
> > via Terminal Services.
> >
> > Is there a way to log this? Or at very least, is there a way to
> > record or receive a message if the number of active connections
> > goes over a certain number?
> >
> > Thanks for any help!
>
 
Re: Logging Number of Users (active connections)

You could use Performance Monitor (PerfMon): Add the "Server Sessions" or
"Active Sessions" counters, create a Data Collector set, and later create a
report.

Rob

"skilansing" <skilansing@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:44085D05-06C0-452A-BAA6-94B6A4277B4C@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for your help.
>
> I created a batch file that runs "query session /counter
> /server:servername"
> and then outputs the results to a text file. I then have a scheduled task
> that runs this daily. It should keep updating the text file with the
> additional info.
>
> This will work, but i would love it to tally the total number of users
> currently active versus just showing the list. When looking back at the
> records, I will have to manually tally the users to find out how many were
> logged on at that time.
>
> Thanks again for your help. Let me know if you (or anyone else) has any
> other suggestions.
>
> --
> Gabe
>
>
> "Vera Noest [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> This should give you a starting point:
>>
>> How can I retrieve the total number of sessions on my Terminal
>> Server?
>> http://ts.veranoest.net/ts_faq_administration.htm#TSSessionCount
>>
>> You can use the methods described there and save the results to a
>> file for post-processing. Then use a 3rd party utility like blat to
>> email the report to you. You can schedule the information
>> retrieving script to run automatically a couple of times per day.
>>
>> http://www.blat.net/194/
>>
>> _________________________________________________________
>> Vera Noest
>> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
>> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
>> ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___
>>
>> =?Utf-8?B?c2tpbGFuc2luZw==?=
>> <skilansing@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on 04 dec 2007 in
>> microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:
>>
>> > I am trying to determine how many users on average are logged in
>> > via Terminal Services.
>> >
>> > Is there a way to log this? Or at very least, is there a way to
>> > record or receive a message if the number of active connections
>> > goes over a certain number?
>> >
>> > Thanks for any help!
>>
 
Re: Logging Number of Users (active connections)

Now that's an elegant solution!
You've made it into my FAQ, Rob! :-)
_________________________________________________________
Vera Noest
MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___

"Rob Leitman [MS]" <robleit@online.microsoft.com> wrote on 04 dec
2007 in microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> You could use Performance Monitor (PerfMon): Add the "Server
> Sessions" or "Active Sessions" counters, create a Data Collector
> set, and later create a report.
>
> Rob
>
> "skilansing" <skilansing@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
> news:44085D05-06C0-452A-BAA6-94B6A4277B4C@microsoft.com...
>> Thanks for your help.
>>
>> I created a batch file that runs "query session /counter
>> /server:servername"
>> and then outputs the results to a text file. I then have a
>> scheduled task that runs this daily. It should keep updating
>> the text file with the additional info.
>>
>> This will work, but i would love it to tally the total number
>> of users currently active versus just showing the list. When
>> looking back at the records, I will have to manually tally the
>> users to find out how many were logged on at that time.
>>
>> Thanks again for your help. Let me know if you (or anyone else)
>> has any other suggestions.
>>
>> --
>> Gabe
>>
>>
>> "Vera Noest [MVP]" wrote:
>>
>>> This should give you a starting point:
>>>
>>> How can I retrieve the total number of sessions on my Terminal
>>> Server?
>>> http://ts.veranoest.net/ts_faq_administration.htm#TSSessionCoun
>>> t
>>>
>>> You can use the methods described there and save the results
>>> to a file for post-processing. Then use a 3rd party utility
>>> like blat to email the report to you. You can schedule the
>>> information retrieving script to run automatically a couple of
>>> times per day.
>>>
>>> http://www.blat.net/194/
>>>
>>> _________________________________________________________
>>> Vera Noest
>>> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
>>> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
>>> ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___
>>>
>>> =?Utf-8?B?c2tpbGFuc2luZw==?=
>>> <skilansing@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on 04 dec 2007 in
>>> microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:
>>>
>>> > I am trying to determine how many users on average are
>>> > logged in via Terminal Services.
>>> >
>>> > Is there a way to log this? Or at very least, is there a way
>>> > to record or receive a message if the number of active
>>> > connections goes over a certain number?
>>> >
>>> > Thanks for any help!
 
Re: Logging Number of Users (active connections)

Use performance counter "Terminal Services\Active Sessions" and let it
generate a counter log.

or if you have no user named Active, you could use a batch-file and parse
the output from quser:
quser|find "rdp-tcp#"|find /c " Active "

"skilansing" <skilansing@discussions.microsoft.com> skrev i meddelandet
news:44085D05-06C0-452A-BAA6-94B6A4277B4C@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for your help.
>
> I created a batch file that runs "query session /counter
> /server:servername"
> and then outputs the results to a text file. I then have a scheduled task
> that runs this daily. It should keep updating the text file with the
> additional info.
>
> This will work, but i would love it to tally the total number of users
> currently active versus just showing the list. When looking back at the
> records, I will have to manually tally the users to find out how many were
> logged on at that time.
>
> Thanks again for your help. Let me know if you (or anyone else) has any
> other suggestions.
>
> --
> Gabe
>
>
> "Vera Noest [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> This should give you a starting point:
>>
>> How can I retrieve the total number of sessions on my Terminal
>> Server?
>> http://ts.veranoest.net/ts_faq_administration.htm#TSSessionCount
>>
>> You can use the methods described there and save the results to a
>> file for post-processing. Then use a 3rd party utility like blat to
>> email the report to you. You can schedule the information
>> retrieving script to run automatically a couple of times per day.
>>
>> http://www.blat.net/194/
>>
>> _________________________________________________________
>> Vera Noest
>> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
>> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
>> ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___
>>
>> =?Utf-8?B?c2tpbGFuc2luZw==?=
>> <skilansing@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on 04 dec 2007 in
>> microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:
>>
>> > I am trying to determine how many users on average are logged in
>> > via Terminal Services.
>> >
>> > Is there a way to log this? Or at very least, is there a way to
>> > record or receive a message if the number of active connections
>> > goes over a certain number?
>> >
>> > Thanks for any help!
>>
 
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