Distinguish between a non-completed Hostcheck and a Hostcheck which does not match given criteria

[#1]

Does anyone has an idea how to distinguish between a "non-completed Hostcheck" and a "Hostcheck which does not match given criteria" 

The Idea is to create a regular expression for this issue ("Hostcheck did not deliver any info") an then start a role mapping to an empty role with the name HostCheck_failed_to_Complete or something similar. ( an expression which describes something like "Hostcheck did not deliver information within a given Timerange")

I already use regular Expressions  to map a certain role if not all criteria are matched by an existing HostCheck but the in the case HC does not start or crashes I cannot distinguish. 

For what will this be good or useable? Troubleshooting! If a user has problems to get all roles or function it's often dedicated to a restriction or a non-passed Hostcheck. I can determine if he has not passed all or some criteria of a given check.  But the IVE-Admin never knows early if it is due to a not finished HC or an not started HC.

Any Ideas are appreciated..... 

[#2 · Accepted solution]

The way I've done this is to have a trivial check - one I know will always be true.  This is my "host checker completed" test.  It could be a process check for something which will always be running, or a registry check for something which you know will always be there.  Then, I do role mapping based on the failure of that check to a role which says "Host Checker did not complete".  So, any other failure is a true failure, because we know the check completed.

Hope this is helpful -

Ken

[#3]

Ken - nice idea!

[#4]

Hi kenlars,

thank you - that's it !

As in most situations the simple solutions are the best solutions.  Thank you very much  (shame on me not to see the wood for the trees .....) 

[#5]

I found a solution I like even better - I think it is guaranteed to work, at least on Windows systems - a check to see if process dsHostChecker.exe is running.  If that is not true, you know Host Checker did not complete - or run at all.

Ken