This program pings computers (hosts) on Bionet to see which respond. It then optionally contacts DMS with the list of active hosts.
The Bionet Ping Tool is a command line application. Syntax:
BionetPingTool.exe
[/Manual:Host1,Host2,Host3] [/File:HostListFile]
[/HideInactive] [/Simulate]
[/DB] [/DBAdd] [/NoDB]
By default contacts DMS to retrieve the list of bionet hosts, then pings each one (appending suffix .bionet).
Alternatively, use /Manual to define a list of hosts to contact (.bionet is not auto-appended).
Or use /File to specify a text file listing one host per line (.bionet is not auto-appended).
The /File switch is useful when used in conjunction with script Export_DNS_Entries.ps1, which can be run daily via a scheduled task to export all hosts and IP addresses tracked by the bionet DNS server (Gigasax).
When using /File, the program will still contact DMS to determine which hosts are inactive, and it will skip those hosts. Use /HideInactive to not see the names of the inactive hosts"
Use /Simulate to simulate the ping
Use /DB to store the results in the database (preview if /Simulate is used)
Use /DBAdd to add new (unknown) hosts to the database
Use /NoDB to disable the use of the database, thus requiring that /Manual or /File be used. In addition, will not contact DMS to find inactive hosts.
Written by Matthew Monroe for the Department of Energy (PNNL, Richland, WA)
E-mail: matthew.monroe@pnnl.gov or proteomics@pnnl.gov
Website: https://github.com/PNNL-Comp-Mass-Spec/ or https://panomics.pnnl.gov/ or https://www.pnnl.gov/integrative-omicsor https://github.com/PNNL-Comp-Mass-Spec/
The Bionet Ping Tool is licensed under the 2-Clause BSD License; you may not use this program except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause
Copyright 2018 Battelle Memorial Institute