DataBase Server ping

[RaviNada Kiran]

Hi Ranchers,

If i have database on a Remote Machine , How to check Or ping if the server is running or not ?
What i mean to ask is how can i check the IP and Port of it ??

Are there any commands to do this ?

[Jimmy Clark]

Read up on the ping command

[RaviNada Kiran]

I know that , atleast do you have idea on what should be the port to be pinged ?

As we need to give the Host (i know its IP of that Machine)

Can You please tell me about the port?? Is this the same port which would be given at the time of DataSource creation ??

Hope you know the answer

[Paul Clapham]

RaviNada Kiran wrote:I know that , atleast do you have idea on what should be the port to be pinged ?

No, of course we don't. Just ask the database administrator what port it is listening at. That is a choice they made when they set up the server.

[Rob Spoor]

There are default ports for most database systems, but that doesn't mean those ports are actually used. Especially Microsoft SQL Server, which defaults to a non-default port if you use a named instance; the default port is only default for the default instance.

[RaviNada Kiran]

Paul Clapham wrote:

RaviNada Kiran wrote:I know that , atleast do you have idea on what should be the port to be pinged ?

No, of course we don't. Just ask the database administrator what port it is listening at. That is a choice they made when they set up the server.

Good one Paul Nice humour