{{Quickfixn}} Scheduled task issues

[Grant Birchmeier]

This sounds like some kind of login/permission issue with Windows server,
and not really a problem with the QF/n code itself.

Unfortunately, Windows server admin is not one of my skills.  Anyone else
have any clue?

On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Rettenmier, Curt <
Curt.Rettenmier at avistacorp.com> wrote:

>  We set up our new application that uses QuickFix/n on a dedicated
> Windows server 2012 as a scheduled task to run every morning at 4:00 a.m.
> We have been previously testing the app on that server not as a scheduled
> task (double-clicking on the .exe) and it has been working fine. We set up
> the task to run using a service account and we configured the task
> scheduler to run the task whether the user is logged on our not. We also
> had to modify a security policy on the server to allow the service account
> to log on as a batch service. The task scheduler runs the app as scheduled
> but the problem we are having is that the task runs when no one is logged
> on to the server and is not able to connect to our third-party ICE). When I
> log on to the server later in the morning the app is still running (as it
> should). At the moment I log on the app is then able to connect to ICE and
> start processing information. QuickFix logging is turned on and the log is
> showing that the target machine (which is the server) is refusing the
> connection when our QuickFix app tries to connect. This will occur over and
> over. See log excerpt below. The IP 172.19.133.178 is the server’s IP. As
> long as I am logged on to the server our QuickFix/n app works fine. We also
> are using sTunnel to encrypt the data. sTunnel is set up on the same
> server.
>
>
>
> 20141017-11:01:30.885 : Session FIX.4.4:552/ADMIN->ICE already
> disconnected: Resetting...
>
> 20141017-11:01:30.901 : Session reset: New session
>
> 20141017-11:01:30.901 : Created session
>
> 20141017-11:01:31.807 : Connecting to 172.18.133.178 on port 1024
>
> 20141017-11:01:33.839 : Connection failed: No connection could be made
> because the target machine actively refused it 172.18.133.178:1024
>
> 20141017-11:01:39.917 : Connecting to 172.18.133.178 on port 1024
>
> 20141017-11:01:40.917 : Connection failed: No connection could be made
> because the target machine actively refused it 172.18.133.178:1024
>
> 20141017-11:01:46.011 : Connecting to 172.18.133.178 on port 1024
>
> 20141017-11:01:47.042 : Connection failed: No connection could be made
> because the target machine actively refused it 172.18.133.178:1024
>
> 20141017-11:01:52.105 : Connecting to 172.18.133.178 on port 1024
>
> 20141017-11:01:53.120 : Connection failed: No connection could be made
> because the target machine actively refused it 172.18.133.178:1024
>
>
>
> When I logged on to the server this morning to check the task the logs
> show that the already running app will then successfully connect and work.
> See log excerpt below.  Also if I kick off the task myself and stay logged
> on to the machine (with different logon credentials) the app will connect
> and work just fine.
>
>
>
> 20141017-14:36:59.112 : Connection failed: No connection could be made
> because the target machine actively refused it 172.18.133.178:1024
>
> 20141017-14:37:04.190 : Connecting to 172.18.133.178 on port 1024
>
> 20141017-14:37:08.347 : Connection succeeded
>
> 20141017-14:37:11.097 : Session reset: ResetOnLogon
>
> 20141017-14:37:13.550 : Session reset: ResetSeqNumFlag
>
> 20141017-14:37:13.565 : Initiated logon request
>
> 20141017-14:37:14.894 : Received logon
>
>
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
>
>
> CURT RETTENMIER
>
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>
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