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BjoernH 02-07-2019 10:44 AM
VBScript does not wait for prompt and ends prematurely
 
Good day.

I wrote a script that's supposed to start different types of servers with a 3 minute pause between two different server types. The script, however, does not wait for the '$' prompt (line 83) before heading straight into the crt.Sleep command (line 85) and eventually finishes prematurely. In this case, the vmType is a 'icsf' and the script commences from line 43 (sleep) to line 80 (ElseIf vmType = "icsf"). Below is my script and it has some MsgBox comments:

Code:
'#$language = "VBScript"
'#$interface = "1.0"
' File: vCSCF-NovaStopStart-ALL.vbs
'Created 02/05/2019 - BH

crt.Screen.Synchronous = True


'Create arrays for VMs


Sub Main()


Dim vNF
vNF = crt.Dialog.Prompt("Enter the vNF name, eg: 'dpa2aicsf5001', 'dpa2bcscf5002', 'ksc1bcscf9001', etc.:")
        If vNF = ""  Then Exit Sub
               
       
'Check if user is sourced
Dim region
        region = (vNF)
        region = Left(region, Len(region) - 8 )
'        MsgBox(region)
       
        crt.Screen.Send "env | grep 'OS_REGION_NAME='" & region & vbCr
                If Not crt.Screen.WaitForString("OS_REGION_NAME=" & region, 2) Then
                        MsgBox "You must be sourced to " & region & " before running this script!"
                Exit Sub
                End If
       
'Identify VM type (cscf or icsf)
Dim vmType
        vmType = (vNF)
        vmType = Left(vmType, Len(vmType) - 4 )
        vmType = Right(vmType, Len(vmType) - 5 )
       
'Declare - nova stop or start
Dim doWhat
doWhat = crt.Dialog.Prompt("Enter 'stop' or 'start' :")
        If doWhat = ""  Then Exit Sub
                MsgBox "Doing " & doWhat & " on " & vNF & " which is a " & vmType & " vm type."
                crt.Sleep 50
       
'Start nova commands

If vmType = "cscf" Then
        If doWhat = "start" Then
                crt.Screen.Send"nova list | grep " & vNF & "vm00[1-3] | cut '-d|' -f 3" & vbCr
                crt.Screen.WaitForString "$"
                crt.Sleep"180000"
                crt.Screen.Send"nova list | grep " & vNF & "vm00[6-7] | cut '-d|' -f 3" & vbCr
                crt.Screen.WaitForString "$"
                crt.Sleep"180000"
                crt.Screen.Send"nova list | grep " & vNF & "vm00[4-5] | cut '-d|' -f 3" & vbCr
                crt.Screen.WaitForString "$"
                crt.Screen.Send"nova list | grep " & vNF & "vm10[1-8] | cut '-d|' -f 3" & vbCr
                crt.Screen.WaitForString "$"
                crt.Screen.Send"nova list | grep " & vNF & "vm00[8-9] | cut '-d|' -f 3" & vbCr
                crt.Screen.WaitForString "$"
                crt.Sleep"180000"
                crt.Screen.Send"nova list | grep -E " & vNF & "'vm2[0-4][0-9]|" & vNF & "vm25[0-1]' | cut '-d|' -f 3" & vbCr
                crt.Screen.WaitForString "$"

                ElseIf doWhat = "stop" Then
                crt.Screen.Send"nova list | grep -E " & vNF & "'vm2[0-4][0-9]|" & vNF & "vm25[0-1]' | cut '-d|' -f 3" & vbCr
                crt.Screen.WaitForString "$"
                crt.Screen.Send"nova list | grep " & vNF & "vm00[8-9] | cut '-d|' -f 3" & vbCr
                crt.Screen.WaitForString "$"
                crt.Screen.Send"nova list | grep " & vNF & "vm10[1-8] | cut '-d|' -f 3" & vbCr
                crt.Screen.WaitForString "$"
                crt.Screen.Send"nova list | grep " & vNF & "vm00[4-5] | cut '-d|' -f 3" & vbCr
                crt.Screen.WaitForString "$"
                crt.Screen.Send"nova list | grep " & vNF & "vm00[6-7] | cut '-d|' -f 3" & vbCr
                crt.Screen.WaitForString "$"
                crt.Screen.Send"nova list | grep " & vNF & "vm00[1-3] | cut '-d|' -f 3" & vbCr
                crt.Screen.WaitForString "$"
        End If

ElseIf vmType = "icsf" Then
        If doWhat = "start" Then
                crt.Screen.Send"nova list | grep " & vNF & "vm10[5-8] | cut '-d|' -f 3 | grep -v Running | xargs nova start" & vbCr
                crt.Screen.WaitForString "$"
                MsgBox"Why does it not wait for the '$' prompt on line 83 above before the 'sleep 180000 on line 85?"
                crt.Sleep"180000"
                crt.Screen.Send"nova list | grep " & vNF & "vm23[1-4] | cut '-d|' -f 3 | grep -v Running | xargs nova start" & vbCr
                crt.Screen.WaitForString "$"

                ElseIf doWhat = "stop" Then
                crt.Screen.Send"nova list | grep " & vNF & "vm23[1-4] | cut '-d|' -f 3 | grep -v Shutdown | xargs nova stop" & vbCr
                crt.Screen.WaitForString "$"
                crt.Screen.Send"nova list | grep " & vNF & "vm10[5-8] | cut '-d|' -f 3 | grep -v Shutdown | xargs nova stop" & vbCr
                crt.Screen.WaitForString "$"
        End If

End If
               

'Next
        MsgBox " *** End nova " & doWhat & " script. *** "
        MsgBox " Why did the script end prematurely??? It's still working on line 86!"

End Sub
Got a fix for me Eric?

Regards,
Bjoern

ekoranyi 02-07-2019 10:56 AM
Hi BjoernH,

It is unlikely that the WaitForString is simply not waiting, or being skipped, it is likely finding the "$" elsewhere in the output. Is it possible that the output of the preceding command contains a "$" somewhere in the output?

BjoernH 02-12-2019 08:51 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by ekoranyi (Post 50896)
Hi BjoernH,

It is unlikely that the WaitForString is simply not waiting, or being skipped, it is likely finding the "$" elsewhere in the output. Is it possible that the output of the preceding command contains a "$" somewhere in the output?
I made some changes but it's still skipping ahead.

Code:
'Declare - nova stop or start
Dim doWhat
doWhat = crt.Dialog.Prompt("Enter 'stop' or 'start' :")
        If doWhat = ""  Then Exit Sub
                MsgBox "Doing " & doWhat & " on " & vNF & " which is a " & vmType & " vm type."
                crt.Screen.Send "echo Start time: `date '+%H:%M:%S'`" & vbCr
                crt.Screen.WaitForString "]$ "
                crt.Sleep 50
       
'Start nova commands

If vmType = "cscf" Then
        If doWhat = "start" Then
                crt.Screen.Send"nova list | grep " & vNF & "vm00[1-3] | cut '-d|' -f 3" & vbCr
                crt.Screen.WaitForString "]$ "
                crt.Sleep"180000"
                crt.Screen.Send"nova list | grep " & vNF & "vm00[6-7] | cut '-d|' -f 3" & vbCr
                crt.Screen.WaitForString "]$ "
                crt.Sleep"180000"
                crt.Screen.Send"nova list | grep " & vNF & "vm00[4-5] | cut '-d|' -f 3" & vbCr
                crt.Screen.WaitForString "]$ "
                crt.Screen.Send"nova list | grep " & vNF & "vm10[1-8] | cut '-d|' -f 3" & vbCr
                crt.Screen.WaitForString "]$ "
                crt.Screen.Send"nova list | grep " & vNF & "vm00[8-9] | cut '-d|' -f 3" & vbCr
                crt.Screen.WaitForString "]$ "
                crt.Sleep"180000"
                crt.Screen.Send"nova list | grep -E " & vNF & "'vm2[0-4][0-9]|" & vNF & "vm25[0-1]' | cut '-d|' -f 3" & vbCr
                crt.Screen.WaitForString "]$ "

                ElseIf doWhat = "stop" Then
                crt.Screen.Send"nova list | grep -E " & vNF & "'vm2[0-4][0-9]|" & vNF & "vm25[0-1]' | cut '-d|' -f 3" & vbCr
                crt.Screen.WaitForString "]$ "
                crt.Screen.Send"nova list | grep " & vNF & "vm00[8-9] | cut '-d|' -f 3" & vbCr
                crt.Screen.WaitForString "]$ "
                crt.Screen.Send"nova list | grep " & vNF & "vm10[1-8] | cut '-d|' -f 3" & vbCr
                crt.Screen.WaitForString "]$ "
                crt.Screen.Send"nova list | grep " & vNF & "vm00[4-5] | cut '-d|' -f 3" & vbCr
                crt.Screen.WaitForString "]$ "
                crt.Screen.Send"nova list | grep " & vNF & "vm00[6-7] | cut '-d|' -f 3" & vbCr
                crt.Screen.WaitForString "]$ "
                crt.Screen.Send"nova list | grep " & vNF & "vm00[1-3] | cut '-d|' -f 3" & vbCr
                crt.Screen.WaitForString "]$ "
        End If

ElseIf vmType = "icsf" Then
        If doWhat = "start" Then
                crt.Screen.Send"nova list | grep " & vNF & "vm10[5-8] | grep -v Running | cut '-d|' -f 3 | xargs nova start" & vbCr
                crt.Screen.WaitForString "]$ "
                MsgBox"Sleeping for 3 minutes."
                crt.Sleep"180000"
                crt.Screen.Send"nova list | grep " & vNF & "vm23[1-4] | grep -v Running | cut '-d|' -f 3 | xargs nova start" & vbCr
                crt.Screen.WaitForString "]$ "

                ElseIf doWhat = "stop" Then
                crt.Screen.Send"nova list | grep " & vNF & "vm23[1-4] | grep -v Shutdown | cut '-d|' -f 3 | xargs nova stop" & vbCr
                crt.Screen.WaitForString "]$ "
                crt.Screen.Send"nova list | grep " & vNF & "vm10[5-8] | grep -v Shutdown | cut '-d|' -f 3 | xargs nova stop" & vbCr
                crt.Screen.WaitForString "]$ "
        End If

End If

        crt.Screen.Send "echo End time: `date '+%H:%M:%S'`" & vbCr
        crt.Screen.WaitForString "]$ "
        MsgBox " *** End nova " & doWhat & " script. *** "

End Sub

So what happens is the following, once it displays the start time, it jumps to the "Sleeping for 3 minutes" MsgBox. It sits there for 3 minutes and then it outputs the first command with the acceptance plus the next 'nova start' command. It's suppose to wait for 3 minutes between the two 'nova start' commands.

I recorded the session, so if you want, I can email you the video and the script.

Regards,
Bjoern

ekoranyi 02-12-2019 09:19 AM
Hi BjoernH,

I think a timestamped log file of the script running will likely be the biggest help. I've included a link below to a video that helps demonstrate configuring SecureCRT to create a log file with time stamps.
SecureCRT Log File Name Substitution Parameters
DO NOT POST YOUR LOG FILE IN THE FORUMS

After creating a log file that demonstrates the issue please send it via email to Support@VanDyke.com with "Attn: Eric Forum Post 13393" in the subject line. Please be sure to attach the file rather than pasting the contents directly into the email.


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