Yes, there are also enterprise grade monitoring tools out there you can use to make sure that services are correctly functioning on your systems.
We currently use an open source tool called Nagios. http:// www.nagios.org/ -Mark On Mar 13, 2008, at 5:49 AM, Mark H. Wood wrote: > Um, in general it is not possible for a failed system to report that > it has failed, because it has already failed. :-/ > > What I do is to run a periodic check on a different host. My script > is far from complete, but it often catches problems that I need to > know about. I have cron run it every five minutes. By running the > check on a different host, I avoid the chicken/egg problem of trying > to get a failing machine to monitor itself. > > I've attached a copy of my script. You'll need to configure it for > your services and your notification requirements, and I have no doubt > that it can be improved. > > -- > Mark H. Wood, Lead System Programmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Typically when a software vendor says that a product is "intuitive" he > means the exact opposite. > > <ping- > servers.pl>----------------------------------------------------------- > -------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > DSpace-tech mailing list > DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
