I can't use NetSaint because it will not run/compile on NT.  I am running in
a managed hosting environment so I can't just drop
in a Linux box.  The components running to check whether James is alive will
all have to run on the same NT box on which
James is running.



----- Original Message -----
From: "Serge Knystautas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "James Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 9:02 AM
Subject: Re: Monitoring if James is alive


> I'm a big fan of NetSaint for system monitoring (http://www.netsaint.org).
> There are numerous scripts and you can write your own (all open source)
and
> you can set how quickly it goes to a warning or critical level and how to
> notify you.  For SMTP checking, it just connects, sends a HELO, and then
> disconnects.
>
> Serge Knystautas
> Loki Technologies - Unstoppable Websites
> http://www.lokitech.com/
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Shal Jain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "James Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 10:05 AM
> Subject: Monitoring if James is alive
>
>
> > I need to monitor the health of James - basically if its running.  Are
> there
> > any builtins that will let me basically 'ping' James to see if its up
and
> > working.
> > I'm running on NT so I can't use a shell script to get the job's pid.
> Until
> > I convert James to start as a NT service, I can't use
> > any service API's that will allow monitoring.  I can't also simply
monitor
> > the running tasks because the image name is simply java.exe
> > (besides I'd have to switch over to C++ to write the NT Task monitor)
> >
> >
> > Two possible options are
> >  a) configure a thread - part of a custom mailet that starts up along
with
> > James and essentially responds to a ping request
> >  b) send an email to a predefined address that is captured using a
mailet
> > that will then write a 'I'm alive' signature somewhere
> >
> > I would think that 'A' is a little cheaper in terms of execution but am
> open
> > to other approaches.
> >
> > -shal
>
>
>
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