Magnus, I use a tool called KiwiSyslog which allows you to set up rules to send SNMP traps, happens to have a handy little test button, so you emulate any trap. Should be some good reading in store for you to find/verify what traps to send huh.
For disk space, set your threshold lower to test, or fill up the disk if it's not going to kill your service. CPU overload, MS have some CPU thrashing apps in their Windows Resource kits. Server room overheating, turn off A/C for 10 minutes. The UPS might be best left to test during a quarterly shut down test event, or have a chat to your UPS maintenance person next service checkup. Just some ideas for you, Richard - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Richard Beckmannflay [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bekarts.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Finbom Magnus Sent: Tuesday, 8 June 2004 8:41 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [WhatsUp Forum] Simulate system failure? Hi! I wanted to cheackout how you are testing your WhatsUp installation. I mean how do you actually knows that all errors are triggering the important mail/sms etc..? I am for example monitoring the windows 2000 eventlogs on my servers, and WUG triggers on many things. But I cant test if it triggers for critical problems like disk failure, disk full, ups down, cpu blown up and so on. Two critical errors to easily try is to pull one hot-swap disk or just unplug one ups.. But I dont dare. ;-) The more easily things to trigger is to logon with a wrong password, and generating an warning. But this is quite soft problems. Now what I would like to see is an application that can simulate all kind of problems. A kind of "honeypot" for errors... What are you other having for thoughts regarding this issue? Best regards Magnus Finbom IT-Engineer(Microsoft MCP, MCP+I, MCSE-NT4) Lansforsakringar Skaraborg Bank and Insurance Radhusgatan 8 54129 Skovde Sweden phone 0500 77 70 65, gsm 0708 71 70 60, fax 0500 77 70 30 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lansforsakringar.se/skaraborg Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/whatsup_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/whatsup_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/
