[NTLUG:Discuss] Script request

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On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 2:21 AM, Fred <fredstevens at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Has anyone got a script that cron could run to see if
> a server is up and running? I just found out that a webserver
> over in the corner has been sitting there for 4 days waiting
> for someone to get the driver CD out of the drive and let
> it boot. This was after the power company ran down the
> battery in the UPS unit. (well, not really, but you know...)
>
> I guess a simple ping test would work, since if it is up enough
> for the networking, then the rest is probably running, too.
> That would be better than now, which is nothing.


Might be overkill, but there is always something like nagios, Then you have the ability to not only monitor the server if it is up or not, but also any of the services on the server.