script to check virtual machine is running

[RabbieBurns]

Im looking for a bash script i can run as a cron that will check for the existance of a running process (ps x | grep 2008R2 or something like that) and if its not running, it will run the command to start the virtuualbox.

Anyone able to knock something up for me please?

[RabbieBurns]

#!/bin/bash
# Script to check if the VM is up and if not, start it.

# Check for 2008R2 Virtual Machine

if ping -c 1 192.168.2.30 > /dev/null
then
  : # colon is a null and is required
else
   echo "Virtual Machine is down, starting VM"
   VBoxHeadless -startvm 2008R2 &
fi

[kmount]

Looks fine to me.

[RabbieBurns]

Looks fine to me.

Cheers, I was just answering my own question in case anyone else was looking for an answer

[powdarrmonkey]

You could simplify the test a bit:

#!/bin/bash
# Script to check if the VM is up and if not, start it.

# Check for 2008R2 Virtual Machine

ping -c 1 192.168.2.30 > /dev/null || (echo "Virtual Machine is down, starting VM"; VBoxHeadless -startvm 2008R2 & )

edit:I stole your signature test for my own, nice idea!