Check the status of your servers

[FN-GM]

Take a look at the new addition to the WIKI

 

http://www.edugeek.net/wiki/index.php/Check_the_status_of_your_servers

 

Any questions post them here

[zag]

Doesnt seem to work for me I get

 

Line:2

Char: 38

Error: Expected Identifier

 

Dim logon, fndconeN, fndctwo, fnexchange
Dim filesys, objshell, servermessage,

Set filesys = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objshell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

fndconeN = "OFF"
fndctwo = "OFF"
fnexchange = "OFF"

If filesys.FileExists ("\\itnm\c$\WINDOWS\win.ini") Then fndconeN = "ON"
If filesys.FileExists ("\\rgbackup\c$\WINDOWS\win.ini") Then fndctwo = "ON"
If filesys.FileExists ("\\rgmail2\c$\WINDOWS\win.ini") Then fnexchange = "ON"

servermessage = "itnm	= " & fndconeN & VBCR & "rgbackup		= " & fndctwo & VBCR &"rgmail2	= " & fnexchange

retval = objShell.Popup(servermessage, ,"Server Status",0 + 64 )

wscript.quit

 

EDIT: Ok fixed it by removing the comma at the end of the second line, cool script

[webman]

Does deleting the win.ini file shut the server down?

[FN-GM]

yes, its very handy to just check your servers in seconds

[DMcCoy]

or you could use uptime.exe

 

uptime.exe \\daedalus

\\daedalus has been up for: 179 day(s), 0 hour(s), 45 minute(s), 59 second(s)

 

You can just run it as a batch if you want and pipe the text to a file.

 

179 days isn't bad for windows servers , even then the last power down was due an extended powercut. Means I have some patches to catch up with though!

[OutToLunch]

I find PeerMonitor very handy for a basic but useful 'at a glance' view that my servers are all still up - also added to it IPs of access points around the school that regularly get turned off etc...

 

http://www.danielclarke.com/peermonitor/

 

Kind of easier than running a script every time you want to check...

[mattx]

Or the no ping script I did:

 

http://www.edugeek.net/forums/showthread.php?t=15947&highlight=ping

 

I'll do a quick web page on getting this at some point so you can get it working with Blat. Some may find this handy.

I'll add it to the Admin Bar too at some point.

[JamesC]

Or you could use Vista's 'Server Ping' side bar gadget:

 

http://download.gallery.start.com/d.dll/1~2~110~10610/LARGE.jpg

 

http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDetail.aspx?li=ca5fc597-58cf-4c73-864a-3bd021a2a570&bt=1&pl=1

Edited March 4, 2008 by JamesC

[mattx]

Or you could use Vista's 'Server Ping' side bar gadget:

 

http://download.gallery.start.com/d.dll/1~2~110~10610/LARGE.jpg

 

http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDetail.aspx?li=ca5fc597-58cf-4c73-864a-3bd021a2a570&bt=1&pl=1

 

Thats a handy one - I'll install that. All these 'Ors' should be put in an array really.....

[Geoff]

We have a nagios server here.

 

http://www.nagios.org

 

I use the firefox plugin for 'at a glance' info as to whats broken.

 

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3607

 

Along with Email notifications.

[Diello]

Spotlight for servers and Alert Ping for switches/APs

[Joedetic]

Yeah there are already a number of ways to do this. I've used nagios in the past as it'll check individual services on the server too and then e-mail you if something dies. Good stuff. I've used poweradmin in the past too but that's for windows boxen.