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ping script to email if server fails

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by danny_teal

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Hi,

Im looking for a script that will ping a list of servers (preferably in a text file) continuously unless there is no response, i.e the server is down. If there is no response I would like an email to be sent to specific people. If the message and subject can be changed that would be another great advantage.

I have looked around some forums but cant seem to find one that works as I want and the free software that?s available cant be used in our work environment.

Any help would be greatly appreciated,

Thanks

Dan

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by wizard-09

Servers alive is a free tool for upto 10 servers and does what you need I use it in my work place and emails you if your servers or server is down.

Please mark as helpful if this helps you

by danny_teal

thanks for the reply but im looking for something thats free and script based..

by wizard-09

It is script based plus it's free it's what you asked for if you look :-p

by jay217

this is the app that I use, the paid version is cheap and can do SMS too!

by alashhar

if i installed the server alive in one server in my network.

what happen if that server is down?
what happen if Proxy server is down, after that how i can receive the notif. email?

by danny_teal

ever server you install it on that needs to be online. if the one its installed on goes down. down goes your network monitoring.

i am using exchange to alert us which is good so long as exchange is up!
im still looking for a scripting solution...

by danny_teal

ah thanks for that!
sorry i had a quick look on the website and it looked like you had to buy.
will try this tomorrow when ive got five minutes!
thanks again!

by danny_teal

look at the server alive and its just what we need. however, it can only run 10 clients.
we are looking for free software if possible.
anyone else have any ideas?

by wizard-09

Many servers are you looking to monitor?

Surely to god you don't have more than ten email servers?

by danny_teal

have about 20 servers we want to monitor..
no we have all different servers.
that software is perfect but cant justify the cost....

by wizard-09

I am sure you have access to more than one machine so install it on another machine hence you have 2 machines that can take 10 connects to manage your servers god i love rocket science lol :p

so 10 x 2 = 20 see not so hard is it

by danny_teal

that go against the licence? if its only a trial software to monitor 10 items surely you cant install it on two boxes and "trial" it twice...can you ;)

by wizard-09

You have it running on two different machines checking different servers, so way not i don't see anything wrong with that your saving money as you wanted this is the best thing you are going to get for free an not pay for so thats up to you on what you want but i don't see anything wrong with it ;)

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