Monitoring a servers uptime

 I ended up creating an agent in Lotus Notes which checks the server and generates a web page. I then use the a HTTP monitor to for the existence of the work "Alert".

If anyone is interested in my lotusscript code, let me know.

 I need to monitor the uptime of a Domino server too.  I don't necessarily want to get into Notes to get the data every time.  I would like to see your script if you don't mind.

 I tried this 2 ways.

Using Uptime from Microsoft and awk for windows

   uptime | awk '{if ($6 >= 14){print "Alert"}}

and LotusScript

    Set session = New NotesSession
    arg = session.DocumentContext.Query_String(0)
    p1 = Instr(arg, "=")   
    notesServer = Ucase(Strright( arg, "="))
    serverName$ = notesServer
    consoleCommand$ = "show heartbeat"
    consoleReturn$ = session.SendConsoleCommand(    serverName$, consoleCommand$)
    serverUpTime = Strright(Strleft(consoleReturn$," seconds"),": ")   
    upTime = Cdbl(serverUpTime)/60/60/24   
    roundedUpTime = Cstr(Round(upTime,2))

    If roundedUpTime > 14 Then
        Print "Status: ALERT"
    Else
        Print "Status: OK"
    End If 'roundedUpTime > 14

Thats pretty much it.  I then use a HTTP monitor and search for the word "ALERT".  If it finds ALERT, then the monitor goes into warn and down state.

I think there is a way to achieve this without any external code.  I've tested it with IPM9 so it may also work with IPM8.5.

1. Create a Custom SNMP monitor for the server.
2. Set the OID to 1.3.6.1.2.1.1.3.0 (seems to do this by default).  This is the SNMPv2 sysUpTime MIB value.
3. Under Analysis of Test Results, Analyze the Result as Numeric Data, Result is < 120960000 (14 days expressed as hundredths of seconds).

This is testing the uptime of the SNMP agent on the server, which is normally the same as the server's uptime unless someone has stopped/restarted the SNMP service.  When the value exceeds the threshold, an alert is generated.

HTH

Rgds, Simon