As for the Up and Down field, maybe have the results create a text file on the server then create a Menu of Menu Type of File to access the text file. Then connect the menu to a character field.
Steve On 1/30/08, William H. Will Du Chene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Why not... > > 1.) Develop a form that contains the ip address, or host name of the > machine that you want to ping. > 2.) Develop a view form with a table field that queries the host form. > 3.) Develop a simple Perl script and place it on your server to be run via > an escalation every X minutes. > > The Perl script would then use the ARSPerl module to open up the host form > within the AR System and retrieve a list of the hosts that it needs to > contact. It would then cycle through each of the servers therein, and > update the corrosponding server's host record within the AR System. The > Perl script could use either one of the Net modules, or simply be a > wrapper for the ping utility. Maybe you could even do something a bit more > classy, such as open a connection to the any of the services that might be > on the server and verify that they are available (for example, if this > server is an IMAP server, your script could access an account, or if the > server is a database server, it could create a row in a test table & > database) and collect the delta for the amount of time that the operation > took and place that into the host record. > > From your control panel form, use an active link that updates every X time > period. The idea being that any servers that are down, or services that > would be unavailable would be visible within the control panel. Of course, > the accuracy is limited by the delta in time that is present between the > last run time of the script and the refresh on the control panel, but it > should work fine for the average stuff. Besides, if it's a major network > or service outage, the customers will be on the phone anyway... > > Just a thought... > > > > > -- > > Will Du Chene > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.myspace.com/wduchene > > > _______________________________________________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org > Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" > -- Thanks Steven Pataray Senior Analyst, Help Desk Bank of Hawaii 909 Dillingham Blvd, Honolulu, HI. 96817 808 694-5078 _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
