You've been wearing your Linux appliance hat too long. Much lighter-weight would be a few lines of Rexx with or without Romney's FTP package, running periodically as a task in your automation solution or a standalone (CMS) VSM.
-- Mike Harding z/VM System Support mhard...@us.ibm.com mike.b.hard...@kp.org mikehard...@mindless.com (925) 926-3179 (w) (925) 323-2070 (c) IM: VMBearDad (AIM), mbhcpcvt (Y!) The IBM z/VM Operating System <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> wrote on 07/06/2011 07:35:19 AM: > From: David Boyes <dbo...@sinenomine.net> > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Date: 07/06/2011 07:35 AM > Subject: Re: Two simple TCPIP / FTPSERVE questions. > Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> > > Very simple way: set up a small Linux instance and install Nagios on > it. Configure a FTP probe in Nagios, and configure a notification to > a user on the VM system. The Nagios system will test the FTP server > by connecting and attempting to transfer a small file periodically. > If it fails, it sends a notification email. Handle the email with PROP. > > That approach tests not only whether the server is logged in, but > whether it’s actually functioning. Works well for lots of things, > and is low-cost (no cost if you run Debian or Fedora for Z). >
