Hi! On Jun 11, 2009, at 3:14 PM, Kevin Mitnikc <teckad...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello everybody, > > I'm new to the boards, so this topic might already be covered. But > I'm not exactly sure how to fully search the boards. > > Issue at hand: > > I have successfully setup Nagios 3 on Ubuntu 8.10. I have a few > test servers being monitored, but what I can't get working properly > are when the servers reboot. I'm looking for a way to monitor when > a server reboots or has an unexpected shutdown. > > I've tried the host-is-alive and also the ping, but the server comes > up to fast. I've also tried just monitoring a service, such as the > NSClient++ but Nagios doesn't notify me right away once the server > reboots. > > How is everybody monitoring server reboots. I've used Whats Up Gold > in the past, and it would notify me right away. There has to be a > way to monitor reboots and get a notification of that reboot. Many > people have suggested I use scripts, but I don't know how to write > scripts. In past, we monitored "uptime < 5 min", there might be a contributed script or plugin. I would look, but have spotty Internet right now. Allan -- http://LinkedIn.com/in/goldfish ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null