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download url: ftp://ftp.novell.com/outgoing/checkServices.zip

Notification service if any DataSync services/connectors go offline. The script restarts the services if any are found to be in a dead/unused state and sends an email to the administrator defined in the script file. The notification email contains the following information:

• hostname of server
• date/time when services were found offline
• the list of services found offline
• status of services after a restart attempt
• the current log levels
• an attachment with a copy of all the logs and other server information

Running the script manually displays the following and will appear in the notification email:

Checking for DataSync Config Engine:			running
Checking for DataSync Web Admin:			running
Checking for DataSync Connector Manager:		running
Checking for DataSync Engine:				running
Mobility Connector listening on port 443:			true
GroupWise Connector listening on port 4500:	true

When implemented with crontab, the script can be set to run every hour, for example. This allows an administrator to be notified of a failure before users complain. Edit the script file and replace email@address.com with the desired administrator's email. You can likewise configure a list of email address by placing them in single quotes separated by a comma and a space - 'email1, email2, email3'

To run the script regularly with crontab, just place the script file into /etc/cron.hourly to run hourly or /etc/cron.daily to run daily. Custom definitions can be made by editing the crontab file manually:

crontab -e

An example of running the script every 30 minutes:

*/30 * * * * /root/scripts/checkServices.sh

Disclaimer: As with everything else at Cool Solutions, this content is definitely not supported by Novell (so don't even think of calling Support if you try something and it blows up).

It was contributed by a community member and is published "as is." It seems to have worked for at least one person, and might work for you. But please be sure to test, test, test before you do anything drastic with it.