Could anyone please tell me how to make it so that my server would send a pager notification to me right after anything unusal(down?) happens? Do I need a script for this or is there a software that I could download from anywhere?
How about email notification via a pager? Is there a cgi script that does this?
I would really really appreciate your replies! 
Anonymous posted this at 20:25 — 9th November 1999.
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Well, there are a few CGI scripts. But they require that your host supports some sort of dial-out connection. As they'd have to call your pager. If you have a pager with an email gateway, a script would not be too hard to write.
There are also services such as:
http://www.eboz.com/tools/web_tools/1.shtml
http://www.netwhistle.com/
My company uses a custom programmed software program that we run from our in-house server, along with NetWhistle which actually notify's us by pager. We also have a script which forwards the page to the correct tech based on the time of day.
Adam
AIS Internet Solutions
aisinternet.com
Jason Ellis posted this at 04:43 — 10th November 1999.
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There are two services that I have used in the past. Neither is particularly perfect, unfortunately:
www.netmechanic.com
www.redalert.com
Also, there's a software program that we're using now for monitoring called Servers Alive. It's a great program that is free if you're monitoring less than 10 services. You can get it at www.serversalive.com.
Good luck!
Jason
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Windows NT web hosting specialists.
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Hosting Solutions, Inc. / AlphaBreeze Technologies
www.windowswebhost.com
hostexperts posted this at 22:37 — 10th November 1999.
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What Platform are you on NT or UNIX?
Jury Gerasimov posted this at 01:46 — 11th November 1999.
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Here are some of services I've tried:
http://www.netwhistle.com
http://www.WatchDog.com
http://www.webpartner.com
http://www.atwatch.com
http://uptime.arsdigita.com/uptime
Jury Gerasimov
Author of Chameleon Clock - a tray clock replacement
with support of Winamp skins, alarms, and atomic time.
mailto:jury@softshape.com
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vbedceo posted this at 19:16 — 11th November 1999.
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Sorry I forgot to mention that I am running Unix Apache server.
thinkhost posted this at 20:12 — 8th April 2000.
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Check out http://www.netmechanic.com/monitor.htm
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