How do I know if the Lotus Notes server is down or not? If you’re on the road (or not in your office), how can you know? How do you detect it?
Thx,
Pam Henry
Subject: Do you only have a single server?
If not, then you could use Domino’s built in monitoring capabilties to check the server status, send you an email, a page, etc.
Please take a look at the Admin help database…
Monitoring
Monitoring the Domino system
Monitoring Configuration database
Monitoring events on the Domino system
Event generators
Event handlers
Viewing an event report
Viewing event messages, causes, and solutions
Customizing the appearance of the Domino server console and Domino Administrator console
Statistics and the Domino system
Platform statistics
Using the Domino Administrator to monitor statistics
Using mail-in statistics
Charting statistics
Domino server monitor
Starting the Domino server monitor
Viewing the Domino server monitor
Setting task status indicators for the Domino server monitor
Profiles and the Domino server monitor
Using shortcuts in the Domino server monitor
The Domino SNMP Agent
IBM Tivoli Analyzer for Lotus Domino
Server.Load
Managing servers
Subject: We have more than one server.
Hi Alan,
I think that we do have more than one servers, and the db is resided on different servers. For example, Address book is resided on different servers. However, the copy of address book, for example, is resided on server1 and this is where I am retrieving data from. And I am referring to this link (issue as well):
Thx,
Pam Henry.
Subject: RE: Do you only have a single server?
I don’t have access to server at all. I don’t know the admin (if I do, then the admin does not notify me). Since my db is running on this server. A lot of people are using my db which relies on this server. So what should I do?
Pam Henry
Subject: RE: Do you only have a single server?
I’m not really sure what you are asking then if you are not the admin for the server. I can’t speak for the policy of your company with respect to availability of the tools you use. For example, here within IBM we have a IBM Help website on our intranet where we can see the status of server outages. Perhaps your IT department could offer the same.
Subject: RE: Do you only have a single server?
Goodmorning Alan,
Well, my point is if I am not the admin of the server, and my db relies on that server. How can I write up a small script or small agent to check for the status of the server? Do you have any suggestions or ideas how to accomplish this? Is that too difficult to achieve? I don’t work in Lotus Notes team. I work in another department, and my job is to develop a small db for my group. I don’t want to rely on the admin (or that department).
Thx,
Pam Henry
Subject: RE: Do you only have a single server?
Well, frankly, I think you’re looking for a technology solution to a interpersonal problem. It’s time to sit down with the admin, get to know each other, and work out how to notify each other of any problems with the database or server.
Even if you don’t work for or with that group, if you have resources running on their server, you really need to establish a more firm business relationship so that all can benefit and, hopefully, no one is left in the dark about what to do when something goes wrong.
Subject: RE: Do you only have a single server?
Hi Greg,
Thanks for your response. They’ll ask me for the req/spec doc, but since I haven’t release the db yetj. I don’t have req/spec doc yet. It’s still on dev server. The dev server went down one time, that’s why i am concerning about the production server, too.
Pam Henry.
Subject: RE: Do you only have a single server?
Well, that’s what development servers do. It’s always good, though, that if it is coming down controlled (e.g., a scheduled reboot for patches/upgrades), that the administrator let you know. Some do for dev/test servers, some don’t (I do, of course =) ).
You’ll still need to work with your administrator to get some sort of service level agreement for when this goes in to production.
Subject: RE: Do you only have a single server?
Greg-Notes,
So do you know how I can create an agent to monitor the server in this case?
Thx,
Pam Henry
Subject: RE: Do you only have a single server?
You could look at something like this… http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/sandbox.nsf/0/4a60b6779e52c19c8525679100832651?OpenDocument
Subject: RE: Do you only have a single server?
Hi Alan,
i am looking to create script that monitors the server or something. Do you have any ideas how to do this?
Pam Henry
Subject: Server down
One way to do is open the DOS Prompt and ping the server’s ip address.