Hi all,

We are trying to create a way to determine if a server has been
rebooted by user or if the server has crashed. what we want is to
somehow keep track of how long the server has been up, when it
crashed, when it has been rebooted. This information has to be
scripted so we can create logs to show management.

Has anyone out there done this before?

Thank you much for suggestions.

TA

On 4 Oct 2003 06:02:45 -0700, btna@terra.com (btna) wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>We are trying to create a way to determine if a server has been
>rebooted by user or if the server has crashed. what we want is to
>somehow keep track of how long the server has been up, when it
>crashed, when it has been rebooted. This information has to be
>scripted so we can create logs to show management.
>
>Has anyone out there done this before?
>
>Thank you much for suggestions.
>
>TA

Well, here are several commands that will show you what you're looking
for:

use errpt | pg to show you what hs happened including reboots, power
failurs, reboots, etc. If a user shuts off the power button it will
show as a power failure.

use uptime to show you how long the server has been up along with
some other useful information.

If you have syslogd active you can use tail /var/log/syslog to see
what else has been going on.

For more information on these just use "man command_name" and read
all about it.

B

Bob Mariotti <R.Mariotti(at)FinancialDataCorp.com> wrote:
BM> On 4 Oct 2003 06:02:45 -0700, btna@terra.com (btna) wrote:

>>Hi all,
>>
>>We are trying to create a way to determine if a server has been
>>rebooted by user or if the server has crashed. what we want is to
>>somehow keep track of how long the server has been up, when it
>>crashed, when it has been rebooted. This information has to be
>>scripted so we can create logs to show management.

BM> Well, here are several commands that will show you what you're looking
BM> for:

BM> use errpt | pg to show you what hs happened including reboots, power
BM> failurs, reboots, etc. If a user shuts off the power button it will
BM> show as a power failure.

BM> use uptime to show you how long the server has been up along with
BM> some other useful information.

BM> If you have syslogd active you can use tail /var/log/syslog to see
BM> what else has been going on.

BM> For more information on these just use "man command_name" and read
BM> all about it.

The man page for sysdumpdev (note the -L flag) is recommended reading
as well.

Regards,

Nicholas

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