topic Re: bdf/system check scripts in Operating System - HP-UX

bdf/system check scripts

Joanne Joki_1 — Thu, 14 Mar 2002 17:44:39 GMT

I had a great idea to write a a script that would go out each day and report back to me via email file systems that we 70% and above ... then I got to thinking that someone out that surely has had this idea before and probably has written a nice system check scripts they wouldn't mind sharing .... do any of you have such a script or know of such a utility?

Re: bdf/system check scripts

Jeff Schussele — Thu, 14 Mar 2002 17:49:54 GMT

Hi Joanne,

Here's a link to the "favorite scripts" thread - think there's one in there.
And it contains pointers to other sources as well.

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/0,,0x026250011d20d6118ff40090279cd0f9,00.html

Should be able to find one here I would think.

HTH,
Jeff

Re: bdf/system check scripts

S.K. Chan — Thu, 14 Mar 2002 17:50:49 GMT

This is one of the best out there ..

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0xcae0f9beca68d511abcd0090277a778c,00.html

Re: bdf/system check scripts

Darrell Allen — Thu, 14 Mar 2002 18:44:08 GMT

Hi Joanne,

I was interested in a script to tell me which filesystems were changing size. Hence the attached script, ckfssize. It also reports filesystems over 90% full (if not already listed).

Simply running it from cron will have it mailed to you on the local host. That's all I cared to do. You could capture it's output to a file and email that. Or perhaps pipe the output to mail.

My next reply will have attached the script that creates my "baseline" file, mkbaseline.

Darrell

Re: bdf/system check scripts

Darrell Allen — Thu, 14 Mar 2002 18:45:41 GMT

The afore-mentioned mkbaseline script.

Darrell

Re: bdf/system check scripts

Tony Rose — Fri, 15 Mar 2002 20:39:38 GMT

Here is a quick script that I run each day that gives bdf as well as some other information on a mail server.

Re: bdf/system check scripts

Fred Martin_1 — Fri, 15 Mar 2002 20:55:19 GMT

I have a setup, where the root cron runs every 15 mins, the attached script.

It has two user-definable thresholds, one for non-critical file systems that can go pretty high, and one for critical systems like /var that I want to keep lower.

If a threshold is met, several things happen.

First, it sends email to my pager. It does this until the problem is fixed.

Second, it sends an email to an alias, a list of admins. The mail is only sent once, however, since email to four people every 15 minutes would only add to disk space problems :) I use a file as a flag for that - if the file exists no more mail is sent.