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[Jose gomez_1]

Has anyone succeeded in actually installing and making use of SMS software
to send out SMS alerts to sysadmins when the server has trouble (either with
applications or hardware). I'd like to think that it would be really useful,
but I can't seem to be able to find any freeware or easy-to-use ones. I was
thinking of creating a scheduled script which checks that the proper
procceses for every application are running, and if for whatever reason they
are not, they would automatically send out an SMS to our sysadmins'
handphones. Does anyone have experiences with this?

[harry d brown jr]

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[Animesh Chakraborty]

Hi,
We use telalert softwere from TELAMON.
It is nice but not free :(
visit www.telamon.com


Regards
Animesh

[Paula J Frazer-Campbell]

Hi Jose

The software you require is already on the server :-

Just output your message to a file i.e. /tmp/message (Keep it small as SMS has 162 chars limit)

Then :-

Mailx ???s ???FROM MY SERVER??? < /tmr/error.log


HTH

Paula

[Eugen Cocalea]

Hi,

Well, monitoring is the easiest part, I believe. The hardest is to send the SMS messages.

You either make an interface between a mobile phone and the 'SMS server' or use an already existent mail_to_sms server. So, deliver any warnings you have via email to such server and you will get the SMSs on your phone.

Heh, remembered something funny: some time ago I was using a monitoring script made by myself that, when something went wrong, called me on my mobile and 'cat'-ed a .wav file. It was nice hearing me at the other end of the line saying: 'Hey stupid, you did it again. Backup failed!' :)

E.

[Herve BRANGIER]

Hi

I have the same problem... I need some
informations about hardware (standard modem or
GSM equipment ?), software...

I need to send SMS directly to sysadmin, I can't
use public web servers to do that.

Do you have informations (type of equipment, cost,compatibility,...)

TIA

Herv??

[Eugen Cocalea]

Hi,

NotePager for use in conjunction with HP OpenView:
http://www.notepager.net/hpopenview/hpopenview.htm

E.

[johnaspl121]

Yes, it is definitely possible to use SMS software to send out alerts to sysadmins when there are issues with servers or applications. In fact, this is a common use case for SMS notifications.

There are many SMS software solutions available, both free and paid. Some popular options include Twilio, Nexmo, and Plivo. These services allow you to send SMS messages via an API, so you can integrate them with your existing monitoring and alerting systems.

To implement your proposed solution of creating a scheduled script to check for running processes and send SMS alerts if necessary, you would need to write a script that can interface with the SMS software API. This would require some programming knowledge, but there are many resources available online to help you get started.

Alternatively, there are also monitoring and alerting systems available that include SMS notifications as a feature. These systems typically have a user-friendly interface and may be easier to set up and configure than building your own solution from scratch.

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other questions.

Source: SMSala Bulk SMS Provider