system notifications

[bassey essien_1]

how do i configure my alphanumeric pager to receive problem notifications from my server.my dial out modem is already configured.
thanks.

[Alan Riggs]

It depends entirely on your paging service. How does it receive alphanumeric messages? The service we use will accept an email drop, so I simply have various monitors configured to use sendmail notification. If your pager will accept such email drops, I highly recommend it. It is simple, easy to maintain (use aliases) and requires no additional software.

[Kofi ARTHIABAH]

Bassey:

In the thread:
http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,1150,0xeff06c96588ad4118fef0090279cd0f9,00.html

I attach a script that does exactly that.

Good luck

[Rick Garland]

If your pager is already configured to page you via e-mails, you would just need to send an e-mail to the pager.

There are various third-party products that are much better in terms of reliability and logging, but the minimum would be an e-mail message (provided your paging service supports it.)

[CHRIS_ANORUO]

Try mailx -m bessien@pager.com < file

[Kofi ARTHIABAH]

Actually, I guess the problem with emailing the pager is that if the mail system is down (happens more often than telephone system being down) then you do not get your notification. Because of that, I think that the pagers that allow you to dial up a number and leave a numeric message might be more reliable (fewer intermediaries). My 2 cents.

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

I use exactly the mode mentioned by Rick and it works just fine. You can do a simple:

# mailx -m -s $SUBJECT $WHO < $MESSAGE

...JRF...