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Monitoring server room temperature

I have a small server room with its own AC unit. Recently, the AC died, and the temperature increased from 70 F to > 90 F. We rarely go in this room, so I was lucky that someone happened to notice that the fans were running a lot louder than normal…
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Setting Low Disk Space Alerts on Windows Server 2008

I was wondering if there is an easy way to trigger an e-mail alert on Windows Server 2008 when any logical disk partitions become low on space. I have 2 SQL servers that have come close to running out of disk space because of the DB log…
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What is vmlinuz and why do I care?

I just got a network alert that I've never seen before, on one of the few Ubuntu boxes that we have: The following monitoring trigger has been fired: /vmlinuz has been changed on server XXXXX: PROBLEM 2012.09.19 06:24:33 Trigger key:…
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Linux monitor logs and email alerts?

I have a server with a faulty power button that likes to reboot itself. Usually there are warning signs, like the acpid log file in /var/log starts spamming garbage for about 10hrs or so. Is there an easy way I can have something monitor the acpid…
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How do I get my HP servers to email me when a drive fails?

Ideally, with as simple of install as possible and without requiring rebooting the servers. Mostly for DL380 G5's if it helps.
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Clever nagios alert methods

We use Nagios, and I get SMSs when something happens. Lots of other sysadmins also get texts. However is there any clever / cool other ways people have gotten nagios alerts?
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Send email alert on log file entry?

Under Linux, what's a simple way to automatically watch a logfile, and email me if a certain string appears? I have an application that will log certain failures to a logfile, but has no built-in way of sending alerts or executing scripts on…
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APC Management Card Bombarding Me With Status Emails

I have a APC Smart-UPS 3000 with a management card (I believe it is an AP9617). So last night, I had an automatic weekly self-test run. The test failed, claiming I have at least one failed battery: Dec 27 21:19:10 10.16.15.50 UPS: Started a…
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How can I configure icinga/nagios to alert via sms?

I know the sms gateway for my cell phone provider so I can just send an email to it. I am looking for examples of entries in contacts.cfg and commands.cfg that are mobile specific.
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Use Google analytics to alert on traffic spike source

I use Google Analytics today to notify me of big traffic spikes. In my case, a big traffic spike is typically due to a link from a prominent website. Google Analytics includes a new "Intelligence" feature to report on spikes. Unfortunately, today…
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Verify internal NTP server is sending the correct time?

I have two NTP stratum 3 servers running and wanted to create a simple check that I could tell if either of the servers time drifted and alert that it's not synced properly with the public stratum 2 servers. My first thought was to pull time from…
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Possible to use Powershell to detect if an HP server has a bad drive?

I'm trying to use Powershell to detect certain hardware failures. Can Powershell hook into normal HP events/logs/alerts to detect if a drive failed?
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Getting alerted when a Windows scheduled task fails

I am looking for a way to get alerted if any of the scheduled tasks on a group of Windows 2003 servers fail (exit with a status code that is not 0). Scripts, commercial applications, and plug-ins to monitoring tools (like Nagios) are all open for…
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How can I make Status Information for Nagios services easier to read?

I'm running Nagios in an environment with several servers, each with several services on them. There are a few custom checks, but it's nice to use existing checks if possible. I'm using NRPE plugin check check_disk to check each mounted file…
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How can I message intranet users to refrain from using client apps?

Our institution has hundreds of Win-XP terminals. The users do their daily job using client-server type apps. (Desk-top apps, not web apps.) In rare occasions, our database server starts behaving erratically, and in order to diminish server…
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