Help Needed !basic Monitoring Unix Servers

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[cherlapalli_jailer]

[quote name='seshuDAbuss' timestamp='1370460106' post='1303826454']


[color=#000000][font=arial]Correct me if I am missing anything..i am in the learning stage of unix admin....the requirement is to look after monitoring some 15-20 Linux servers daily, Now I want to [/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=arial]write a shell script to check the outage/up and running status of the servers in my [/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=arial]absence.S[/font][/color][color=#000000][font=arial]ay for example if the server goes down or its not in the [/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=arial]network during night time or on weekends then I should get an [/font][/color][color=#000000][font=arial]alert(could be anything mail,sms). So [/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=arial]is there any script or sample script to constantly check the status of the server?[/font][/color]
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yep ..but u need to run that script on each server..separately..

[ksudheer253]

[quote name='cherlapalli_jailer' timestamp='1370461129' post='1303826527']
yep ..but u need to run that script on each server..separately..
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ya...so i guess the scripts could be scheduled on the time basis right? Do you know where i could get some sample codes,which i could extract some information and write my own script.
Thanks