Ping a server/machine in a batch job
Here's another method that uses the 400 ping command and allows you to account for sometime hic-ups in system response
Here's another method that uses the 400 ping command and allows you to account for sometime hic-ups in system...
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PROGRAM STEPS.....
Program reads file Yourlib/YourFile. Yourlib/Yourfile contains the host names of the servers/machines to be monitored. Any additions or removals of hardware need to be reflected in Yourlib/Yourfile. Using Yourfile and the system host table program will ping all servers listed. If the server responds to one or more ping out of five, system will issue a pass status. If the server fails all five requests, a message/page/escape can be sent. This eliminates needless pages on servers that may not respond due to heavy workloads at peak periods.
PGM DCLF FILE(Yourlib/Yourfile) DCL VAR(&SYSTEM) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(16) DCL VAR(&MSG) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(100) DCL VAR(&MSG2) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(100) DCL VAR(&DECMSG) TYPE(*DEC) LEN(1) DCL VAR(&WAIT) TYPE(*DEC) LEN(2) VALUE(10) PROGRAM: RCVF MONMSG MSGID(CPF0864) EXEC(GOTO CMDLBL(END_JOB)) VFYTCPCNN RMTSYS(&SYSTEM) MSGMODE(*VERBOSE *ESCAPE) + WAITTIME(&WAIT) MONMSG MSGID(TCP3210) EXEC(GOTO CMDLBL(PINGFAIL)) GOTO CMDLBL(PROGRAM) PINGFAIL: RCVMSG MSGTYPE(*LAST) MSG(&MSG) CHGVAR VAR(&MSG2) VALUE(%SST(&MSG 37 1)) CHGVAR VAR(&DECMSG) VALUE(&MSG2) IF COND(&DECMSG *GE 1) THEN(GOTO CMDLBL(PROGRAM)) SNDMSG MSG(&SYSTEM *BCAT 'failed a ping request') TOUSR(OPERATOR) MONMSG CPF0000 /* JUST IN CASE, AVOID LOOP */ GOTO CMDLBL(PROGRAM) END_JOB: ENDPGM Example of a simple physical file Yourlib/Yourfile SERVER1 SERVER2 SERVER3 SERVER4 SERVER5 SERVER6 SERVER7 SERVER8
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