Monitoring FAH in Ubuntu

CryptoCrypto W.Sussex UK Member
edited October 2006 in Science & Tech
I'm getting on fairly well in my transition from Microsoft to Ubuntu. One sticking block is monitoring FAH. I have three networked computers and monitor their folding performance with Electron Microscope. I can't seem to find an alternative programme that will work in Unix.

I realise that I will have to use Samba(?) to set up the network, but I will only bother with that if I can monitor FAH from my Unix box to the two other Windows XP boxes.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

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  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian
    edited October 2006
    What kind/level of monitoring are you looking for?

    -drasnor :fold:
  • CryptoCrypto W.Sussex UK Member
    edited October 2006
    I currently use Electron Microscope in XP, it leaves a little tray, icon green for all monitored boxes good, yellow if one of them has fallen over. That way I can tell at a glance if everything is OK.

    In Ubuntu, I just have a desktop link to my FAH log file, but I can't see the other two windows boxes unless I reboot my Ubuntu box in to XP.

    I haven't come across anything like it yet in Unix.
  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian
    edited October 2006
    If you want to use EM on your Windows PCs to monitor your Linux machines, you'll want to set up Samba shares with symbolic links to your FAH log files and point EM to them.

    If you want to set up a Linux monitoring solution, there's several options. You could write a shell script that, when called by cron at whatever interval you decide, checks the task list and verifies FAH is running. If it isn't, the script can use sendmail or qmail to send you an e-mail to that effect, restart FAH, or do whatever. Cron and shell scripts are very flexible.

    -drasnor :fold:
  • CryptoCrypto W.Sussex UK Member
    edited October 2006
    drasnor wrote:
    If you want to use EM on your Windows PCs to monitor your Linux machines, you'll want to set up Samba shares with symbolic links to your FAH log files and point EM to them.

    If you want to set up a Linux monitoring solution, there's several options. You could write a shell script that, when called by cron at whatever interval you decide, checks the task list and verifies FAH is running. If it isn't, the script can use sendmail or qmail to send you an e-mail to that effect, restart FAH, or do whatever. Cron and shell scripts are very flexible.

    -drasnor :fold:

    Methinks it will be easier to walk in to the next room and flick the monitor on to check.:wink:

    I'm going to have a go at settig up samba anyway so I'll see how I get on after that.

    Thanks. :smiles:
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