[BlackberryAddict]

I am looking for a reasonably priced solution that will alert myself and up to 3 others when our BES is unavailable, or the BES network itself is non responsive.

We have a relatively small user base (50) however most rely and depend on thier Blackberries on a daily basis and cannot afford any downtime.

Your opinions are appreciated in advance!

[DarthBBerry]

Originally Posted by BlackberryAddict

I am looking for a reasonably priced solution that will alert myself and up to 3 others when our BES is unavailable, or the BES network itself is non responsive.

We have a relatively small user base (50) however most rely and depend on thier Blackberries on a daily basis and cannot afford any downtime.

Your opinions are appreciated in advance!

How about the BlackBerry Syslog tool from the BRK? That might work for you.

[BlackberryAddict]

Originally Posted by DarthBBerry

How about the BlackBerry Syslog tool from the BRK? That might work for you.

Thanks.. I will look in to that... any other options?

[Frank Castle]

BESAlerts works nice and are part of 4.1 You could also setup SNMP traps. The monitoring add-on looks like it's pushed to be part of SP5 early 2008.

[x14]

Here's a cheap monitoring idea for you. Send yourself an email every hour. If you don't get it you know something is wrong.

[DarthBBerry]

Originally Posted by x14

Here's a cheap monitoring idea for you. Send yourself an email every hour. If you don't get it you know something is wrong.

Oh snap!

[Frank Castle]

I user part of the adminkit to do just that and send a test email every 15mins.

[Inphektion]

I've setup nagios on a linux system (ubuntu 7.10 server) and monitor the bes process's with it too. You can also setup nagios to respond to snmp traps. its free and easy to setup.

[Duster]

Originally Posted by jletendre

I user part of the adminkit to do just that and send a test email every 15mins.

where do you find that?

[Frank Castle]

Sorry ..

I meant the Resource Kit .. I have the MessageConfirm service running on another server and myself and another admin (each on a seperate BES) being sent a test message every 15 mins. you can configure the frequency and how the message will look etc.

BESAlerts is built into 4.1 and you can send messages based on activity .. I have it on critical and get when services fail .. you also get the audits for add / remove which I wish weren't "critical"

[bertiebassett]

Originally Posted by jletendre

BESAlerts works nice and are part of 4.1 You could also setup SNMP traps. The monitoring add-on looks like it's pushed to be part of SP5 early 2008.

Yeah I'd wait to SP5 unless you really need it in the next 3 months, as it looks quite sweet...and some of the other stuff in SP5 will make your users think you are a god...

[Duster]

Originally Posted by jletendre

Sorry ..



BESAlerts is built into 4.1 and you can send messages based on activity .. I have it on critical and get when services fail .. you also get the audits for add / remove which I wish weren't "critical"

where in bes4.1 do i go to configure alerts? i dont see it anywhere

[hdawg]

OpManager - Free monitoring for up to 10 servers. We use this with customers that don't have any monitoring / notification apps ... it'll use the BES mib so you can use snmp traps if you want.

[Frank Castle]

Open Blackberry Manager .. on the left click on your BES .. edit properties .. should have BESalerts

[dyzs]

Is this no longer free for ten servers or less?

[hdawg]

It is still free for 10 servers or less.