Is there a utility that will page you in the event that a 3995 optical storage unit with a OS/2 cont

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I wanted to know if anyone knows of a utility available that will
call,page,or email you in the event that a IBM 3995 optical storage
unit malufunctioned. We have two optical units connected to two
controllers running OS/2. They are connected to our iseries 820 LPAR.
Please let me know if anyone knows of a utility or a company that can
create a utility to provide this function. Thanks.
 
On 7 Jan 2004 06:31:35 -0800
I wanted to know if anyone knows of a utility available that will
call,page,or email you in the event that a IBM 3995 optical storage
unit malufunctioned. We have two optical units connected to two
controllers running OS/2. They are connected to our iseries 820 LPAR.
Please let me know if anyone knows of a utility or a company that can
create a utility to provide this function. Thanks.
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Just a comment but you might want to try crossposting this one to
comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware, alt.folklore.computers, and comp.os.os2.misc,
where you'll find people with specialized knowledge of the arcana of IBM
systems.
 
I wanted to know if anyone knows of a utility available that will
call,page,or email you in the event that a IBM 3995 optical storage
unit malufunctioned. We have two optical units connected to two
controllers running OS/2. They are connected to our iseries 820 LPAR.
Please let me know if anyone knows of a utility or a company that can
create a utility to provide this function. Thanks.
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Call:
OS/2 systems can send ASCII characters to a serial-port modem,
and the modem can "dial".

Page:
OS/2 systems can simulate "lightweight" web-browsers,
i.e., can connect to the web-server of a paging-device company,
where that company has a web-page-to-pager interface.

Email:
OS/2 systems have a full suite of TCP/IP utilities, including a
command-line
interface to 'sendmail'
(yes, the same 'sendmail' that runs on UNIX, Linux, and similar
platforms).

So, all you need is some REXX code (REXX is a programming language
which is included with OS/2) to detect when the device has
malfunctioned,
to trigger one of the above actions.
 
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