nvsniffer and it's counterpart servmon both allow you to specify a customer
script of your own to use for status checking.  See the man pages

James Shanks
Level 3 Support  for Tivoli NetView for UNIX and Windows
Tivoli Software / IBM Software Group


                                                                           
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Hi Scott,

Not sure if nvsniffer can execute remote commands, but I would do one of
the following.

Run a nslookup for a particular domain and point to a specific DNS server
aka. nslookup www.DOMAIN-INTERESTED-IN.com IP.OF.DNS.SERVER
grep for a valid return, either by looking for no errors or a returned IP
and if it fails.
1.  Send a custom trap to NetView
or
2.  Send a postemsg (not really NetView related)

Sandro Seminara
Magnum Technologies
312-560-0973

Scott Hammons <shammons AT aisconsulting DOT net> wrote:
 Hi all,

 Environment:  NetView 7.1.3, Solaris 8

 Is there a way that I can configure NetView to monitor a DNS service?  I
 know I can configure nvsniffer to monitor the port, but I'm interested in
 setting up a monitoring solution to ensure that the DNS Server is able to
 respond correctly to a record query.

 If anyone has any suggestions, it would be greatly appreciated.

 Thanks,

 Scott

 Scott Hammons
 Principal Consultant
 Advanced Integrated Solutions, Inc.
 www.ais-consulting.net
 Mobile:  (210) 378-8229