Thanks for replying - i was specifically wanting to avoid installing anything, just a quick and dirty (script) solution.
In the end, I put this Powershell script together. It does not do all I want it to do (no email), but is good enough for now.
I have set it up to run from servers located at all our remote sites to our Windchill Server and, every 15 seconds, it first checks that the Windchill Server Tomcat is responding. If not, then it then goes on to check Apache and, if not, then it tests the network connection to the Windchill server, and if not, it tests the network connection to our two site router IPs (to see if VPN link is down). It logs any issues to a logfile with dates/times. Gives me a quick clue as to outage causes from all our remote sites.
Here it is if it is useful to anyone:
$server="windchill.company.com"
$router1="xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx"
$router2="xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx"
$timeout=1
$logfile="C:\Temp\WindchillServerTest.log"
while($true) {
try {
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://$server/Windchill/wtcore/test/dynAnon.jsp -TimeoutSec $timeout | Out-Null
} catch {
"$(Get-Date -format 'u') - Windchill Tomcat Server is not responding" | Out-File -FilePath $logfile -Append
try {
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://$server -TimeoutSec $timeout | Out-Null
"$(Get-Date -format 'u') - Windchill Apache Server is responding" | Out-File -FilePath $logfile -Append
} catch {
"$(Get-Date -format 'u') - Windchill Apache Server is not responding" | Out-File -FilePath $logfile -Append
if ((Test-Connection -ComputerName $server -Quiet -Count 1) -ne $true ) {
"$(Get-Date -format 'u') - Windchill Host Server is not responding" | Out-File -FilePath $logfile -Append
if ((Test-Connection -ComputerName $router1 -Quiet -Count 1) -ne $true ) {
"$(Get-Date -format 'u') - Router 1 is not responding" | Out-File -FilePath $logfile -Append
} else {
"$(Get-Date -format 'u') - Router 1 is responding" | Out-File -FilePath $logfile -Append
}
if ((Test-Connection -ComputerName $router1 -Quiet -Count 1) -ne $true ) {
"$(Get-Date -format 'u') - Router 2 is not responding" | Out-File -FilePath $logfile -Append
} else {
"$(Get-Date -format 'u') - Router 2 is responding" | Out-File -FilePath $logfile -Append
}
} else {
"$(Get-Date -format 'u') - Windchill Host Server is responding" | Out-File -FilePath $logfile -Append
}
}
"**********************************************************************" | Out-File -FilePath $logfile -Append
}
Start-Sleep 15
}
