A method and system for reporting availability of a plurality of servers. The
method
comprises the steps of for each of said plurality of servers, periodically searching
a log file for indication of a crash or shutdown or start, computing the time said
crash or shutdown or start occurred, and sending said time and indication as an
e-mail to a database on a server. The method further comprises the steps of calculating
the duration of downtime for each said crash or said shutdown; for each server,
sorting said e-mail by order received; and displaying for each of said plurality
of servers, said duration of downtime in said order. For example, the sending step
includes the step of sending said e-mail to a database on a pre-identified one
server; and the sorting step includes the step of sorting said e-mail by order
received by said pre-identified one server. Also, with a preferred embodiment,
each of the plurality of servers includes an e-mail function; and the sending step
includes the step of, each server using its e-mail function to send the time and
indication to said database.