Re: [IUG] III System watch

[Josh Stompro <stomproj at larl dot org>]

I added an enhancement request for an auditing subsystem a couple days 
ago, and I have seen ERs for the same sort of idea for the past couple 
years. 
http://www.innopacusers.org/mantis/view.php?id=304

This ER could probably be expanded to cover the items that are discussed 
in this thread.  It seems to all be related.  We want a history of 
changes, and we want notification of changes, of any kind.

The simplest method would be for the system to write a log entry anytime 
a change event happened that you wanted to monitor, just like auditing 
in windows server  Watching that log for changes, and having another 
tool send out notifications would be easy.  There is software out there 
like logwatch that could handle the notification part. 
http://www2.logwatch.org:81/

Oracle users can probably setup something with triggers that would 
create a log of certain changes, but I don't know if that is allowed by 
III. 

Josh

Fatout, Leslie P wrote:
> That sounds like an enhancement request that I, and probably others,
> would support!
>
> Leslie Fatout
> Library System Coordinator/Circulation Librarian
> Albert B. Alkek Library, Room 201
> Texas State University-San Marcos
> San Marcos  TX  78666
> Phone: 512-245-3004  Fax: 512-245-3080
> Email: lf01 at txstate dot edu
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org
> [mailto:innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org] On Behalf Of Carol Eyler
> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 5:22 PM
> To: IUG INNOPAC List
> Subject: Re: [IUG] III System watch
>
> On a related matter, I would like to have our system automatically
> notify (by email or cell phone) our system administrators and III staff
> when the control program goes down for any reason other than a routine
> backup. That would be very valuable to those of us in small libraries,
> that are staffed primarily by students during nights and weekends.
> Despite our best written instructions, when control goes down, student
> workers will often muddle along for hours without realizing that they
> need to call our emergency contacts. If we or III staff were alerted as
> soon as the problem developed, we could address the situation promptly
> and save lots of aggravation and extra work at the local end. 
>
> ~Carol 
> ******************************** 
> Carol E. Eyler 
> Head of Technical Services 
> Carleton College Library 
> Northfield, MN 55057 
>
> voice (507) 646-4268 
> fax (507) 646-4087 
> email: ceyler at carleton dot edu 
> ******************************** 
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "said shafik" <saidshafik at hotmail dot com> 
> To: "IUG List" <innopac at innopacusers dot org> 
> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 5:03:25 PM (GMT-0600) America/Chicago 
> Subject: [IUG] III System watch 
>
>
> As a systems librarian, I wish if there is a way to notify me when a
> change, small or major, took place on our system. I wonder if III has a
> way such as in wiki where I got an email alert every time a change has
> been made to pages I am "watching". In our case, I will be "watching"
> the whole ILS system. 
> Is it achievable? 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Said Shafik Library Systems Manager Drexel
> University Libraries Philadelphia, PA 19104-2875 Phone: 215.895.1832
> Fax: 215.895.2070 http://www.library.drexel.edu
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
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