International Journal of Engineering Research ISSN: 2348-4039

& Management Technology

March-2016 Volume 3, Issue-2
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SMS Based Server Monitoring System

Shantanu Chauhan, Mihir Jain, Mitali Srivastava
Department Of Information Technology
SRM University, NCR Campus

ABSTRACT:
There is a need for a web based application which can capture all the organization and data center details
and remotely check if each of servers is up and running all the time. This monitoring piece of the
application keeps pinging each of the servers at the specific intervals and based on the rules setup and
response received it sends out an SMS to a predefined list of specialists whenever there is a failure. This
SMS will also contain the information related to the server that has failed and also the time at which it
had failed.

KEYWORDS- SMS, Remote Monitoring

I. INTRODUCTION:
Organizations with huge data centres having a lot of servers hosting numerous applications, it is always a
major problem to monitor if each of the servers is up and functional all the time. The problem is more
acute during late night shifts when the usual number of network/systems engineers working is less.
Usually, when organizations host the applications on their servers on behalf of their clients, they sign-up
a service level agreement (SLA), specifying the allowed down time for each of the applications. Any lack
of commitment on the part of the organizations in meeting the SLA could result in loss of business or
legal action or both. So, it becomes very important for the organizations to know if a server is down or
non-functional and take corrective action immediately. Unfortunately, for some less time critical
applications, it is usually the client who informs that there is a problem with the server when he/she tries
to logon to the application. Organizations would be very interested in knowing about these server failures
immediately and take corrective action before the client starts complaining. [1].

II. SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION:

This system can be developed in two ways. First one is that the targeted LAN network can be controlled
by sending SMS sent by user. Another way is that targeted LAN network can be controlled by server
machine.

Fig 1: Block diagram of the system using Cell phone

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A. GSM IMPLEMENTATION PLAN:

Sms based server is used to send a message to the GSM from a remote based with a desired command to
receive details about the functioning of the server. The SMS-based e-government model proposes that
local authorities develop their SMS-based services through five levels: Notification, Presentation,
Communication, Transaction, and Integration. This section will investigate the technology requirements
and other issues related to each level.
The server application can control through registered mobile device.
Using that mobile device the administrator can perform following actions -
1) notification
2) presentation
3) communication
4) transaction
5) integration
The client application retrieves the list of all the transactions and communication that have take place on
the server. Whole lists of events is also shared and send to the email id of the client.
Design of system characterized into three modules: Client module, GSM Server module and
Administrator [2].

USER:
Administrator is having application feature on his mobile phone which he uses to send commands to the
server for outcomes.

CLIENT:
The client or user on the network requests for information (kill, delete, create file) to access, requests
for rights & privileges to access.

GSM SERVER:
The requests received are analyzed by server. Then server performs the respective action as directed by
the Administrator. Server and clients communication is performed by using sockets.

B. SERVER ARCHITECTURE:
We sends the request through SMS using mobile phone having Mobile Information Device on phone via
GSM modem to the server. Server then recognizes the client request which administrator is supposed to
monitor and extract data from locally cached data buffer where latest 16 sec data of every machine is
updated or stored and sends this info to the administrator as response [9] the flexibility of the uses the
interface has been developed a graphics concept in mind, associated through a browses interface. The
GUI’S at the top level have been categorized as best interface.
Through the GSM service provider the communication is done with the GSM modem which
communicates with the server and the server communicates with the client. All clients are controlled and
monitored by administrator via a series of SMS text messages for which a SMS parser is used to parse the
SMS.
The administrator controls the LAN through his mobile even he is at the remote place. The clients cannot
send back or communicate to the administrator the communication is unidirectional it is not two way.
Only the administrator can give command to the clients.
The mobile used can be any mobile which has a GSM facility in it. Also the administrator can check the
network load on the LAN by typing only a command.

FEATURES CONTROLLED BY CELL PHONE:

View: Get in your cell phone, the list of entire client’s in LAN. Keep pinging every time to check the
latest status of the PC’s. Anytime, the PC goes offline, its name is removed from the list.

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Pull SMS: Get the list of all the processes running on the remote machine.
Event Process: Activate different processes in either the server machine or any of the client’s.
Schedule Process: Kill the desired processes on either the server or clients.
Read: You can read the drives, folders, files of any of the client machines / the server machine from cell.
Open File: A small text file residing in any of the client or the server machine can be opened in your cell
phone.
Broadcast messages: Broadcast messages to clients, Server from cell.
New File: Create a new document in the cell phone and save the same in either the server or client
machine.
Shut Down: The client machines from mobile.

C. GSM MODEM:
A GSM modem [2] is a special type of modem, which accepts a SIM card, and operates after a
subscribed sim of a mobile operator, just like a cell phone. From the mobile operator perspective, a GSM
modem looks same as a mobile phone. A GSM modem can be a dedicated modem device with a serial,
USB or Bluetooth connection, or it may be a mobile phone that

IV. CONCLUSION:
It has been a great pleasure for me to work on this exciting and challenging project. This project proved
good for me as it provided practical knowledge of not only programming in ASP.NET and C#.NET web
based application and know some extent Windows Application and SQL Server, but also about all
handling procedure related with “SMS Based Remote Server Monitoring System”. It also provides
knowledge about the latest technology used in developing web enabled application and client server
technology that will be great demand in future. This will provide better opportunities and guidance in
future in developing projects independently.

FURTHER STUDY:
This project can go forward with the government. Digital india can take up this as a lot of e-governce will
be provided a lot of load on the server will come . so it is important for a administrator to know that how
the servers are behaving how many are still working. Further research can be done in it.
.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT:
The authors would like express gratitude to all the persons who gave their kind assistance during the
experiment especially to Mrs. Ruby Singh, Professor, Dept. of IT, SRM university.

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