[mythtv-users] Status check/monitoring of mythbackend

[Ismo Tanskanen]

Is there a way to check status of mythbackend reliable?

My backend (svn) crashes sometimes and misses recordings. This 
fortunately happens quite seldom.

I'm monitoring it with monit, but it does not seem to allways notice 
that backend is crashed.  Or it is not "crashed" completely, I can see 
activity on mythbackend.log, for example eit scanning and expiring 
programs. But livetv, mythweb or recordings does not work without 
restarting. I assume that some part of backend is crashed but not all.

This behavior started after few svn updates, earlier it crashed 
completely, so it was easy to monitor it and restart.

Would be nice if there's software/script available to check status of 
backend internal "modules" functionality, and restart it if not 
responding correctly. I think monit has not capabilities to that. 
Unfortunately I don't have skills to do that myself.

- Kane