Checking disk space on a "backup" system

On 04/10/2013 04:27 PM, Michael Beatty wrote:

I had no
intention on running a Xymon client on these backup systems (though one
would be installed and waiting to be started), the only monitoring is a
ping test.

Why not? It must be by far the easiest and most efficient solution, 
especially since the client is already installed.

Ulric