Best way to check Java Gateway status?

[rrupp]

I'm using the Zabbix 2.0 Appliance. I wanted to add a check that makes sure the Java Gateway is running appropriately. I tried using the internal check zabbix[java,,ping] and then added a trigger for it that checks for nodata over a certain amount of time but the problem is if the Java Gateway goes down the item becomes unsupported. This check is described in the internal items for pinging the gateway - http://www.zabbix.com/documentation/...types/internal

I'm wondering is there a better way to do this? If not I can just use an external check that runs a script that checks for the process existing i.e.

gatewayrunning.sh -

if ! ps aux | grep -q [J]avaGateway
then echo 'no'
else echo 'yes'
fi

Thanks