[hobbit] DOWNTIME and info column

Josh Luthman josh at imaginenetworksllc.com
Wed May 7 14:09:14 CEST 2008


I am using stock 4.2.0 - no patches.  That's probably where we differ =)

On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 1:21 AM, Dominique Frise <Dominique.Frise at unil.ch>
wrote:

> Specifying the column/service should be supported.
> Extract of bb-hosts(5) -Hobbit 4.2.0 + all-in-one patch):
>
>
> DOWNTIME=[columns:]day:starttime:endtime:cause[,day:starttime:endtime:cause]
>
>
> Dominique
>
>
> Josh Luthman wrote:
>
> > DOWNTIME=0:0000:2359,W:1930:0730,6:0830:2359
> >
> > I am not certain but I don't believe the test needs to be (or can be)
> > specified.  Can you try this statement for me?
> >
> > 0.0.0.0 <http://0.0.0.0> host.tld # DOWNTIME=*:0650:0700
> >
> >
> > as the man bb-hosts states:
> >
> > DOWNTIME=day:starttime:endtime:cause
> >
> > Though I don't believe the cause can be entered as it causes problems
> > for me, at least with multiple comma separated DOWNTIME statements.
> >
> > Josh
> >
> > On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 11:50 AM, Dominique Frise
> > <Dominique.Frise at unil.ch> wrote:
> >
> >    One more time ;-)
> >
> >    DOWNTIME=ldap:*:0650:0700
> >    -------------------------
> >    With this config. downtime is working as expected but the info
> >    column displays "ldap:*:0650:0700"
> >
> >    DOWNTIME=*:ldap:0650:0700
> >    -------------------------
> >    downtime is NOT working and hobbitd tells "Bad timespec (missing
> >    colon or wrong weekdays): ldap:0650:0700". Info column displays
> >    "ldap:All days:0650:0700"
> >
> >
> >
> >    Dominique
> >
> >
> >    Josh Luthman wrote:
> >
> >        Dominique,
> >
> >        hobbitd is saying your configuration is missing the day
> >        declaration, can you confirm the asterisk is in there?
> >
> >        Josh
> >
> >        On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 11:03 AM, Dominique Frise
> >        <Dominique.Frise at unil.ch> wrote:
> >
> >           Hi Josh,
> >
> >           Thanks, but no, this doesn't help.
> >           If I swap column and day (DOWNTIME=*:ldap:0650:0700) then it
> > is
> >           displayed correctly -with or without comment-, but hobbitd
> >        complains
> >           about:
> >
> >           "Bad timespec (missing colon or wrong weekdays):
> > ldap:0650:0700"
> >
> >
> >           Dominique
> >
> >           Josh Luthman wrote:
> >
> >               Dominique,
> >
> >               I just ventured into DOWNTIME last week and found that by
> >               dropping the comment column the problem went away!
> >
> >               Try changing it to
> >
> >               DOWNTIME=ldap:*:0650:0700
> >
> >               Josh
> >
> >               On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 2:52 AM, Dominique Frise
> >               <Dominique.Frise at unil.ch> wrote:
> >
> >                  Hi,
> >
> >                  This was already reported long time ago
> >                        (
> > http://www.hobbitmon.com/hobbiton/2006/12/msg00240.html) and
> >               maybe
> >                  I missed a patch/solution to this.
> >
> >                  The info column does not display the "Planned downtime"
> >               correctly:
> >
> >                  bb-hosts
> >                  --------
> >                  DOWNTIME=ldap:*:0650:0700:Regeneration
> >
> >                  info column
> >                  -----------
> >                  Planned downtime:       ldap:*:0650:0700:Regeneration
> >
> >                  The info column should display
> >                  ------------------------------
> >                  Planned downtime:       ldap:All
> >        days:0650:0700:Regeneration
> >
> >
> >
> >                  Dominique
> >                  UNIL - University of Lausanne
> >
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> >
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