[Xymon] xymonlaunch stuck purple

Root, Paul Paul.Root at centurylink.com
Thu Feb 23 14:33:28 CET 2012


How about setting the status to green with a time of many days?

Paul Root    - Senior Engineer
Managed Services Systems - CenturyLink



> -----Original Message-----
> From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On
> Behalf Of Michael Beatty
> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 6:44 AM
> To: Jeremy Laidman
> Cc: xymon at xymon.com
> Subject: Re: [Xymon] xymonlaunch stuck purple
>
> I have used "drop" plenty of times to remove alerts, and thought about
> doing that.  However, as per the hints and tips it, "permanently
> removes
> all traces of a test".  Since the xymonlaunch alert is built into the
> code and not a user defined alert that can be added back, I have a
> concern about permanently removing all traces of it.   If it happens
> again, I'd like to know about it.  If I permanently remove the test via
> the "drop" command, will it come back should the problem happen again?
>
> Michael Beatty
> Sherwin-Williams
> IT Analyst/Developer
> michael.beatty at sherwin.com
> 216-515-7374
>
>
> Jeremy Laidman wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 5:36 AM, Michael Beatty
> > <Michael.Beatty at sherwin.com> wrote:
> >> believe that this "xymonlaunch" alert is not configured to report
> unless
> >> there is a problem.  If my assumption is correct, how can I clear
> the
> >> "purple" alert?
> > As per the "Hints and Tips" page, use the "xymon" command with a
> > "drop" option.  Such as:
> >
> > ~/server/bin/xymon 127.0.0.1 "drop HOSTNAME xymonlaunch"
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