[Xymon] Test showing white instead of purple

Ralph Mitchell ralphmitchell at gmail.com
Mon Sep 17 13:59:35 CEST 2012


I think white typically show up for tests that are dependent on some other
test.  For example, the network tests do that.  I've recently had some ping
failures, so ssh came up white, but the client tests (cpu, memory,disk,
ports, procs) all came through OK.

Ralph Mitchell


On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 6:41 AM, John Horne <john.horne at plymouth.ac.uk>wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Using Xymon 4.3.10, we had a problem with a client sending an oversize
> message. This caused the 'procs' test to show purple, but it also caused
> the 'files' test to show as white.
>
> We have sorted out the oversize message bit, but I am concerned that
> because a test showed white we were unaware of it because it doesn't
> show on the 'non-green' page. (We were only aware of it because of the
> purple 'procs' test and then looking at the 'Current status' page to see
> all the tests for the client.)
>
> Is there a way to report a test as purple if it changes from a colour to
> white?
>
> I'm not sure why it reported white and not purple. The status report
> from the client was truncated, and I assume the 'files' test, therefore,
> received no status.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> John.
>
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