[hobbit] Disabling alert nightly

[Josh Luthman]

As very early this morning it is telling me...

Latest errormessages:
Bad timespec (missing colon or wrong weekdays): W
Bad timespec (missing colon or wrong weekdays): 0830:2359:OffSaturday



On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 3:53 PM, Josh Luthman <josh at imaginenetworksllc.com>
wrote:

> Very weird..
>
> The device in question went down/up for 12 minutes outside of the time
> frame specified by the DOWNTIME statement.  After it went down hobbitd
> complained with the following error, minutes afterward the device did come
> back up.  The error still stands.
>
> Latest errormessages:
> Bad timespec (missing colon or no starttime): W
> Bad timespec (missing colon or wrong weekdays): 0830:2359:OffSaturday
> Bad timespec (missing colon or no starttime): W
> Bad timespec (missing colon or wrong weekdays): 0830:2359:OffSaturday
>
> Bad timespec (missing colon or no starttime): W
> Bad timespec (missing colon or wrong weekdays): 0830:2359:OffSaturday
> Bad timespec (missing colon or no starttime): W
> Bad timespec (missing colon or wrong weekdays): 0830:2359:OffSaturday
>
> Bad timespec (missing colon or no starttime): W
> Bad timespec (missing colon or wrong weekdays): 0830:2359:OffSaturday
> Bad timespec (missing colon or no starttime): W
> Bad timespec (missing colon or wrong weekdays): 0830:2359:OffSaturday
>
> I'm very confused now =)
>
>
> On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 10:23 AM, Josh Luthman <josh at imaginenetworksllc.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Strange...I am going to try out:
> >
> >
> > DOWNTIME=0:0000:2359:OffSunday,W:1930:0730:nightlyoff,6:0830:2359:OffSaturday
> >
> > tonight as Henrik suggested (which to my understand is just a shorter
> > version).  The host in question is definitely down between those times and
> > was down this morning at 2AM when I was watching it.  Thing still wouldn't
> > go blue, hmm...
> >
> > Thanks for the help guys, I'll let you know what happens probably on
> > Sunday.
> >
> >
> > On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 9:29 AM, Dugan, Darin D [EIT] <
> > dddugan at iastate.edu> wrote:
> >
> > >  If memory serves, when I was configuring DOWNTIME I found that if you
> > > specify the optional reason you must also specify the optional service.
> > > Could be mistaken, of course…this is what works for me:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > DOWNTIME=*:6:0125:0225:"reason goes here"
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Cheers.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > *From:* Josh Luthman [mailto:josh at imaginenetworksllc.com]
> > > *Sent:* Friday, May 02, 2008 1:42 AM
> > > *To:* hobbit at hswn.dk
> > > *Subject:* Re: [hobbit] Disabling alert nightly
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Neither of these two complained:
> > >
> > > DOWNTIME=0:0000:2359:OffSunday,6:0830:2359:OffSaturday
> > >
> > > DOWNTIME=0:0000:2359:OffSunday,1:1930:0730:nightlyoff,2:1930:0730:nightlyoff,3:1930:0730:nightlyoff,4:1930:0730:nightlyoff,5:1930:0730:nightlyoff,6:0830:2359:OffSaturday
> > >
> > > However that second one didn't disable the host, should it be as it is
> > > obviously within that time frame?
> > >
> > > Does anyone have a working example by chance?
> > >
> > > Thanks for the suggestion, Allan!
> > >
> > > Josh
> > >
> > > On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 1:38 AM, Allan Spencer <allan at zandahar.net>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > The only thing I can think is the * overides/conflicts with the
> > > individual day entries and it doesnt like this ?
> > >
> > > What if you leave it with just the Saturday and Sunday Entries ?
> > >
> > > Allan
> > >
> > >
> > > Josh Luthman wrote:
> > >
> > > I am having some issues with this one...
> > >
> > > DOWNTIME=*:1930:0730:nightlyoff,6:0830:2359:OffSaturday,0:0000:2359:OffSunday
> > >
> > > Info page says:
> > > All days:1930:0730:nightlyoff, Sat:0830:2359:OffSaturday,
> > > Sun:0000:2359:OffSunday
> > >
> > > But hobbitd is complaining:
> > > Latest errormessages:
> > > Bad timespec (missing colon or wrong weekdays): 1930:0730:nightlyoff
> > > Is there something wrong with the *?
> > >
> > > On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 11:11 AM, Josh Luthman <
> > > josh at imaginenetworksllc.com <mailto:josh at imaginenetworksllc.com>>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >    Thanks again!
> > >
> > >
> > >  DOWNTIME=*:1930:0730:nightlyoff,5:0000:2359:OffSaturday,6:0000:2359:OffSunday
> > >
> > >    6:0000:2359:OffSunday <--that is my only question before I try it
> > >    - shouldn't it be 6 for Sunday and 5 for Saturday?
> > >
> > >    Josh
> > >
> > >
> > >    On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 10:44 AM, L.M.J <linuxmasterjedi at free.fr
> > >
> > >    <mailto:linuxmasterjedi at free.fr>> wrote:
> > >
> > >        Hi again,
> > >
> > >
> > >        Le Thu, 1 May 2008 09:27:19 -0400,
> > >        "Josh Luthman" <josh at imaginenetworksllc.com
> > >
> > >        <mailto:josh at imaginenetworksllc.com>> a écrit :
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >        > LMJ,
> > >        >
> > >        > Excellent! That answers half my question - but now I need to
> > >        disable it all
> > >        > day on the weekends; can you have two time frames in one
> > >        downtime statement?
> > >        >
> > >        > Josh
> > >        >
> > >        > On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 4:49 AM, L.M.J
> > >
> > >        <linuxmasterjedi at free.fr <mailto:linuxmasterjedi at free.fr>>
> > > wrote:
> > >        >
> > >        > > Hi Josh
> > >        > >
> > >        > > Le Thu, 1 May 2008 00:44:04 -0400,
> > >        > > "Josh Luthman" <josh at imaginenetworksllc.com
> > >
> > >        <mailto:josh at imaginenetworksllc.com>> a écrit :
> > >
> > >
> > >        > >
> > >        > > > I have a device that shuts down at 7:30pm and comes back
> > >        up at 7:30am. What
> > >        > > > is the best way to disable this host every single night?
> > >        > > > I would like it to be marked as disabled during this
> > >        time, but I definitely
> > >        > > > do not want the bb.html, bb2.html and bb.wml showing up
> > >        red - red is bad!  I
> > >        > > > also need it to stop sending email alerts.
> > >        > > >
> > >        > > > Would DOWNTIME= be what am I looking for?  If so can
> > >        someone explain how the
> > >        > > >
> > >        day:starttime:endtime:cause[,day:starttime:endtime:cause] gets
> > >        filled it?
> > >        > > >
> > >        > > > I need it to be every weekday in the evenings and nights
> > >        as well as every weekend.
> > >        > >
> > >        > > I had almost the same issue : do not display databases
> > >        connection errors during the night backup, here we
> > >        > > go :
> > >        > >
> > >        > >  ip.ip.ip.ip   name    # conn foo bar    NAME:"Nice Name"
> > >        DOWNTIME=*:1930:0730:MyReason
> > >        > >
> > >        > >  That's it ;)
> > >
> > >        Test this :
> > >
> > >  DOWNTIME=*:1930:0730:MyReason,5:0000:2359:OffSaturday,5:0000:2359:OffSunday
> > >
> > >        What do you think about this one ? ;)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >    --    Josh Luthman
> > >    Office: 937-552-2340
> > >    Direct: 937-552-2343
> > >    1100 Wayne St
> > >    Suite 1337
> > >    Troy, OH 45373
> > >
> > >    Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it,
> > > poorly.
> > >    --- Henry Spencer
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Josh Luthman
> > > Office: 937-552-2340
> > > Direct: 937-552-2343
> > > 1100 Wayne St
> > > Suite 1337
> > > Troy, OH 45373
> > >
> > > Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
> > > --- Henry Spencer
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Josh Luthman
> > > Office: 937-552-2340
> > > Direct: 937-552-2343
> > > 1100 Wayne St
> > > Suite 1337
> > > Troy, OH 45373
> > >
> > > Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
> > > --- Henry Spencer
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Josh Luthman
> > Office: 937-552-2340
> > Direct: 937-552-2343
> > 1100 Wayne St
> > Suite 1337
> > Troy, OH 45373
> >
> > Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
> > --- Henry Spencer
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Josh Luthman
> Office: 937-552-2340
> Direct: 937-552-2343
> 1100 Wayne St
> Suite 1337
> Troy, OH 45373
>
> Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
> --- Henry Spencer
>



-- 
Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373

Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
--- Henry Spencer
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