[hobbit] DOWNTIME and info column

Dominique Frise Dominique.Frise at unil.ch
Wed May 7 07:21:41 CEST 2008


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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