[Xymon] how to disable flapping notifications?

Josh Luthman josh at imaginenetworksllc.com
Thu Mar 1 22:52:46 CET 2012


alerts like this

HOST=*
  MAIL josh at imaginenetworksllc.com COLOR=RED DURATION>2m REPEAT=60 RECOVERED

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



On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 4:51 PM,  <kconnell at ryerson.ca> wrote:
> I was wondering how to as well...
>
> You have DURATION where ? As a tag in the hosts.cfg ?
>
>
> Ken Connell
> Intermediate Network Engineer
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Josh Luthman <josh at imaginenetworksllc.com>
> Sender: xymon-bounces at xymon.com
> Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2012 15:42:01
> To: Tom S<tsztur at gmail.com>
> Cc: <xymon at xymon.com>
> Subject: Re: [Xymon] how to disable flapping notifications?
>
> I have it DURATION>2m
>
> Josh Luthman
> Office: 937-552-2340
> Direct: 937-552-2343
> 1100 Wayne St
> Suite 1337
> Troy, OH 45373
>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Tom S <tsztur at gmail.com> wrote:
>> How do I disable flapping?
>> Our host sometimes has issues and xymon starts spamming all kinds of
>> flapping messages.
>> I only need alerts if the host is not responding to a certain service and
>> not if it flaps.
>>
>> I have found:
>> http://www.xymon.com/xymon/help/manpages/man8/xymond.8.html
>> "Track the N latest status-changes for flap-detection. See the
>> --flap-seconds option also. To disable flap-checks, set N to zero. Default:
>> 5 "
>> where in the config do I put this?
>>
>> tia
>>
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