[Xymon] Multiple schedules for DOWNTIME not displaying in info

Mike Burger mburger at bubbanfriends.org
Wed Feb 12 20:30:54 CET 2014


> forwarding to the list as well.
>
>> ---------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht ----------
>>  Von: "bb4 at richter-it.net" <bb4 at richter-it.net>
>>  An: Mike Burger <mburger at bubbanfriends.org>
>>  Datum: 12. Februar 2014 um 11:11
>>  Betreff: Re: [Xymon] Multiple schedules for DOWNTIME not displaying in
>> info
>>
>>
>>  > Mike Burger <mburger at bubbanfriends.org> hat am 11. Februar 2014 um
>> 19:59
>>  > geschrieben:
>>  >
>>  >
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>>  > > Hi Mike,
>>  > >
>>  > > I had this problem too.
>>  > > It seems, if you only have one scheduled downtime then spaces are
>> no
>>  > > problem but if you have more than one ... well it helps replacing
>> the
>>  > > spaces with underscores '_'. At least it worked for me and all
>> scheduled
>>  > > downtimes now show up on top of the info page.
>>  > >
>>  > > HTH
>>  > > Torsten
>>  > >
>>  > > On 11.02.2014 17:41, Mike Burger wrote:
>>  > >> I've got a server for which I want 2 different DOWNTIME
>> schedules...one
>>  > >> for "cpu" and one for "procs".
>>  > >>
>>  > >> The example on the hosts.cfg man page
>>  > >> (http://www.xymon.com/xymon/help/manpages/man5/hosts.cfg.5.html)
>>  > >> indicates
>>  > >> that the proper syntax for DOWNTIME is:
>>  > >>
>>  > >> DOWNTIME=columns:day:starttime:endtime:cause[,columns:day:starttime:endtime:cause]
>>  > >>
>>  > >> Following that example, I've set it up like so:
>>  > >>
>>  > >> <ip address> <hostname> # OS:aix
>>  > >> disk,files,cpu,memory,msgs,ports,procs
>>  > >> NOCOLUMNS:inode DOWNTIME=procs:*:2159:0030:"Nightly dwmain and
>> dwstage
>>  > >> database backups",cpu:*:0000:2359:"CPU Utilization due to daily
>> jobs"
>>  > >>
>>  > >> But when I go to the info page, I see:
>>  > >>
>>  > >> Planned downtime: All days:2159:0030 (status:procs) (cause:Nightly
>>  > >> dwmain
>>  > >> and dwstage database backups)
>>  > >>
>>  > >> and at the bottom:
>>  > >>
>>  > >> Other tags: OS:aix disk,files,cpu,memory,msgs,ports,procs
>>  > >> NOCOLUMNS:inode
>>  > >> ,cpu:*:0000:2359:CPU Utilization due to daily jobs
>>  > >>
>>  > >> Should I not see both parts of the DOWNTIME line in the "Planned
>>  > >> downtime"
>>  > >> area on the client's info page? I've noticed this behavior in both
>>  > >> 4.3.15
>>  > >> and 4.3.16 (I'm only trying to add this multi-schedule for the
>> first
>>  > >> time,
>>  > >> today).
>>  >
>>  > Thanks, Torsten.
>>  >
>>  > Did the schedules work, though, with the spaces in place (i.e. was it
>> just
>>  > an issue with the aesthetics) or did putting the the underscores
>> ("_") in
>>  > cause the schedule to properly function, too?
>>  >
>>  > --
>>  > Mike Burger
>>  > http://www.bubbanfriends.org
>>  >
>>  > "It's always suicide-mission this, save-the-planet that. No one ever
>> just
>>  > stops by to say 'hi' anymore." --Colonel Jack O'Neill, SG1
>>  >
>>  >
>>
>>  Hi Mike,
>>
>>  as far as I remember the schedules did not work. At least the second
>> one
>> didn't.
>>  So it was more than an aesthetics issue.
>>
>>  Cheers
>>  Torsten

Following this, I added the "_" to both schedules' "cause" sections, and
it worked as expected.

Thanks, Torsten.
-- 
Mike Burger
http://www.bubbanfriends.org

"It's always suicide-mission this, save-the-planet that. No one ever just
stops by to say 'hi' anymore." --Colonel Jack O'Neill, SG1



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