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<P><SPAN LANG="fi"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hi</FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="fi"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Would it be possible to</FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="fi"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">1) Split bb-hosts into "hobbit-tests" (test config) and "hobbit-display" (display structure, use names given is hobbit-tests). Keep bb-hosts as fallback...</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="fi"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">(We do testing by ip so that we can rename our targets with **descriptive names** in bb-hosts and also monitor the network during dns-failures. Not all IPv4 devices have a hostname either. We also have "hosts" that are clusters and should go red only if ALL associated ip's go red. We have VPN-tunnels, that go red if certain criteria are met - even if pings to remote site work…through backup lines. All this complexity calls for an abstraction layer on top of possible DNS-names. That again requires the separation of the probes from the presentation).</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN LANG="fi"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">2) Let us "include subpage filename" to cut these files into smaller, more manageable pieces. I don't like my 500 line structureless config file.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN LANG="fi"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">3) We would need two main VIEWS:</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="fi"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">3a) infrastructure view: keep routers/switches on one page (&subpages), keep UPS'es on another page (the Power Page), keep servers on a third page and so on.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="fi"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">3b) business process view: group gateways, switches, UPSes, servers, printers by site or by business process</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Because of this we would like to have a separate hobbit-display. Writing EVERYTHING twice, the other half with noconn, is a nightmare. I get paid for this, but still…</FONT></SPAN></P>
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