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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=841105117-18122008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Since I'm using the * the time stamp wraps around.
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=841105117-18122008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>It just worked, the way I wanted it. I forced a red
condition during a ignore time window, and I got the email during the window,
after the window expired,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=841105117-18122008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>the page came through. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=841105117-18122008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=841105117-18122008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Looks like other emails said your format was wrong. Someone
had the format DAY:SERVICE:START:END:COMMENT. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=841105117-18122008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>That doesn't match up with the web page man pages.
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=841105117-18122008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>What I have down here worked 1 hour ago on Xymon 4.2.2
compiled on Solaris 10 8/07 in a zone.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Paul Root IM/MNS
Infrastructure </FONT></P>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Josh Luthman
[mailto:josh@imaginenetworksllc.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, December 18,
2008 11:43 AM<BR><B>To:</B> hobbit@hswn.dk<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [hobbit]
Downtime tag syntax<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>>HOST=%$HG-VSNL COLOR=red,purple DURATION>7
TIME=*:1100:1030<BR> MAIL
$NG-IM-ADMIN<BR> MAIL $NG-IM-ONCALL
FORMAT=SMS<BR></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>So send
alerts from 11:00 am to 10:30 am every day.<BR><BR></FONT></SPAN>Isn't this
kind of like dividing by zero? How does this actually work, does it
cover all day except that half hour window?<SPAN><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2><BR></FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>Josh Luthman<BR>Office:
937-552-2340<BR>Direct: 937-552-2343<BR>1100 Wayne St<BR>Suite 1337<BR>Troy,
OH 45373<BR><BR>Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it,
poorly.<BR>--- Henry Spencer<BR><BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 12:36 PM, Root, Paul <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A
href="mailto:Paul.Root@qwest.com">Paul.Root@qwest.com</A>></SPAN>
wrote:<BR>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I'm
getting close.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>What
just worked for me in hobbit-alerts.cfg, was:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>HOST=%$HG-VSNL COLOR=red,purple DURATION>7
TIME=*:1100:1030<BR> MAIL
$NG-IM-ADMIN<BR> MAIL
$NG-IM-ONCALL FORMAT=SMS<BR></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>So send
alerts from 11:00 am to 10:30 am every day.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>What I'm
trying right now is:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>HOST=%$HG-VSNL COLOR=red,purple
DURATION>7<BR> MAIL
$NG-IM-ADMIN<BR> IGNORE
SERVICE=procs TIME=*:1110:1130<BR>
MAIL $NG-IM-ONCALL FORMAT=SMS<BR></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>So the
email would come, but the page wouldn't happen, and only on procsm between
11:10 and 11:30 am. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><FONT
color=#0000ff><SPAN>I've had trouble with this, but that was when the
machine was in a large group, so I'm splitting it to it's own group (with
it's backup server).</SPAN><SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The former should work for
you. It should look like:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>HOST=<HOSTNAME>
SERVICE=cpu,mysql COLOR=red DURATION>7
TIME=*:1800:1900</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN> <FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>MAIL
<WHEREVER> FORMAT=SMS</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Test it
with</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>bbcmd hobbitd_alert --test
<HOSTNAME> cpu --duration=8 time=1229646890</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>the time value is in
epochtime. That number is seconds. It's roughly 6:30 pm
CST.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Paul Root
IM/MNS Infrastructure </FONT></P>
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<DIV class=Ih2E3d><B>From:</B> Jason Chambers [mailto:<A
href="mailto:Jason.Chambers@geosoft.com"
target=_blank>Jason.Chambers@geosoft.com</A>] <BR></DIV><B>Sent:</B>
Thursday, December 18, 2008 11:11 AM
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<DIV class=Wj3C7c><BR><B>To:</B> '<A href="mailto:hobbit@hswn.dk"
target=_blank>hobbit@hswn.dk</A>'<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [hobbit] Downtime
tag syntax<BR></DIV></DIV></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(31,73,125)">Argh!</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(31,73,125)"></SPAN> </P>
<P><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(31,73,125)">I don't want to answer my PDA every
night at 6pm because of a stupid backup job overloading the CPU and DB.
</SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings">L</SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(31,73,125)"> There has to be a way to get this to
work...</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(31,73,125)"></SPAN> </P>
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<P><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Root, Paul [mailto:<A
href="mailto:Paul.Root@qwest.com" target=_blank>Paul.Root@qwest.com</A>]
<BR><B>Sent:</B> December-18-08 11:11 AM<BR><B>To:</B> <A
href="mailto:hobbit@hswn.dk"
target=_blank>hobbit@hswn.dk</A><BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [hobbit] Downtime
tag syntax</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue">That syntax looks
right.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"></SPAN> </P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue">Unfortunately, I think it's
just broken. I've been fighting this all week. I've tried DOWNTIME, TIME
on the HOST line of hobbit-alerts.cfg, TIME with IGNORE.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue">I've tried it with a bogus
alarm, and with procs. I had it working with a bogus alarm, but it always
ignores procs.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"></SPAN> </P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue">bbcmd hobbitd_alerts
.... parses it correctly, and you think you're going to
get what you want. But then 2:11am the oncall is still paged.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"></SPAN> </P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue">I have this on Solaris 10
(in a zone) with Hobbit 4.2.0 and yesterday upgraded to Xymon 4.2.2.
Same deal.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"></SPAN> </P>
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<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Paul
Root IM/MNS
Infrastructure </SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Jason Chambers [mailto:<A
href="mailto:Jason.Chambers@geosoft.com"
target=_blank>Jason.Chambers@geosoft.com</A>] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday,
December 18, 2008 7:35 AM<BR><B>To:</B> '<A href="mailto:hobbit@hswn.dk"
target=_blank>hobbit@hswn.dk</A>'<BR><B>Subject:</B> [hobbit] Downtime
tag syntax</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"></SPAN></P>
<P>Hey everyone,</P>
<P><BR>I'm having problems with the DOWNTIME: tag on a host as it
appears not to be working. Can anyone see what I am doing wrong?</P>
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<P>DOWNTIME:cpu,mysql:*:1800:1830:Backups</P>
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