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color=#0000ff size=2>By default, the Hobbit server expects your tests to update
at least once every 30 minutes. This is the LIFETIME parameter.
After "LIFETIME" expires with no updates the server marks the test "purple"
and sends an alert.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=530383213-08062009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>The fix is simple -- in your script you need to send a
LIFETIME value when you send your status message. If you test once
every day, you need to calculate LIFETIME as 24 * 60 + some extra in case your
test is delayed from some reason.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=530383213-08062009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>You can read about this in the man pages for the "bb"
command (Xymon communications program).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=530383213-08062009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>GLH</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Cayo de Moraes
[mailto:camorae@googlemail.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, June 08, 2009 8:17
AM<BR><B>To:</B> hobbit@hswn.dk<BR><B>Subject:</B> [hobbit] BBWin Ext Scripts
after 30min are unavaliable<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Hi guys,<BR><BR>im monitoring with some external scripts on my BBWin
and when i try to set up the "check time" higher (like one time a day) I noticed
that the column get unavaliable after 30 minutes for this client.<BR><BR>Is it a
know issue?<BR><BR>I also tryed to put this paragraphs (i readed it here
somewhere) in the
hobbit-client.cfg:<BR><BR>MAXMSG_DATA="5242880"<BR>MAXMSG_CLIENT="5242880"<BR>MAXMSG_STATUS="5242880"<BR><BR><BR>Nothing
works... do i have to setup something else on server/client
side?<BR><BR>TIA<BR></BODY></HTML>