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<p class=MsoNormal>I would like to have XYMON:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> E.G.
All printers are down at the same time – ALERT<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>
All printers just came back up at the same time – NOTIFY/ALERT<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I need to watch multiple printers in a building to see if
they are ALL down (or come up) at the same time.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>This is the makings of a POWER OUTAGE EVENT for that building
since the printers are not attached to a UPS.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'>If all down, Possible Power Outage<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I know that the ‘route:’ can watch a path to a
device and make the devices behind the down devices go YELLOW <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>and the first device in the path go RED. I don’t
think that this would work for this type of alerting.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I think this will require some sort of SCRIPT in the
hobbit-alerts.cfg that is executed if any of the printers do not answer a ping.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I have never written a SCRIPT for XYMON but am eager to
learn.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>In this case the first printer that goes down, calls the
script and the script would have to check if all the other printers are down.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>If I have a printer go down and it calls a bash shell
script, is there a way to see if all the rest of the printers are down.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'>If not, do not alert<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'>If all down, alert<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I would also need to go the other way: if a printer
comes up (RECOVERED) are all the other printers up?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>This one is more tricky as you have to see when all the
other printers came up.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>It would be a false alarm if a single printer went down and
then came back up because you cannot just check to see if all the other
printers are up.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>EXAMPLE: The rest of the printers may have been up and
that would not be a POSSIBLE POWER EVENT. You must be able to see when
the other printers came up last.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The other alternative would be to use my scripts (running on
the XYMON server) to watch the printers and then allow the scripts to trigger a
RED/GREEN event.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I have read where this can be done, but I have not found a
good clear example of creating diamonds and icons for special purposes.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>This RED/GREEN event would then trigger the alerting from
XYMON.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Again, I have not found a good HOW-TO on setting up additional
devices/diamonds for this purpose.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;text-autospace:none'><b><i><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;text-autospace:none'><b><i><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;text-autospace:none'><b><i><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tom Schmitt<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;text-autospace:none'><i><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Senior IT Staff -
R&D</span></i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>L-3 Communication
Systems West<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>640 North 2200 West<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>P.O. Box 16850<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Salt Lake City,
UT 84116<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Phone (801) <i>594-3030</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Cell (801) 231-7230<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:.25in;text-autospace:
none'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>eFax (413)
<i>480-6873</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:.25in;text-autospace:
none'><b><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>D.Tom.Schmitt@L-3Com.com<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:.25in;text-autospace:
none'><b><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:.25in;text-autospace:
none'><b><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:red'>I can explain it for you, but I can't understand it for you.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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none'><b><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:red'>
Anonymous<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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color:green'>Think Green!</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:green'> </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
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