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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have databases and webpages in my hosts.cfg like this..<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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</span></span><![endif]> Oracle_Enterprise_Manager # prefer noping noconn <a href="https://ictoem01.stanwell.com:7801/em/console">
https://ictoem01.stanwell.com:7801/em/console</a> # Obviously a web page<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><![endif]>soapro # prefer noconn # This is an oracle database which I have tests sent to.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:45.75pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:45.75pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm">What I find is that even with noconn, it still attempts to resolve the server name ie Oracle_Enterprise_Manager<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm">I have managed to fix this by modifying xymonnet.c on line 839<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm">From this…<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm">if (!h->testip && (dnsmethod != IP_ONLY)) add_host_to_dns_queue(h->hostname);<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm">to this<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm">if (!h->testip && !h->noconn && (dnsmethod != IP_ONLY)) add_host_to_dns_queue(h->hostname);<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Any comments or possible breaking of Xymon??<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">If my interpretaion is what is expected for the noconn test maybe Henrik could put this in as a bug fix
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings">J</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Alan Ford<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Senior Database Administrator<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Com Serv - Information Communications and Technology<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Stanwell Corporation Limited<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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