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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Tom,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>$ man Xymon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> disable HOSTNAME.TESTNAME DURATION <additional text><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> Disables a specific test for DURATION minutes. This will cause the status of this test to be listed as "blue" on the Xymon server, and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> no alerts for this host/test will be generated. If DURATION is given as a number followed by s/m/h/d, it is interpreted as being in sec-<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> onds/minutes/hours/days respectively. To disable a test until it becomes OK, use "-1" as the DURATION. To disable all tests for a<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> host, use an asterisk "*" for TESTNAME.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> enable HOSTNAME.TESTNAME<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> Re-enables a test that had been disabled.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Shouldn’t be hard to roll your own script from here or I can share a rather simple script we use.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>David Gore (v965-3670) </span><span style='color:#1F497D'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Network Management Systems (NMS) </span><span style='color:#1F497D'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>IMPACT Transport Team Lead - SCSA, SCNA </span><span style='color:#1F497D'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Page: 1-800-PAG-eMCI pin 1406090 </span><span style='color:#1F497D'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Vnet: 965-3676</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> xymon-bounces@xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces@xymon.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>d.tom.schmitt@L-3com.com<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 06, 2012 09:51<br><b>To:</b> xymon@xymon.com<br><b>Subject:</b> [Xymon] TS - Maintenance Mode for a group of hosts?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have a request to take an entire area of hosts and place setup a maintenance window starting at a certain time and for say 3 hours.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Is there a script that I can send it a list and have it place all of the devices in maintenance mode?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>All corporate servers will require a window of 3 hours at 6pm tonight.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Also, is there any option on the HOST line that will not show up (like an actual comment not the COMMENT: entry) that can be used to select them from.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>e.g. the word ‘CORP’ in the options like that will normally be ignored by Xymon?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am running Xymon 4.3.0-0.beta2.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Also, is there a way to show the COMMENT or DESCRIPTION on the line like it does in the non-green view under this release?<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</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"'>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='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:.25in;text-autospace:none'><b><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></i></b><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"OCR A Extended"'>\\\\||////</span></b><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"'> </span></i></b><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"OCR A Extended"'>\ ~ ~ / </span></b><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"'> </span></i></b><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"OCR A Extended"'>| @ @ |<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:.25in;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"OCR A Extended"'>--oOo---(_)---oOo--<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:.25in;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"OCR A Extended"'>Have A Nice Day !<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Stencil;color:#7030A0'>It is not necessary to change.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Stencil;color:#7030A0'>Survival is not mandatory.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Stencil;color:#7030A0'> -- W. Edwards Deming<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>