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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'>Thanks.  <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Any idea on the error message?  Is “TIME=2345:0245” valid?  That seems to be what the error message is complaining about.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Maybe I need the day-of-week specified?  Is 1-7: 2345:0245 or *:2345:0245 the right format?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I have not been able to find that.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><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"'> Root, Paul T [mailto:Paul.Root@CenturyLink.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 11, 2014 8:08 AM<br><b>To:</b> Kevin VerMeer; 'xymon@xymon.com'<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: alert IGNORE question<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I’m going to guess on question one. I’d say it would be the servers time, since the evaluation is going on on the server.<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'>For the second question, no, you don’t need 2. Ignore time wraps around.<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'>Paul.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><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 [mailto:xymon-bounces@xymon.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kevin VerMeer<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 11, 2014 7:41 AM<br><b>To:</b> xymon@xymon.com<br><b>Subject:</b> [Xymon] alert IGNORE question<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have one client that has a maintentance window every night.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have two questions related to the IGNORE alert option.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>      </span></span><![endif]>Is the time specified in the IGNORE the server time or the client time?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>      </span></span><![endif]>The time I would like to ignore wraps around midnight.  Do I need two separate IGNORE statements for that?  Below are the pertinent lines in alert.cfg, and an error being generated to /var/log/xymon/alert.log<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>HOST=* SERVICE=linkthreads COLOR=red<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>## ignore linkthreads on 10144 for this duration<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>        IGNORE HOST=CCHWOOPNL TIME=2345:0245<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>        SCRIPT /usr/local/xymonutil/alertscripts/daemondown.sh internal REPEAT=15 RECOVERED<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2014-06-11 07:41:38 Bad timespec (missing colon or no endtime): 2345:0245<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><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Kevin VerMeer</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><br><img width=118 height=49 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CF854E.E603B660" alt="Description: PeopleNet Logo 2 Color Small"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>4400 Baker Road, Minnetonka, MN 55343</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#909090'>TOLL FREE</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> 888-346-3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