<div dir="ltr">At a previous $EMPLOYER I pointed the HOSTDOCURL to a MediaWiki. SysAdmins and a select few others had write access so they could add notes, docs and links for the Ops to reference.<div><br></div><div>I never got around to setting up templates, but it shouldn't be too hard to make up a standard template for any given type of server, with links out to as-built docs, CMDB, start/stop procedures, common faults/fixes, trouble ticket systems, oncall phone numbers, SysAdmin notes, and all the usual FAQ-type things. </div><div><br></div><div><div>If you have custom ext scripts, there's no reason not to embed into the report a link to the wiki page that has the diagnosis/fix instructions. It would be one click away from the detailed report page in Xymon and it would also be handed to any alert script.</div></div><div><br></div><div>The MediaWiki page layout syntax isn't too hard to get into, but any kind of wiki would do. There's no real need for Xymon to reinvent that particular wheel.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Ralph Mitchell</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 5:57 PM, Vernon Everett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:everett.vernon@gmail.com" target="_blank">everett.vernon@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">To be really effective, an as-built document should contain enough information to rebuild a server or host in the event of its untimely demise. As a freelance consultant, I also expect (actually it's more a hope or a wish) that as-built documents will contain enough information to allow me to make reasonably accurate assumptions regarding capacity, capability and general application installation and requirement details.<div><br><div>But, as you said, it means different things to different people.</div><div>Which is why I thought I would float the idea for discussion.</div><div><br></div><div>I do like your idea of using the host name link for general instructions. Great idea.</div><div>At another client, all our alerts to service desk, used SCRIPT, and sent custom emails, explaining the problem, who/what might be impacted, and what steps to follow.</div><div>And the email would often be different based on a yellow or red alert.</div><div>This made it really simple for newby service desk individuals, because they required no knowledge or understanding of how the systems were interrelated or who the user-base was.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div>Vernon</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></font></span></div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 15 December 2014 at 04:25, Roland Soderstrom <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Rolands@logicaltech.com.au" target="_blank">Rolands@logicaltech.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#005daa">And what do this as-built info say?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#005daa">It sounds like a very good idea, but I think there is a lot of different ideas on the content of the as-built info.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#005daa">Is this as-built, a client generated “info” test, as apposed to server generated “info”? (which is VERY basic)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#005daa">We use the notes page to tell operators what to do on certain alarms.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#005daa">RED on disk is severity 1 call<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#005daa">Yellow is just a severity 2 call.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#005daa">Something else is next business day etc etc.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Xymon [mailto:<a href="mailto:xymon-bounces@xymon.com" target="_blank">xymon-bounces@xymon.com</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Vernon Everett<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, 12 December 2014 7:07 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Xymon mailinglist<span><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Xymon] Host Name Links<u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Taking this idea to the next step, is it worth thinking about adding this as a feature to future versions of
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Or asbuilt:w:6 to update weekly on a Sunday.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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to the server to update </span> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">/usr/lib/xymon/server/www/notes/node1.html </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">On 12 December 2014 at 16:04, Vernon Everett <<a href="mailto:everett.vernon@gmail.com" target="_blank">everett.vernon@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">This is exactly what I was looking for.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">This <span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">/usr/lib/xymon/server/www/notes/node1.html trick is what I wanted.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">And they are pretty impressed with the host-name link on Xymon taking them to an auto-updated as-built.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">On 11 December 2014 at 16:01, Martin Flemming <<a href="mailto:martin.flemming@desy.de" target="_blank">martin.flemming@desy.de</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:115%">On Thu, 11 Dec 2014, Vernon Everett wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Hi all<br>
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Some time back, there was a feature, hwereby the host name could become a link, perhaps to an as-built, or a CMDB entry for the host. I used it once before at another customer.<br>
I can't recall how to do this, and I can't seem to find the notes on how.<br>
Can anybody refresh my memory?<br>
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Regards<br>
Vernon<u></u><u></u></p>
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Hi !<br>
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You need only create an html-file with the node-name<br>
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/usr/lib/xymon/server/www/notes/node1.html<br>
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cheers,<br>
martin<br>
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