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<p class="MsoNormal">I have some devices with names like “01-0042-dc2-c2-ag01.netman.uq.edu.au”.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">With a combo.cfg entry like this:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> prndc2.nexus.comboalert.fping = ( 01\-0042\-dc2\-c2\-ag01.netman.uq.edu.au.fping && 01\-0042\-dc2\-d8\-ag01.netman.uq.edu.au.fping ) >=1<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The resulting test produces output like so:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> (01\-0042\-dc2\-c2\-ag01.netman.uq.edu.au.fping&&01\-0042\-dc2\-d8\-ag01.netman.uq.edu.au.fping)>=1 = (01\-0042\-1&&01\-0042\-1)>=1 = 0<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> clear dc2-c2-ag01.netman.uq.edu.au.fping<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> clear dc2-d8-ag01.netman.uq.edu.au.fping<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Errors occurred during evaluation:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> compute((01\-0042\-1&&01\-0042\-1)>=1) returned error 4<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It looks like it is having a problem with those names for some reason, truncating the name in the first part of the result
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> “dc2-c2-ag01.netman.uq.edu.au” instead of “01-0042-dc2-c2-ag01.netman.uq.edu.au”
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">and then compute bit having just “01\-0042\-1”?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Whereas simply prefixing the letter “a” to the hostname entries like so “a01-0042-dc2-c2-ag01.netman.uq.edu.au” :<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> prndc2.nexus.comboalert.fping = ( a01\-0042\-dc2\-c2\-ag01.netman.uq.edu.au.fping && a01\-0042\-dc2\-d8\-ag01.netman.uq.edu.au.fping ) >=1<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Produces the expected output:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> (a01\-0042\-dc2\-c2\-ag01.netman.uq.edu.au.fping&&a01\-0042\-dc2\-d8\-ag01.netman.uq.edu.au.fping)>=1 = (1&&1)>=1 = 1<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> green a01-0042-dc2-c2-ag01.netman.uq.edu.au.fping<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> green a01-0042-dc2-d8-ag01.netman.uq.edu.au.fping<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Any ideas? It looks like a bug to me.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Gavin Stone-Tolcher, IT Support Officer, Network Operations and Incident Response<span style="color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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