[hobbit] how to tell server my extension script reports only every 2 hour

[Jerry Yu]

Beautiful. Thanks, Lars.

On 10/24/06, Lars Ebeling <lars.ebeling at leopg9.no-ip.org> wrote:
>
>  The message sent to hobbitserver should start with status+lifetime. In
> your case lifetime should be 125.
>
> Ie. bb $BBDISP "status+125 hostname.testname color ............"
>
> See extract from bb manpage below.
>
> Lars
>
> status[+LIFETIME][/group:GROUP] HOSTNAME.TESTNAME COLOR <additional text>
>  This sends in a status message for a single test (column) on a single
> host. TESTNAME is the name of the column where this test will show up; any
> name is valid except that using dots in the testname will not work. COLOR
> must be one of the valid colors: "green", "yellow", "red" or "clear". The
> colors "blue" and "purple" - although valid colors - should not be sent in a
> status-message, as these are handled specially by the Hobbit server.
> The "additional text" normally includes a local timestamp and a summary of
> the test result on the first line. Any lines following the first one are
> free-form, and can include any information that may be useful to diagnose
> the problem being reported.
> The LIFETIME defines how long this status is valid after being received by
> the Hobbit server. The default is 30 minutes, but you can set any period you
> like. E.g. for a custom test that runs once an hour, you will want to set
> this to at least 60 minutes - otherwise the status will go purple after 30
> minutes. It is a good idea to set the LIFETIME to sligtly more than the
> interval between your tests, to allow for variations in the time it takes
> your test to complete. The LIFETIME is in minutes, unless you add an "h"
> (hours), "d" (days) or "w" (weeks) immediately after the number, e.g.
> "status+5h" for a status that is valid for 5 hours.
>
>
>  -----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
> *Från:* Jerry Yu [mailto:jjj863 at gmail.com]
> *Skickat:* den 24 oktober 2006 18:12
> *Till:* hobbit at hswn.dk
> *Ämne:* [hobbit] how to tell server my extension script reports only every
> 2 hour
>
> I have an extension script to check RAID status every two hours on the
> client side (interval 2h). It works fine. The status turned PURLE after 5m.
> I guess the server was expecting the data every 5m by default. How can I
> tell the server to expect it every 2h instead, for this particular test
> (and/or for this particular client)?
>
>
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