[hobbit] addon: os and critical icon

[Haertig, David F (Dave)]

It's not an icon, but the "info" screen tells you the OS.  I assume this
is just the version of the client that was compiled and installed.  You
can also use the DESCR directive in the bb-hosts file to add a
description to the info screen.  You could also use the NAME directive
to add an OS indication to the display line. 

-----Original Message-----
From: scottrwalters at gmail.com [mailto:scottrwalters at gmail.com] On Behalf
Of Scott Walters
Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2007 5:52 PM
To: hobbit at hswn.dk
Subject: Fwd: [hobbit] addon: os and critical icon

On 8/9/07, Flyzone Micky <flyzone at technologist.com> wrote:
> Hi, i have made some edit on the hobbit-sources.
> When working in a enterprise, i found useful to see also two icons
next the hostname: os and critical.
> Os could be windows,linux,aix,etc....

I can vouch for the usefulness of an OS icon in the display.

1)  For many sites, there are Windows and Unix admins.  This helps them
know immediately to "call for help" or to try and login themselves.

2)  Saw an issue that only affected RedHat Linux servers, but I did not
realize for a couple of weeks.  Once the OS icon feature went in, the
scope of the issue to RedHat was obvious.

I am thinking the OS might be known from the client, rather than having
to define it on the server.  But a manual configuration would be nice,
for devices that might be monitored, but without clients.

Scott Walters
-PacketPusher

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