[hobbit] monitoring httpd 24x7 (almost)

[Stewart L]

If you have a scripted job that runs at that time, add aline to the script
to use the bb command-line tool to disable the test. :)


On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 11:01 AM, Larry Barber <lebarber at gmail.com> wrote:

> You can just disable the http test for the period involved. You can even
> put it into a cron job so it will fire off every week, if you like: $
> $BBHOME/server/bin/bb <hobbit-host> 'disable hostname.testname 10' .
>
> Thanks,
> Larry Barber
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 8:30 AM, Wood, Mike <Mike.Wood at kci1.com> wrote:
>
>>  Hi All,
>>
>> I'd like to monitor "http://[hostname]:10003" 24x7, except for 10 minutes
>> on Sunday morning.
>>
>> However:
>>
>> I can't use DOWNTIME in bb-hosts, because that puts the entire host out
>> of service.
>>
>> I can't use hobbit-clients.cfg, because it doesn't support any tags that
>> affect the HTTP column.
>>
>> As a work-around, I can use PROC in hobbit-clients.cfg, but that affects
>> the PROCS column instead.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> Or am I failing my documentation reading skills somewhere? J
>>
>> Mike Wood
>>
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