[xymon] Customisation and Migration from BB->Xymon

[Daniel McDonald]

On 12/22/10 11:14 AM, "Johan Sjöberg" <johan.sjoberg at deltamanagement.se>
wrote:

> The 'all non green views' doesn't show blue, does it? At least not in default
> config.

If a host has a non-green status other than blue, as well as a blue status
in test foo, the row will appear because of the non-green status.  If there
is some other host with a non-green status for test foo other than blue,
then the blue dot will appear in the foo column.

> 
> /Johan
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim McCloskey [mailto:tm at freedom.com]
> Sent: den 22 december 2010 17:42
> To: xymon at xymon.com
> Subject: RE: [xymon] Customisation and Migration from BB->Xymon
> 
> Hi, 
> 
> I'm sure that others will chime in with more detail... It's been years since I
> migrated from BB (and later from Tivoli hosts).
> 
> 
>  * Is there a way of displaying all currently RED or PURPLE (no Yellow) alerts
> without playing with the source? *
> 
> The 'all non green views' will show red, yellow, purple and blue (yes, I read
> the question:).  Maybe ops can be trained to ignore yellow and blue?  Outside
> of the display you can configure email/pager alerts that fit any need.  Sadly,
> I've not given critical hosts much airtime.
> 
> 
> * Is there a simple way to still have "unregistered" hosts show up in the
> "bb2" page? *
> 
> These show up in the 'Ghosts' report.  As an admin it's a good idea to have a
> look at that tab once in a while.  Sometimes hostnames don't match up exactly,
> and sometimes folks do as you describe and install  / start the client
> software without informing the admin.
> 
> 
> As for migration, if you can start with a new server and just setup your
> bb-hosts file from the old system, starting with 'conn' only you can slowly
> add client software to point to the new system.  I found it easier and more
> explanatory to users/admins to divide the display-views-grouping/bb-hostsfiles
> based on some criteria (eg. Solaris vs Windows, location a vs location b,
> webserver vs mailserver, etc.)  Splitting bb-hosts into inluded files worked
> well for me. 
> 
> Most likely there is a simple way to setup client/server comms on some port
> other than 1984 -- keeping the current production bb running on 1984 until you
> are satisfied with the new Xymon implementation (for a group of hosts).
> 
> 
> Good Luck.
> 
> Tim
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