PORT check based on running PROC

[Asif Iqbal]

still looking for suggestion on this. reposting in case someone missed it
first time. thanks


On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 5:49 PM, Asif Iqbal <vadud3 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 5:36 PM, Asif Iqbal <vadud3 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> How do I do PORT tests as a condition to running PROC ?
>>
>> In other words do the PORT test and alert me only if PROC A is running.
>> Otherwise ignore.
>>
>>
>  Let me make the scenario little bit more interesting.
>
> I have HOST A and HOST B. hobbit client is running on both of them.
> If process P should be run only on one of them at a time and that will make
> that
> HOST, the primary HOST.
>
> So if process P runs on HOST A then I want to be alerted based on PORT
> tests on HOST A
>
> if process P runs on HOST B then I want to be alerted based on PORT tests
> on HOST B
>
> If process P runs on both HOSTs then I want to be alerted about POST tests
> on both HOSTs.
> However this third scenario should not happen
>
> I was thinking of creating an entry in bb-hosts with a dynamic HOST name
> which will be something like
>
> HOST=%IamPrimary.*
>   PROC ..
>   PORT ..
>
> That probably makes it a lot more complicated than it may already is.
>
> Please advise.
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
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>> Asif Iqbal
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>> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
>> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
>>
>>
>>
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>
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> Asif Iqbal
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> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
>
>
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Asif Iqbal
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A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
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