[hobbit] Depends Question

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I have nothing to add to this thread, but it looks like "depends" might be helpful for a problem I am currently having with a pair of servers, whereby one at a time will show a process as running, the other not.  So as long as one of these machines is running this app, the color should stay green.

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> I've not experienced that behavior. Use this for dsl/cable modems and
> our routers for 3+ years.
>
> Josh Luthman
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> On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 1:54 PM, Patrick Nixon  wrote:
>> I read somewhere that if you use route, it does something weird with
>> the pings so they go through that host or something?
>>
>> Let me test it and see how it behaves
>>
>> --patrick
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Josh Luthman
>>  wrote:
>>> I'm not certain of this because I've always used FQDN.
>>>
>>> If you have FQDN=true and are not using them, maybe the DEPENDS tag
>>> isn't finding eto correct?
>>>
>>> In your case, as it is conn, you can use route
>>>
>>> 1.2.32.4    customer.router.com # testip route:customer.cablemodem.com
>>>
>>> Josh Luthman
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>>> “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to
>>> continue that counts.”
>>> --- Winston Churchill
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Patrick Nixon  wrote:
>>>> Josh,
>>>>  Not sure what you were saying there?
>>>>
>>>>  My goal is that if eto's conn goes red, that standby's conn should go
>>>> clear if it also fails.
>>>>
>>>>  Does my depends statement not appear to work in that fashion?
>>>>
>>>> --Patrick
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 1:32 PM, Josh Luthman
>>>>  wrote:
>>>>> In stanby's DEPENDS statement referring to eto - not the testing of the host.
>>>>>
>>>>> Josh Luthman
>>>>> Office: 937-552-2340
>>>>> Direct: 937-552-2343
>>>>> 1100 Wayne St
>>>>> Suite 1337
>>>>> Troy, OH 45373
>>>>>
>>>>> “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to
>>>>> continue that counts.”
>>>>> --- Winston Churchill
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 12:49 PM, Patrick Nixon  wrote:
>>>>>> They're both testip
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 12:41 PM, Josh Luthman
>>>>>>  wrote:
>>>>>>> Looks right to me, maybe domain related (FQDN)?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Josh Luthman
>>>>>>> Office: 937-552-2340
>>>>>>> Direct: 937-552-2343
>>>>>>> 1100 Wayne St
>>>>>>> Suite 1337
>>>>>>> Troy, OH 45373
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to
>>>>>>> continue that counts.”
>>>>>>> --- Winston Churchill
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 12:34 PM, Patrick Nixon  wrote:
>>>>>>>> Hey all,
>>>>>>>>  I'm trying to get depends working, but it's not working the way I expect it to.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 10.18.16.172            standby                 # conn testip
>>>>>>>> depends=(conn:eto/conn)
>>>>>>>> 10.18.16.174            eto            # conn ssh snmp testip
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> eto is currently red, but standby, which is down as well, is also red.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> anything specific wrong with my depends statement?  Any reason why
>>>>>>>> conn wouldn't be able to depend on something else?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>>> --Patrick
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