[xymon] Managing who gets alerts - shifts and rotations

[Martin Flemming]

Maybe we get some space

  in the svn-repository for such first-shots ... ?

martin

On Fri, 12 Nov 2010, Ryan Novosielski wrote:

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> OK, well, I hate to post on Xymonton something that is in such an
> early/unrefined state (it's not terribly configurable all in one place,
> so I went through and just edited out the UMDNJ specific stuff). So...
> maybe a first cut like this will help. Note that the script was written
> to solve a specific problem, though... our on call list was generated as
> a Word doc in a certain format. My colleague wrote something that would
> accept a saved TXT with the same formatting and use that to manage who's
> on call when. It would obviously make more sense to use a CSV or
> something like that, but that is not how the author of the schedule does
> what she does.
>
> Initially, it ran Monday mornings, but that didn't take into account
> times when someone would swap a day or something. So now we run it at
> 8:00a everyday.
>
> Anyways, without further ado. Hope it helps someone.
>
> On 11/12/2010 03:10 PM, SebA wrote:
>> I'm certainly no authority, but try attaching it! ;) Attachments seem to
>> usually get through (though exes, etc. will probably be blocked). The
>> downside is that they are not archived publicly, but someone who find your
>> message in the archive and was not subscribed at the time can probably
>> subscribe and ask someone for it.
>>
>> SebA
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Ryan Novosielski [mailto:novosirj at umdnj.edu]
>>> Sent: 12 November 2010 18:12
>>> To: xymon at xymon.com
>>> Subject: Re: [xymon] Managing who gets alerts - shifts and rotations
>>>
>> Anyone have an answer to this question? Do I just attach the file?
>>
>> On 11/10/2010 02:30 PM, Ryan Novosielski wrote:
>>>>> What is the best way to share such a script on this list?
>>>>>
>>>>> On 11/09/2010 09:23 PM, Vernon Everett wrote:
>>>>>> Betsy, Ryan
>>>>>
>>>>>> Why not post what you have/create, so it is available to all for
>>>>>> implementation, and, heaven forbid, improvement. :-)
>>>>>> Like you said, it is unlikely you are the first to
>> encounter this issue,
>>>>>> but others may have solved it in a less elegant manner.
>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>      Vernon
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 8:55 AM, Ryan Novosielski
>> <novosirj at umdnj.edu
>>>>>> <mailto:novosirj at umdnj.edu>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 11/09/2010 04:00 PM, Elizabeth Schwartz wrote:
>>>>>>> Wanted to say a very belated thanks and I am sorry for sounding
>>>>>>> rant-y. Should not have ridden that hobby horse through
>> this group. (I
>>>>>>> have my curmudgeon ribbon, I'm afraid).
>>>>>
>>>>>>> After a bit of a delay we're going full speed ahead with our xymon
>>>>>>> conversion. Our tech support manager is writing an
>> external rotation
>>>>>>> script to handle our  peculiar rotation complexities. Still kinda
>>>>>>> surprised that we haven't been able to find any code for
>> such a tool
>>>>>>> around - I keep thinking we can't be the first company to
>> need this -
>>>>>>> but I'm glad we're going with xymon.
>>>>>
>>>>>>> Newbie questions to follow in very short order
>>>>>
>>>>>> A coworker of mine wrote a rotation script to rotate one
>> on call e-mail
>>>>>> based on a text file provided with the calendar. This does
>> not help with
>>>>>> your multiple times a day rotation, but perhaps it would
>> be of interest?
>>>>>> I'm sure he does not wish to hold any rights over it.
>>>>>
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Gruss

        Martin Flemming


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