[xymon] Problem with a custom test

[Colin Coe]

Many thanks Vernon

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On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 9:34 AM, Vernon Everett
<everett.vernon at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Colin
>
> You need to explicitly set the "lifetime" of the test result, which defaults
> to 30 minutes.
> Search for LIFETIME in bb man page.
>
> "The LIFETIME defines how long this status is valid after being received by
> the Xymon server. The default is 30 minutes, but you can set any period you
> like. E.g. for a custom test that runs once an hour, you will want to set
> this to at least 60 minutes - otherwise the status will go purple after 30
> minutes. It is a good idea to set the LIFETIME to slightly more than the
> interval between your tests, to allow for variations in the time it takes
> your test to complete. The LIFETIME is in minutes, unless you add an "h"
> (hours), "d" (days) or "w" (weeks) immediately after the number, e.g.
> "status+5h" for a status that is valid for 5 hours. "
>
> Regards
>      Vernon
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 8:51 AM, Colin Coe <colin.coe at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all
>>
>> I have this entry in clientlaunch.cfg on all my Xymon clients:
>> ---
>> [rhncfg]
>>        ENVFILE /etc/xymon/client/hobbitclient.cfg
>>        CMD $HOBBITCLIENTHOME/ext/rhncfg.sh
>>        INTERVAL 60m
>> ---
>>
>> The problem I'm having is the client status for this test turns purple
>> after approx 30 minutes.  I know the script is working correctly.  If
>> I reduce INTERVAL to 30 minutes or under, the test doesn't go purple,
>> but the remote server administrators are not happy with the amount of
>> connections this test generates so 60m is not minimum I'm allowed.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> CC
>>
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