[Xymon] Xymon, external script question

[Ryan Novosielski]

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Please do not thread hijack (in this case, the thread originated by
d.tom.schmitt). Thank you.

On 04/06/2011 02:28 PM, Taylor Lewick wrote:
> Hi all, we manage several hundred hosts, and we?ve noticed when doing
> maintenance that requires shutdown/reboot  that occasionally (seldom) on
> restart one or more of the memory modules in a given host isn?t
> detected.  Sometimes it requires reseating the memory, sometimes just a
> reboot, sometimes the memory is bad.  Thus we have a need to write a
> script that will check the amount of memory each host sees, and send an
> email/alert if its below a given amount.
> 
>  
> 
> So I thought why not make use of xymon and the memory test you get for
> free.  A large percentage of our hosts >60% have exactly 6 GB of memory,
> but a large percentage does not.  So I was wondering if there is a way
> to make use of the hobbit-clients.cfg script where I could set alert
> thresholds for a new external script.
> 
>  
> 
> The default value for any host would be alert if less than 6.0 GB of
> memory is detected, but I could set custom alerts for given hosts that
> have more or less than this amount.
> 
>  
> 
> I don?t believe its possible to use hobbit-client.cfg file in this way,
> but wanted to check with the list and hope I?m wrong.
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Taylor
> 
> 
> 
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