[xymon] Planned downtime

[Ryan Novosielski]

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Yes, that is what I currently do (I actually have some that are second
X-day of the month which are even more complicated), but it is a shame
that I now do not see the downtime information in the 'info' test. With
BB, no such test existed so it wasn't as big of a deal as everyone was
used to looking in cron.

On 1/5/2011 9:14 AM, Ralph Mitchell wrote:
> On the other hand, you could use cron to schedule disablement of services:
> 
>    0 0 * * * /home/xymon/server/bin/bb localhost "disable
> server,domain,org.TEST 90 scheduled downtime"
> 
> would disable the TEST service on server.domain.org
> <http://server.domain.org> for 90 minutes, starting at midnight every
> night.  Note that the  hostname elements are comma-separated, because
> the dot marks the beginning of the test/service column name.  That's a
> legacy of the old BB days...
> 
> See the "XYMON MESSAGE SYNTAX" section in the bb.1 man page for full
> details.
> 
> Ralph Mitchell
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 8:30 AM, Ryan Novosielski <novosirj at umdnj.edu
> <mailto:novosirj at umdnj.edu>> wrote:
> 
>     With that said, DOWNTIME cannot do advanced scheduling which is I
>     believe one of the very few shortcomings of Xymon. I have a lot of
>     once-a-month maintenance. With Xymon, I believe the maximum time you
>     can do between is weekly.
> 
>     -- Sent from my Palm Pre
> 
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>     On Jan 5, 2011 7:49, Johan Sjöberg <johan.sjoberg at deltamanagement.se
>     <mailto:johan.sjoberg at deltamanagement.se>> wrote:
> 
>     You can use enable/disable to schedule future disables of hosts and
>     tests.
> 
>     You can also use the DOWNTIME setting in bb-hosts if it is a
>     recurring downtime. See the manual.
> 
>      
> 
>     /Johan
> 
>      
> 
>     *From:* Leonardo Bozi [mailto:leobozi at yahoo.com
>     <mailto:leobozi at yahoo.com>]
>     *Sent:* den 5 januari 2011 13:37
>     *To:* xymon at xymon.com <mailto:xymon at xymon.com>
>     *Subject:* [xymon] Planned downtime
> 
>      
> 
>     Is there a manner to configure on Xymon 4.2.3 a planned downtime?
> 
>     And any news about Xymon 4.3.0 stable?
> 
>     Thanks in advance.
> 
> 
> 
>     Leonardo Bozi
>     ______________________________________________
>     leobozi at yahoo.com <mailto:leobozi at yahoo.com>
> 
>      
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>      
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