[xymon] Planned downtime

[Ryan Novosielski]

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Yeah, that is true. I should probably go through and do that -- there
are not that many servers where this is an issue.

If I had something to wish for though, it would be a better scheduler. ;)

On 01/05/2011 12:27 PM, Ralph Mitchell wrote:
> Do you know about the notes directory??  Somewhere like
> <xymonhome>/server/www/notes.  Drop a file in there called
> "myserver.domain.com.html" and you'll get a link on the info page just
> under the Hostname/OS/IP lines.  You'll also find that the hostname
> becomes a link wherever it appears in the main or non-green pages.
> 
> Not as good as having it in the info page, but better than nothing.
> 
> Ralph Mitchell
> 
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> On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 10:06 AM, Ryan Novosielski <novosirj at umdnj.edu
> <mailto:novosirj at umdnj.edu>> wrote:
> 
> 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>
>> <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>
>> <mailto: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>
>>     <mailto: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>
>>     <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>
> <mailto: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>
> <mailto:leobozi at yahoo.com <mailto:leobozi at yahoo.com>>
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