[Xymon] GROUPs and recovery alerts

[Heather Keen]

Aye, there is nothing wrong with that.


Anyway, I think this is a BUG.

Xymon Version 4.3.3.
Configuration as follows:

analysis.cfg:
HOST=myhost.mydomain.com GROUP=heather
        PROC TESTtestTEST 1

(equally, you could have the GROUP entry on the PROC line, doesn't matter in
this instance as the result is the same)

alerts.cfg:
HOST=*
        MAIL heather1 at mydomain.com RECOVERED

GROUP=heather
        MAIL heather2 at mydomain.com RECOVERED


When the alert is generated, both e-mail addresses get the notification.
 But when the alert is cleared, only heather1 at mydomain.com gets the recovery
message.

I've tried lots of different configuration options, and the only conclusion
I can come to is that recovery messages to GROUPs do not work.  :(


On 4 July 2011 17:58, Asif Iqbal <vadud3 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 12:19 PM, Heather Keen <keenha at googlemail.com>
> wrote:
> > NOTICE means that when you enable or disable an alert you'll get a msg.
> > I can get RECOVERED to work on HOST or MAIL or SCRIPT lines, just as long
> as
> > they aren't in a GROUP.
>
> RECOVERED and COLOR=RED on same line?
>
>
> >
> > On 4 July 2011 16:48, Root, Paul <Paul.Root at qwest.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> You can’t.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I’ve never used notice. What does it do?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I’ve never had any luck with recovered on anything except the Mail line.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Paul Root    - Engineer III  - Qwest is becoming CenturyLink
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> From: Heather Keen [mailto:keenha at googlemail.com]
> >> Sent: Monday, July 04, 2011 5:13 AM
> >>
> >> To: Root, Paul
> >> Cc: xymon at xymon.com
> >> Subject: Re: [Xymon] GROUPs and recovery alerts
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> The test for the alert works fine - but how do you mimic a "recovered"
> >> message with the --test option?  I don't think you can.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 3 July 2011 00:29, Root, Paul <Paul.Root at qwest.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Have you tried using the test program to see how it acts for the
> failure?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> /usr/lib64/xymon/server/bin/hobbitd_alert --test myhost procs
> >> --duration=500 |grep -v Failed
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Paul Root    - Engineer III  - Qwest is becoming CenturyLink
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> From: Heather Keen [mailto:keenha at googlemail.com]
> >> Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2011 12:51 PM
> >> To: Root, Paul
> >> Cc: xymon at xymon.com
> >> Subject: Re: [Xymon] GROUPs and recovery alerts
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Yeah, I tried that too. No joy.
> >>
> >> On 1 July 2011 19:59, Root, Paul <Paul.Root at qwest.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I generally put the RECOVERED on the mail line.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Paul Root    - Engineer III  - Qwest is becoming CenturyLink
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On
> Behalf
> >> Of Heather Keen
> >> Sent: Friday, July 01, 2011 11:47 AM
> >> To: xymon at xymon.com
> >> Subject: [Xymon] GROUPs and recovery alerts
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I want to be able to group servers so that alerts for one bunch of
> servers
> >> go to one group of people, and another group of servesr to another group
> of
> >> people.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I used the following config -
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> analysis.cfg:
> >>
> >> HOST=myhost.mydomain.com GROUP=mygroup
> >>
> >>      PROC blah
> >>
> >>      PROC blahblah
> >>
> >>      DISK ....etc
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> alerts.cfg:
> >>
> >> GROUP=mygroup NOTICE RECOVERED COLOR=red
> >>
> >>         MAIL me at mydomain.com REPEAT=15
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Now, I tested this by stopping one of the PROCs listed, and I
> successfully
> >> received the alert e-mail.  However, when I restarted that process to
> clear
> >> the alert, the status goes green but I do not receive any recovery
> message.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I also tried just having the GROUP defined against each individual PROC
> >> line (rather than against the HOST), but that didn't result in a
> recovery
> >> message either.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Am I doing something wrong, or is this a bug?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I can provide the debug output from the alert process if required.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Heather
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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