[Xymon] Yellow->red escalation, bug or feature?

Josh Luthman josh at imaginenetworksllc.com
Wed Jan 11 20:55:57 CET 2012


I think we need a new argument for this new condition, something like
DURATIONWHILERED

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On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 2:53 PM, Gore, David W (David)
<david.gore at verizon.com> wrote:
> Since it has been argued that it is not exactly a bug I would only humbly
> request that the current behavior is not changed but enhanced for those who
> want it to work differently.   If an alert has been alarming for x time and
> then goes red do you want to wait even longer to be alerted.  Yellow time +
> red time or yellow time and now its red so alert, provided the yellow time
> exceeds the red threshold.
>
>
>
>
>
> ~David
>
>
>
> From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of
> Carl Melgaard
> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 04:56
> To: 'xymon at xymon.com'
> Cc: 'xymon-developer at lists.sourceforge.net'
>
> Subject: Re: [Xymon] Yellow->red escalation, bug or feature?
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> It would be interesting to see if this bug could be squashed, now that
> flap-detection is in the game. But I haven’t seen Henrik on this list for a
> good time now – he’s active on the developer-list, tho – so I’m crossposting
> it there.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Carl Melgaard
>
> ________________________________
>
> Fra: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] På vegne af
> SebA
> Sendt: 10. januar 2012 12:24
> Til: Xymon at xymon.com
> Emne: Re: [Xymon] Yellow->red escalation, bug or feature?
>
>
>
> I agree that this is not a new issue.  I have discussed this before
> (http://lists.xymon.com/archive/2009-January/023201.html (Henrik's reply:
> http://lists.xymon.com/oldarchive/2009/02/msg00133.html) and
> http://lists.xymon.com/archive/2008-September/020998.html).
>
>
>
> But now that we have flap detection, I'm not sure that Henrik's listed
> problem with changing it is really an issue.  So I hope it can be changed!
>
>
>
> BTW, The oldarchive is better for following threads (provided they don't
> cross month boundaries):
>
> http://lists.xymon.com/oldarchive/2008/09/msg00057.html
>
> Compare with the previous link.  However, the new archive keeps
> attachments.  It would be nice if the functionality of both archives were
> merged...
>
> Kind regards,
>
> SebA
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of
> Ryan Skadberg
> Sent: 09 January 2012 20:23
> To: Xymon at xymon.com
> Subject: Re: [Xymon] Yellow->red escalation, bug or feature?
>
> I've seen this exact same issue going all the way back to hobbit, so this is
> not a new issue with 4.3.  I would love to see it fixed though, as it's very
> annoying to get paged when you are second or third on call and everyone gets
> notified on the first red.
>
>
>
> Skadz
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 2:12 PM, Elizabeth Schwartz
> <betsy.schwartz at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>You're saying yellow for an hour and red for a few seconds triggers
>>like it was red for an hour?
>
> I note that the previous example was for a custom test but I also have
> seen this for the disk test:
> (set to email  every 8 hours when yellow)
>
>
>
> Sat Dec 24 10:53:27 2011        red     0:49:09
> Sun Dec 18 03:01:51 2011        yellow  6 days 7:51:36
>
> Thu Dec 22 17:54:39 2011 jumpstart.example.com.disk (10.100.4.33)
> xymon at example.com[139] 1324594479 100
> Fri Dec 23 01:54:40 2011 jumpstart.example.com.disk (10.100.4.33)
> xymon at example.com[139] 1324623280 100
> Fri Dec 23 09:54:47 2011 jumpstart.example.com.disk (10.100.4.33)
> xymon at example.com[139] 1324652087 100
> Sat Dec 24 10:54:27 2011 jumpstart.example.com.disk (10.100.4.33)
> xymon at example.com[139] 1324742067 100
> Sat Dec 24 10:54:27 2011 jumpstart.example.com.disk (10.100.4.33)
> alert1[149] 1324742067 100
> Sat Dec 24 10:54:27 2011 jumpstart.example.com.disk (10.100.4.33)
> alert2[152] 1324742067 100
> Sat Dec 24 10:54:27 2011 jumpstart.example.com.disk (10.100.4.33)
> alert3[153] 1324742067 100
> Sat Dec 24 10:54:27 2011 jumpstart.example.com.disk (10.100.4.33)
> alert4[154] 1324742067 100
>
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