[Xymon] disable requests not staying in place

[Root, Paul]

Thanks,
	Ray found that bluesync was the issue. He took it out and everything is working correctly now.

	We'll check out this fix.

Paul.


Paul Root    - Senior Engineer
Managed Services Systems - CenturyLink


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carl Melgaard [mailto:Carl.Melgaard at stab.rm.dk]
> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 1:27 AM
> To: 'Raymond Lee'; Root, Paul
> Cc: 'xymon at xymon.com'
> Subject: SV: [Xymon] disable requests not staying in place
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I think I know whats happening, because I had the exact same problem on
> 4.3.4 with bluesync :)
> 
> The reason why the target date is moving, is because either Xymon or
> bluesync calculates in seconds and the other does not - if I remember
> correctly, I had to correct bluesync, so that it actually converts the
> minutes from Xymon to seconds or visa versa.
> 
> Something like this:
> 
> NEW:           lifetime=`$EXPR ${lifetime} / 60`
> OLD:           lifetime="$lifetime"s
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Carl Melgaard
> 
> -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> Fra: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] På vegne
> af Raymond Lee
> Sendt: 16. november 2012 17:26
> Til: Root, Paul
> Cc: xymon at xymon.com
> Emne: Re: [Xymon] disable requests not staying in place
> 
> Here's an example to describe what Paul & I are seeing on our Xymon
> server.  Not only will the time-bound disables not stay in place, but
> the "disabled until" date seems to be a moving target!
> 
> Example:
> 
> - I disabled a test that was red at Nov. 16 11:02 CST for 1 hour, and
> the status page said "Disabled until Fri Nov 16 11:02:54 2012".  So
> that all looks fine.
> - I checked the status page a little bit later, and it said "Disabled
> until Sun Nov 18 17:58:06 2012".
> - Yet a little while later, the status page said "Disabled until Thu
> Apr 4 21:15:03 2013".
> - Wait a little more, and it said "Disabled until Fri Oct 12 09:14:06
> 2035"
> 
> Eventually, the status page will say something crazy like "Disabled
> until Fri Feb 17 18:40:58 1939", and then the color will turn to red
> again.
> 
> Has anyone else ever seen this behavior?
> 
> Thanks,
> Ray
> 
> 
> On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 12:36 PM, Root, Paul
> <Paul.Root at centurylink.com> wrote:
> >
> > We've been noticing that last week or two that requests for disabling
> alerts for a set time do not stay blue. If we set it to 'until ok' they
> will stay blue. Before the last few weeks, it had been fine.
> >
> >
> > Our setup is a proxy updating the main system, due to firewall
> issues.  I have installed 'bluesync.sh', that will send disable/enable
> alerts down to the proxy.
> >
> > The machines are CentOS 5.8 virtual machines on VMWare ESXi 4.1
> servers.  I'm running xymon 4.3.4.
> >
> > Any ideas.
> >
> >
> > Paul Root    - Senior Engineer
> > Managed Services Systems - CenturyLink
> >
> >
> >
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