[Xymon] NAME directe isn't working

[John Thurston]

The "NAME" directive is not doing what you think it is doing.

Each host is defined once in Xymon. It may appear on several lines, but 
there is only _one_ entry for the host in the "database". Which line 
Xymon uses depends on what is on the line. Look at the "PREFER" 
directive for more information on that decision. You may change the NAME 
of the host, but only one time.

Your host "srv02.foo.com" can be displayed as "Server Xymon", but it can 
not be displayed elsewhere as "Test"

I've used "combo tests" to work around this limitation. If I had an 
actual host named "foo.bar.com", for which I wanted both display names 
"A" and "B", I'd do something like:

:: hosts.cfg ::
0.0.0.0  foo.bar.com		# name:A
0.0.0.0	 foo.bar.com.local	# name:B testip noconn

:: combo.cfg ::
foo.bar.com.local.msgs = foo.bar.com.msgs


The "testip noconn" combination keeps xymonnet from trying to perform 
name resolution for my fake hostname. The entry in combo.cfg populates 
the msgs test for my fake hostname.


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John Thurston    907-465-8591
John.Thurston at alaska.gov
Department of Administration
State of Alaska

On 12/11/2017 5:39 PM, Jimmy Aulestia wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 
> I try to change the hostname in the hosts.cfg, but in the second time 
> that srv02 is in the file, the  name "Server Xymon" don't change  
> in the web page.
> 
> I have Xymon 4.3.28.**
> 
> This is my hosts.cfg:
> 
> 
> page INICIO <H5> INICIO </H5>
> roup-except test
> 10.111.112.28 srv02 # NAME:"Server Xymon" prefer
> 
> page PRODUCCION <H5>PRODUCCION</H5>
> 
> subpage SG <H5> SG </H5>
> subparent SG PPGA <H5> PPGA </H5>
> subparent test <H5> test </H5>
> group-only TEST1 <font size="+1">test</font>
> 10.111.112.28 srv02 # NAME:"test"
> 
> What is wrong?
> Thanks.
> 
> 
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