[Xymon] exclude devices from temp check?

[Christoph Zechner]

Hi,


On 31/08/2021 02:03, Jeremy Laidman wrote:
> Christoph
> 
> I'm not familiar with the xymon plugins you're referring to, having 
> never used Xymon on Debian-based systems, but Google tells me to look in 
> /usr/share/doc/hobbit-plugins/examples/temp.local.yaml for config 
> examples, and to make changes by modifying (or adding) the file 
> /etc/xymon/temp.local.yaml.

You are correct, this file should in theory do, what I want, but as far 
as I understood it, it is only capable of excluding certain thermal 
zones, not whole drives/devices unfortunately. Thanks for the pointer 
though!

Cheers
Christoph

> 
> Cheers
> Jeremy
> 
> On Mon, 30 Aug 2021 at 23:56, Christoph Zechner <zechner at vrvis.at 
> <mailto:zechner at vrvis.at>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi,
> 
>     I've been using the "temp" check from xymon's plugins (on Debian) and
>     wanted to ask if it was possible to excluce certain devices from the
>     check. We have "problems" with an USB stick, which is permanently
>     plugged into one of our machines and which does not have any
>     temperature
>     sensors or readings, but sometimes xymon decides it now has somewhere
>     around 200 °C, which is of course not possible.
> 
>     Other checks like "libs" have dedicated yaml files which allow
>     customisation, is there any such option for the "temp" check as well?
> 
>     Thanks in advance!
> 
>     Best regards
>     Christoph Zechner
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