Re: [hobbit] drop test not sticking...

[Buchan Milne <bgmilne (at) staff.telkomsa.net>]

On Monday 19 March 2007, Benjamin Gagnon wrote:
> Hi, I'm having a problem with dropping a host's test.
>
> I perform the following command from the server (there are no output errors
> or errors in the error log)...
>
>  bb 127.0.0.1 "drop opsappsl.lac-bac.gc.ca ports"
>
> Within a couple of minutes the ports column gets dropped and then a couple
> of minutes later the column reappears.  So the drop command works ok but
> the settings do not stick.
>
> I've RTFM'd and searched the web for answers to no avail. Anyone have any
> ideas?

To remove a test:
1)Remove the test from the configuration file for the server that is running 
the test (so that no new data is generated)
2)Drop the test (to prevent the test from going purple now that it receives no 
data)

However, note that the ports test is not run from the Hobbit server, the ports 
data is supplied by the client ...

If you were dropping the entire host, this would make sense, but I can't see 
why you would want to drop the ports test for one host (and ... this is a bit 
tricky). Maybe you can explain?

You could accomplish this by hacking up the hobbit-client-<OS>.sh script on 
the client.

Regards,
Buchan

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Buchan Milne
ISP Systems Specialist - Monitoring/Authentication Team Leader
B.Eng,RHCE(803004789010797),LPIC-2(LPI000074592)