[hobbit] Duplicate Alerting issue.

[Johann Eggers]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stewart_Larsen at doh.state.fl.us
> [mailto:Stewart_Larsen at doh.state.fl.us]
> Sent: Donnerstag, 8. März 2007 22:25
> To: hobbit at hswn.dk
> Subject: [hobbit] Duplicate Alerting issue.
> 
> I have a bit of a problem with my alert config.
> 
> Suppose I have two macros defined for host groups
> 
> $databases=%(sdb.*)
> $unix=%(sdb.*|www.*)
> 
> Then I create some records like...
> 
> HOST=$databases
> 	MAIL managers at foo.com
> 	MAIL dba at foo.com
> 
> HOST=$unix
> 	MAIL managers at foo.com
> 	MAIL unix at foo.com
> 
> The problem is then, that the managers group will get two alerts when
> there is a problem with an sdb* box.
> 
> This was not the behavior under BB.  Is there a way to keep the
> duplicate alerts out?

Try to use the EXHOST tag:

HOST=$unix EXHOST=$databases
	MAIL managers at foo.com
	MAIL unix at foo.com

Johann