[hobbit] hobbit-alerts.cfg - DURATION

[cits.bogajewski at daimlerchrysler.com]

Hello, 

thanks for ur reply.

gumby3203 at gmail.com schrieb am 13.03.2007 16:53:25:

> it should be counting the time from when the alert changes status 
> (so, green-to-yellow, yellow-to-red, etc)

thought so

> Try using the bbcmd "hobbitd_alert" test below to see if it is 
> working as intended.  It can be used as below:
> /var/hobbit/server/bin/bbcmd hobbitd_alert --test <hostname> <host test>

works in principle as expected, although there is no possibility to 
reproduce my scenario using test utility

> Also, you might want to consider using DURATION<3m (specifying "m" 
> for minutes).  I'm not sure what the default is, but I personally 
> prefer to be explicit; makes reading it a little easier as well. 

from man pages: "The duration is specified as a number, _optionally_ 
followed by 'm' (minutes, default), 'h' (hours) or 'd' (days)."

--debug output of hobbitd_alert looks like:

(initial alert yellow)

2007-03-13 14:38:58 hobbitd_alert: Got message 1139 
@@page#1139|1173793138.770212|xx.xx.xx.xx|myhost|disk|xx.xx.xx.xx|1173794938|yellow|green|1173793138|pct|643201|||
2007-03-13 14:38:58 startpos 2590, fillpos 2590, endpos -1
2007-03-13 14:38:58 Got page message from myhost:disk
2007-03-13 14:38:58 Alert status changed from 0 to 1
2007-03-13 14:38:58 Found a first matching rule
2007-03-13 14:38:58 No more secondary matching rule
2007-03-13 14:38:58 1 alerts to go
2007-03-13 14:38:58 Found a first matching rule
2007-03-13 14:38:58 send_alert myhost:disk state 0
2007-03-13 14:38:58 No more secondary matching rule
2007-03-13 14:38:58 Want msg 1140, startpos 2590, fillpos 2590, endpos -1, 
usedbytes=0, bufleft=263649
2007-03-13 14:38:58 Found a first matching rule
2007-03-13 14:38:58   repeat myhost|disk|script|0123456789 at 0
2007-03-13 14:38:58   Alert for myhost:disk to 0123456789
2007-03-13 14:38:58 Opening file /opt/hobbit/server/etc/bb-hosts

(4min later red alert raises)

2007-03-13 14:42:49 hobbitd_alert: Got message 1223 
@@page#1223|1173793369.998387|xx.xx.xx.xx|myhost|disk|xx.xx.xx.xx|1173795169|red|yellow|1173793369|pct|643201|||
2007-03-13 14:42:49 startpos 47243, fillpos 47243, endpos -1
2007-03-13 14:42:49 Got page message from myhost:disk
2007-03-13 14:42:49 Severity increased, cleared repeat interval: 
myhost/disk yellow->red
2007-03-13 14:42:49 Found no first matching rule
2007-03-13 14:42:49 Want msg 1224, startpos 47243, fillpos 47243, endpos 
-1, usedbytes=0, bufleft=218996

so hm. i am not sure i got any lines of interest, but this looks not very 
helpfull.

Chears,
Anatoli


> 
> Dear Hobbits,
> 
> is DURATION keyword within hobbit-alerts.cfg relates to the time period
> one test is in a special state, yellow or red, or more general the time
> period since non-green state occurs. In example, i want to get exact one
> notification at yellow state and one at red, but the following 
> configuration does not work. I get notified on initial yellow alert, but
> not on red one occurring 4 min later.
> 
> HOST=myhost SERVICE=disk COLOR=yellow DURATION<3
> SCRIPT $SSMSS $ABSMS REPEAT=5 RECOVERED
> 
> HOST=myhost SERVICE=disk COLOR=red DURATION<3
> SCRIPT $SSMSS $ABSMS REPEAT=5 RECOVERED
> 
> Any ideas? Thanks :-)
> 
> Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Yours sincerely
> 
> Anatoli Bogajewski
> 
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