[hobbit] downtime

[doctor at makelofine.org]

On Wed, 2 Dec 2009 08:48:29 -0500, "Bill Richardson"
<wrichardson at llbean.com> wrote:
> Looks like your missing the day
> toto 1.2.3.4 # test test1 test2 DOWNTIME=*:2300:0900:dodo
> 
> Man page says:
> DOWNTIME=[columns:]day:starttime:endtime:cause[,day:starttime:endtime:ca
> use] 
> 
> So you should look like this:
> toto 1.2.3.4 # test test1 test2 DOWNTIME=*:*:2300:0900:dodo
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: doctor at makelofine.org [mailto:doctor at makelofine.org] 
> Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 8:31 AM
> To: hobbit at hswn.dk
> Subject: Re: [hobbit] downtime
> 
> On Wed, 2 Dec 2009 11:10:22 +0100, Milan Kocian <milon at wq.cz> wrote:
>> On Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 08:47:54AM +0100, doctor at makelofine.org wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> I'm monitoring a server that is running xymon client. This host is 
>>> powered down every night at 11pm, and is powered up every morning at 
>>> 9am.
>>> So, in bb-hosts file on xymon server, I added the following to this 
>>> host description :
>>> toto 1.2.3.4 # test test1 test2 DOWNTIME=*:2300:0900:dodo
>>> 
>>> But when the host goes down, I still have some red and purple test 
>>> from it.
>>> I'd like to simply ignore its existence during the scheduled 
>>> downtime. I tried to reverse my DOWNTIME definition as it :
>>> DOWNTIME=*:0900:2300:dodo
>>> 
>>> But nothing changes.
>>> 
>>> Tks for any help
>>> 
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>> 
>> hi,
>> 
>> Hmm, strange. I use 'DOWNTIME=http*:*:0420:0440:maintenance' and it 
>> works for me. Xymon 4.2.3.
>> 
>> Regards.
>> 
>>
> Do you confirm the DOWNTIME is used in bb-hosts file (server side), and
> is defined in the same line as the tests I want for this host ?
> 
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I understand that the columns section was optionnal, but i'll test your
suggestion tonight.

tks again