[hobbit] Custom script shows purple

[Richard Finegold]

LIFETIME=4h is inadequate for something that tries to runs every 4h:
It will go purple if cron isn't exact or if a test varies in timing or
fails or if communication is (temporarily) lost.

NB the default of 5 minute execution intervals and 30 minute LIFETIME
forgives 5 misses. Philosophically, LIFETIME should be tied to how
many misses are acceptable: I(M+1), where I = interval and M =
acceptable misses. If it isn't tied to acceptable misses then purple
becomes less meaningful for notifications (false positives might
occur).

If communication and cron were perfectly reliable then Xymon
presumably wouldn't be used. :)

On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 13:57, David Morgan <captkras at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, the script is being executed.  I think it is the server not
> knowing that it only runs every four hours.  How can I set the default
> for this check to be 4 hours (and leave the rest at 30 mins)?  Or can
> you do that?