[xymon] hobbit-alerts.cfg question

[Vernon Everett]

Hi Colin

One line per alert, with RECOVERED on the end.
Change it to something like this.
   MAIL sms at somecompany.com SERVICE=proliant FORMAT=SMS REPEAT=1440m
RECOVERED

Cheers
     Vernon

On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 10:40 AM, Colin Coe <colin.coe at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all
>
> The alerting is starting to take shape but I've a question regarding
> how the alerting works.  If I have a stanza similar to the following,
> how is it evaluated?  Once for all hosts, or for one host at a time?
> ---
> HOST=%.*
>        # Proliant tests
>        MAIL sms at somecompany.com SERVICE=proliant FORMAT=SMS REPEAT=1440m
>        MAIL sms at somecompany.com SERVICE=proliant FORMAT=SMS RECOVERED
>
>        # conn where status is RED
>        MAIL sms at somecompany.com COLOR=red SERVICE=conn EXPAGE=dev
> REPEAT=1440m
>        MAIL sms at somecompany.com COLOR=red SERVICE=conn EXPAGE=dev
> RECOVERED
>
>        # conn where status is RED (dev/test)
>        MAIL email at somecompany.com COLOR=red SERVICE=conn PAGE=dev
> REPEAT=1440m
>        MAIL email at somecompany.com COLOR=red SERVICE=conn PAGE=dev
> RECOVERED
>
>        # cpu,disk,memory where status is RED
>        MAIL sms at somecompany.com COLOR=red SERVICE=cpu,disk,memory
> EXPAGE=dev REPEAT=1440m
>        MAIL sms at somecompany.com COLOR=red SERVICE=cpu,disk,memory
> EXPAGE=dev RECOVERED
>
>        # Dev servers
>        MAIL email at somecompany.com COLOR=red SERVICE=cpu,disk,memory
> PAGE=dev REPEAT=1440m
>        MAIL email at somecompany.com COLOR=red SERVICE=cpu,disk,memory
> PAGE=dev RECOVERED
>
>        # Non-dev status YELLOW
>        MAIL email at somecompany.com COLOR=yellow
> SERVICE=cpu,disk,memory REPEAT=1440m DURATION>30m
>        MAIL email at somecompany.com COLOR=yellow
> SERVICE=cpu,disk,memory RECOVERED
> ---
>
> Also, I've noticed that when a fault occurs I get two emails (or sms')
> and another when the fault is rectified.  I'm thinking this is because
> of the 'RECOVERED' line but i thought this would only trigger when the
> fault goes.  Have I misunderstood?
>
> Thanks
>
> CC
>
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