[Xymon] Disable a test permanently

[Dominique Frise]

On 03/ 8/11 10:39 AM, Benoit SCHMID wrote:
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> Hello Dominique,
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> Thanks for the config.
>
> Just to be sure that I understand well, the client would still send its
> info, but it would be ignore by the server?
>

yes

> As you know Solaris zones, which tests do you run/disable in non local
> zones?
>
For non-global zones we use :

NOCOLUMNS:cpu,disk,memory
route:<global zone name>


> Thanks in advance for your answer.
>
> On 03/08/2011 10:35 AM, Dominique Frise wrote:
>> On 03/ 8/11 09:16 AM, Benoit SCHMID wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> On a client, I would like to permanently disable tests like for example
>> the memory.
>>
>> How can I disable the memory test on a specific xymon client?
>>
>> Thanks in advance for your answer.
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>> Have you tried NOCOLUMS?
>
>> from hosts.cfg(5) (or bb-hosts(5) if you use Hobbit):
>
>>       NOCOLUMNS:column[,column]
>>            Used to drop certain of the status columns generated by
>>            the  Xymon  client.  column is one of cpu, disk, files,
>>            memory, msgs, ports, procs.  This setting  stops  these
>>            columns  from  being updated for the host. Note: If the
>>            columns already exist, you must use the xymon(1)  util-
>>            ity to drop them, or they will go purple.
>
>
>> Dominique
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Our xymonclient-sunos.sh for Solaris zones (global and non global) is 
also modified :

@@ -36,7 +36,11 @@
  echo "[mount]"
  mount
  echo "[prtconf]"
-/usr/sbin/prtconf
+if [ -x /bin/zonename ] && [ "`/bin/zonename`" != "global" ]; then
+  /usr/sbin/prtconf -p
+else
+  /usr/sbin/prtconf
+fi


Dominique