[Xymon] Page level conn status Purple, test level status Green

[John Thurston]

On 10/13/2016 1:36 PM, Boldt, David wrote:
> On the Display page we have a server where the conn test is persistently Purple,
> but if one clicks on the status, the detailed Status page shows Green.
>
> The DNS configuration may be causing issues:
>
>   % dig +noall +answer natwebvaii01.er.usgs.gov
>   natwebvaii01.er.usgs.gov. 43200 IN      CNAME   igsaaahigsvaii1.er.usgs.gov.
>   igsaaahigsvaii1.er.usgs.gov. 300 IN     A       130.11.9.89
>
>   % dig +noall +answer -x 130.11.9.96
>   96.9.11.130.in-addr.arpa. 43200 IN      PTR     natwebvaii04.er.usgs.gov.

I don't understand what the PTR record for 130.11.9.96 has to do with 
the A or CNAME resolving to 130.11.9.89

> Hoped to be able to address this with hosts.cfg entry:
>
>   130.11.9.89     natwebvaii01.er.usgs.gov        #
> CLIENT:igsaaahigsvaii1.er.usgs.gov

If you want to use the IP address you've specified, you either need to 
tag the line with "testip" or run xymonnet with the appropriate option 
to disregard DNS resolution.

I don't think
   0.0.0.0  foo.bar.com #
behaves any differently than
   1.2.3.4  foo.bar.com #
until the tag "testip" is appended
   1.2.3.4  foo.bar.com # testip

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John Thurston    907-465-8591
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