Re: [Nagios-devel] Feature Request
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 7:01 am
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I belive you would want to setup "Flexible" downtime,as opposed to the
default Fixed.
Set the Start and end time to your 2hr interval that the downtime may happe=
n
between,
Then set the Duration to the 5min (if it must be that tight,otherwise give =
a
but longer for the reboot.)
Good Luck
Tony
On 4/3/07, David Schlecht wrote:
>
>
>
> On 4/2/07, Hendrik B=E4cker wrote:
> >
> > > recurring Scheduled Downtime skews Nagios' Availability report.
> > > It's my understanding that Nagios won't check the host or service if
> > > it is in scheduled downtime. Is this incorrect?
> > No. Nagios checks it but don't notify you while in a downtime.
> > You have to evaluate the downtimes for you Avail Reports... I don't
> > know exactly what Nagios will do, in first case it might be that
> > Nagios will show downtimes as downtimes (cause they are downtimes) or
> > it ignores downtimes cause it would be no break down if you now that
> > it would happen.... I am not sure.
>
>
> We have up-time requirements that must be met. A host has a scheduled
> downtime for 2 hours but will only be down for 5 minutes somewhere in tha=
t 2
> hour period. This is not 2 hours of down time and our availability report
> would get me fired if it said the host was down for 2 hours every day.
>
> There must be a way to do this. If not, then it's an important feature to
> consider. No?
>
>
> -David
>
>
>
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I belive you would want to setup "Flexible" downtime,as oppo=
sed to the default Fixed.
Set the Start and end time to your 2hr interval that the downtime may =
happen between,
Then set the Duration to the 5min (if it must be that tight,otherwise =
give a but longer for the reboot.)
Good Luck
Tony
On 4/3/07, D=
avid Schlecht <dgsconsult=
[email protected]> wrote:
On 4/2/07, Hendrik B=E4cker <
[email protected]> wrote:=20
> recurring Sched=
uled Downtime skews Nagios' Availability report.> It's my un=
derstanding that Nagios won't check the host or service if
> it is in scheduled downtime. Is this incorrect?No. Nagios chec=
ks it but don't notify you while in a downtime. You have to evaluat=
e the downtimes for you Avail Reports... I don'tknow exactly what N=
agios will do, in first case it might be that
Nagios will show downtimes as downtimes (cause they are downtimes) orit ignores downtimes cause it would be no break down if you now that =
it would happen.... I am not su
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I belive you would want to setup "Flexible" downtime,as opposed to the
default Fixed.
Set the Start and end time to your 2hr interval that the downtime may happe=
n
between,
Then set the Duration to the 5min (if it must be that tight,otherwise give =
a
but longer for the reboot.)
Good Luck
Tony
On 4/3/07, David Schlecht wrote:
>
>
>
> On 4/2/07, Hendrik B=E4cker wrote:
> >
> > > recurring Scheduled Downtime skews Nagios' Availability report.
> > > It's my understanding that Nagios won't check the host or service if
> > > it is in scheduled downtime. Is this incorrect?
> > No. Nagios checks it but don't notify you while in a downtime.
> > You have to evaluate the downtimes for you Avail Reports... I don't
> > know exactly what Nagios will do, in first case it might be that
> > Nagios will show downtimes as downtimes (cause they are downtimes) or
> > it ignores downtimes cause it would be no break down if you now that
> > it would happen.... I am not sure.
>
>
> We have up-time requirements that must be met. A host has a scheduled
> downtime for 2 hours but will only be down for 5 minutes somewhere in tha=
t 2
> hour period. This is not 2 hours of down time and our availability report
> would get me fired if it said the host was down for 2 hours every day.
>
> There must be a way to do this. If not, then it's an important feature to
> consider. No?
>
>
> -David
>
>
>
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I belive you would want to setup "Flexible" downtime,as oppo=
sed to the default Fixed.
Set the Start and end time to your 2hr interval that the downtime may =
happen between,
Then set the Duration to the 5min (if it must be that tight,otherwise =
give a but longer for the reboot.)
Good Luck
Tony
On 4/3/07, D=
avid Schlecht <dgsconsult=
[email protected]> wrote:
On 4/2/07, Hendrik B=E4cker <
[email protected]> wrote:=20
> recurring Sched=
uled Downtime skews Nagios' Availability report.> It's my un=
derstanding that Nagios won't check the host or service if
> it is in scheduled downtime. Is this incorrect?No. Nagios chec=
ks it but don't notify you while in a downtime. You have to evaluat=
e the downtimes for you Avail Reports... I don'tknow exactly what N=
agios will do, in first case it might be that
Nagios will show downtimes as downtimes (cause they are downtimes) orit ignores downtimes cause it would be no break down if you now that =
it would happen.... I am not su
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