On 12/22/10 11:14 AM, "Johan Sjöberg" <johan.sjoberg at deltamanagement.se> wrote:
The 'all non green views' doesn't show blue, does it? At least not in default config.
If a host has a non-green status other than blue, as well as a blue status in test foo, the row will appear because of the non-green status. If there is some other host with a non-green status for test foo other than blue, then the blue dot will appear in the foo column.
/Johan
-----Original Message----- From: Tim McCloskey [mailto:tm at freedom.com] Sent: den 22 december 2010 17:42 To: xymon at xymon.com Subject: RE: [xymon] Customisation and Migration from BB->Xymon
Hi,
I'm sure that others will chime in with more detail... It's been years since I migrated from BB (and later from Tivoli hosts).
- Is there a way of displaying all currently RED or PURPLE (no Yellow) alerts without playing with the source? *
The 'all non green views' will show red, yellow, purple and blue (yes, I read the question:). Maybe ops can be trained to ignore yellow and blue? Outside of the display you can configure email/pager alerts that fit any need. Sadly, I've not given critical hosts much airtime.
- Is there a simple way to still have "unregistered" hosts show up in the "bb2" page? *
These show up in the 'Ghosts' report. As an admin it's a good idea to have a look at that tab once in a while. Sometimes hostnames don't match up exactly, and sometimes folks do as you describe and install / start the client software without informing the admin.
As for migration, if you can start with a new server and just setup your bb-hosts file from the old system, starting with 'conn' only you can slowly add client software to point to the new system. I found it easier and more explanatory to users/admins to divide the display-views-grouping/bb-hostsfiles based on some criteria (eg. Solaris vs Windows, location a vs location b, webserver vs mailserver, etc.) Splitting bb-hosts into inluded files worked well for me.
Most likely there is a simple way to setup client/server comms on some port other than 1984 -- keeping the current production bb running on 1984 until you are satisfied with the new Xymon implementation (for a group of hosts).
Good Luck.
Tim
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