[Xymon] alert collectionsif I understand

16 Jun 2011


      Thanks for the responses guys.
I am making things different now, but I'm not sure that it is progress.
so now, my alerts.cfg only has the entries listed below.
I am not certain of how to designate a default alert.
But now, when I run a test, I don't get ANY email notices sent.
So, I believe I am excluding the subpages correctly, which is good for me.
But I am not generating any alerts when my 'System' page turns red.
I think it is because I have nothing but subpages on each of my 'System' pages.
Do you have any advice on generating alerts from a page like that ?
I want to get an alert from my "b16Env1" subpage (see the hosts snippet below).
thanks!
Here is my alerts.cfg file
PAGE=ovmEnvironments/b16Env1 COLOR=red RECOVERED
PAGE=ovmEnvironments/b16Env1/b16Env1Hypers COLOR=red RECOVERED
PAGE=ovmEnvironments/b17Env1/b16Env1Hosts COLOR=red RECOVERED
PAGE=ovmEnvironments/b16Env1/b16Env1Admin COLOR=red RECOVERED
PAGE=ovmEnvironments/b16Env1/b16Env1Apps/b16Env1IcApps COLOR=red RECOVERED
PAGE=ovmEnvironments/b16Env1/b16Env1Apps/b16Env1TechApps COLOR=red RECOVERED
PAGE=ovmEnvironments COLOR=red RECOVERED
MAIL xymon at mycompany.com REPEAT=5
EXPAGE=ovmEnvironments/b16Env1/b16Env1Apps/b16Env1IcApps
EXPAGE=ovmEnvironments/b16Env1/b16Env1Apps/b16Env1TechApps
#-------------------
and here is the test output from sending one http error from a low-level subpage
#-------------------
2011-06-16 08:18:51 Using default environment file /home/gjsimpso/xymon/xymonServer/server/etc/xymonserver.cfg
00026390 2011-06-16 08:18:51 send_alert v_TS_ODSM:http state Paging
00026390 2011-06-16 08:18:51 Matching host:service:page 'v_TS_ODSM:http:ovmEnvironments/b16Env1/b16Env1Apps/b16Env1TechApps' against rule line 66
00026390 2011-06-16 08:18:51 Failed 'PAGE=ovmEnvironments/b16Env1/b16Env1Apps/b16Env1FSApps COLOR=red RECOVERED' (pagename not in include list)
00026390 2011-06-16 08:18:51 Matching host:service:page 'v_TS_ODSM:http:ovmEnvironments/b16Env1/b16Env1Apps/b16Env1TechApps' against rule line 67
00026390 2011-06-16 08:18:51 Failed 'PAGE=ovmEnvironments/b16Env1/b16Env1Apps/b16Env1CrmApps COLOR=red RECOVERED' (pagename not in include list)
00026390 2011-06-16 08:18:51 Matching host:service:page 'v_TS_ODSM:http:ovmEnvironments/b16Env1/b16Env1Apps/b16Env1TechApps' against rule line 68
00026390 2011-06-16 08:18:51 Failed 'PAGE=ovmEnvironments/b16Env1/b16Env1Apps/b16Env1FinsApps COLOR=red RECOVERED' (pagename not in include list)
00026390 2011-06-16 08:18:51 Matching host:service:page 'v_TS_ODSM:http:ovmEnvironments/b16Env1/b16Env1Apps/b16Env1TechApps' against rule line 69
00026390 2011-06-16 08:18:51 Failed 'PAGE=ovmEnvironments/b16Env1/b16Env1Apps/b16Env1HcmApps COLOR=red RECOVERED' (pagename not in include list)
00026390 2011-06-16 08:18:51 Matching host:service:page 'v_TS_ODSM:http:ovmEnvironments/b16Env1/b16Env1Apps/b16Env1TechApps' against rule line 70
00026390 2011-06-16 08:18:51 Failed 'PAGE=ovmEnvironments/b16Env1/b16Env1Apps/b16Env1ScmApps COLOR=red RECOVERED' (pagename not in include list)
00026390 2011-06-16 08:18:51 Matching host:service:page 'v_TS_ODSM:http:ovmEnvironments/b16Env1/b16Env1Apps/b16Env1TechApps' against rule line 71
00026390 2011-06-16 08:18:51 Failed 'PAGE=ovmEnvironments/b16Env1/b16Env1Apps/b16Env1IcApps COLOR=red RECOVERED' (pagename not in include list)
00026390 2011-06-16 08:18:51 Matching host:service:page 'v_TS_ODSM:http:ovmEnvironments/b16Env1/b16Env1Apps/b16Env1TechApps' against rule line 72
00026390 2011-06-16 08:18:51 *** Match with 'PAGE=ovmEnvironments/b16Env1/b16Env1Apps/b16Env1TechApps COLOR=red RECOVERED' ***
I have not changed my hosts.cfg file (this is a snippet)
#-------------------
page ovmEnvironments OVMEnvironments
title OVM Environments
##################################################################################################
Env1 starts here
##################################################################################################
subpage b16Env1 B16Env1
title B16 Env1
subparent b16Env1 b16Env1Hypers Hypervisors
title B16 Env1 Hypervisors group-compress <font size="+1">Hypervisors</font>
0.0.0.6 appohs-crm-machine06
0.0.0.7 authohs-crm-machine07
...
subparent b16Env1 b16Env1Hosts Hosts
title B16 Env1 Hosts group-compress <font size="+1">OVM Hosts</font>
0.0.0.8 v_resourceWebgate_machine08
0.0.0.9 v_challengWebgate_machine09
...
subparent b16Env1 b16Env1Admin Weblogic Admin/EM Pages
title B16 Env1 Weblogic Administration group-compress <font size="+1">All Admin Consoles</font>
0.0.0.91 v_BI_ADMIN # http://user:pswd at machine:port/console
0.0.0.90 v_CRM_ADMIN # http://user:pswd at machine:port/console
...
##################################################################################################
Env2 starts here
##################################################################################################
subpage b16Env2 B16Env2
title B16 Env2
...
--
Greg
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scot Kreienkamp" <SKreien at la-z-boy.com>
To: kconnell at ryerson.ca, gsimpson at comcast.net, xymon-bounces at xymon.com, "Xymon Email List" <xymon at xymon.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2011 6:45:24 AM
Subject: RE: [Xymon] alert collectionsif I understand
I just removed the default alert section. That way I only get notified
for systems/pages that I specifically call out in the alerts.cfg file.
Scot Kreienkamp
-----Original Message-----
From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf
Of kconnell at ryerson.ca
Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2011 7:52 AM
To: gsimpson at comcast.net; xymon-bounces at xymon.com; Xymon Email List
Subject: Re: [Xymon] alert collectionsif I understand
We currently monitor (ping) our AP's and it would really suck to get
over 1000 emails if/when something goes down, so I exclude them as
follows:
You can exclude pages from you alerts in two ways:
1.) above all other alerts add:
PAGE=<yourpage/yoursubpage>
Add nothing for action, and that's it.
2.) On your bottom (default) alert action append the following:
EXPAGE=<yourpage/yoursubpage>
Ken Connell
Intermediate Network Engineer
Computer & Communication Services
Ryerson University
350 Victoria St
RM AB50
Toronto, Ont
M5B 2K3
416-979-5000 x6709

[Xymon] alert collectionsif I understand

gsimpson＠comcast.net

Here is my alerts.cfg file

Env1 starts here

Env2 starts here