I have used "drop" plenty of times to remove alerts, and thought about doing that. However, as per the hints and tips it, "permanently removes all traces of a test". Since the xymonlaunch alert is built into the code and not a user defined alert that can be added back, I have a concern about permanently removing all traces of it. If it happens again, I'd like to know about it. If I permanently remove the test via the "drop" command, will it come back should the problem happen again?
Michael Beatty Sherwin-Williams IT Analyst/Developer michael.beatty at sherwin.com 216-515-7374
Jeremy Laidman wrote:
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 5:36 AM, Michael Beatty <Michael.Beatty at sherwin.com> wrote:
believe that this "xymonlaunch" alert is not configured to report unless there is a problem. If my assumption is correct, how can I clear the "purple" alert? As per the "Hints and Tips" page, use the "xymon" command with a "drop" option. Such as:
~/server/bin/xymon 127.0.0.1 "drop HOSTNAME xymonlaunch"