I am trying to simplify the hobbit-alerts.cfg file.

I understand how to do a simple macro.

In my case, I will have something like:

n Oncall person available from 6pm-6am M-F

n Oncall person available all day Sat and Sun

n During business hours, normal alerts will be done

n During business hours, and no response from the appropriate people, after 30 minutes, notify the oncall person

n Also, escalate to manager after 60 minutes

n Also, escalate to the managers manager after 90 minutes

EXAMPLE ENTRY:

Host=abc.widget.com recovered

# Sat & Sun all day

SCRIPT /.../oncall.sh <list-name> TIME="0,6:0001:2400" REPEAT=365d

# Early morning M-F

SCRIPT /.../oncall.sh <list-name> TIME="1-5:0001:0559" REPEAT=365d

# Late evening M-F

SCRIPT /.../oncall.sh <list-name> TIME="1-5:1801:2400" REPEAT=365d



# Normal business hours M-F 6am-6pm

MAIL jim at widget.com TIME="1-5:0600:1800" REPEAT=365d



# Normal business hours but no response - send to oncall

SCRIPT= /.../oncall.sh <list-name> TIME="1-5:0600:1800" REPEAT=365d

DURATION>30m

# ESCALATION any time

MAIL boss at widget.com         REPEAT=365d DURATION>59m

MAIL bigboss at widget.com   REPEAT=365d DURATION>89m

I don't want to cut and paste this type of alert list for hundreds of servers/devices.

Is there a way to consolidate into a single entry to keep the hobbit-alerts.cfg file manageable?

oncall.sh does a lookup in a table for the oncall person for that date range.

Thanks,

Tom Schmitt

801-594-3030

D.Tom.Schmitt at L-3Com.com

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