String that begins with % is interpreted as a regular expression, not a wildcard. To get it working in your case use either

HOST=%serverweb.prod HOST=%serverweb.*prod

First one matches a single character between "serverweb" and "prod", second one matches any string between them.

Martin

On 13 July 2016 at 14:15, Root, Paul T <Paul.Root at centurylink.com> wrote:

You need to preface the name with a % to indicate the hostname is a wildcard

HOST=%serverweb*prod

*From:* Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] *On Behalf Of *Nathan Gaston *Sent:* Tuesday, July 12, 2016 1:35 PM *To:* xymon at xymon.com *Subject:* [Xymon] Analysis.cfg Host name help

I am editing my Analysis.cfg file trying to group similar servers together.

I am having unpredictable results and would appreciate some help.

I am trying to get servers grouped with wild cards as such

example: serverweb1prod serverweb3prod serverweb2prod #V for virtua serverwebV1prod serverwebV3prod serverwebV2prod

To monitor port 80 on all (Physical and Virtual) webservers I have the following. HOST=serverweb*prod PORT "LOCAL=%([.:]80)$" state=LISTENING TEXT=HTTP

Then in the following block I want to monitor VM tools is running on my VM webservers.

HOST=serverwebV*prod l #Monitor for the service running PROC vmtoolsd.exe 1 #Monitor for the service running SVC VMTools startup=automatic status=started

Problem is that my non-virtual web servers are RED because they are looking for the VMWare Tools services.

What am I doing wrong?

Thank you for your help

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