the GROUP= may not be effective (bug or misconfig). I found 'STOP' flag useful as a get-around. It basically tells hobbitd_alert stop searching for more actions for the same alert combo (host/test/color/duration) once it finds its first match in hobbit-alerts.cfg. You can check what hobbitd_alert thinks of the rules by 'bbcmd hobbitd_alert --test dbServer dbFs | grep -i command'. To get truly verbose, use '--debug'

On 1/17/07, Richard Leon <rleon at racenter.com> wrote:

I have a question. If I specify a group in the clients file and have a wildcard in the alerts file. I am still getting alerts even though I am not in the group. Is there a way for me not to get an alert for an fs if I am not in that group? And also if I disable an alarm to blue does that disable all disk tests or just for that fs?

This is what I have.

Hobbit-clients

Dbfs GROUP=database

]hobbit-alerts

Admins

HOST=%^hp* SERVICE=conn,disk,bad_disk,procs

MAIL me at mydomain.com

GROUP=database

MAIL mydb at mydomain.com

Thanks Richard