Thanks Steve,

That was a big help.

Robert

From: sholmes42 at gmail.com [mailto:sholmes42 at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Steve Holmes Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 4:25 PM To: xymon at xymon.com Subject: Re: [xymon] getting DURATION error in hobbitd_alert

On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 3:35 PM, McGraw, Robert P <rmcgraw at purdue.edu<mailto:rmcgraw at purdue.edu>> wrote: In my hobbit-alert.cfg I have added the "DURATION>10" and I a get a Failed. See below.

If I make it DURATION<10, then I do not get an error.

Should the ">" be escaped? If so what is the escaped character for xymon.

I have tried DURATION\>10 but it did not seem to like the \ as an escape characte Thanks for all your help. Robert

[227][root at gauss]:xymon/server/etc# ../bin/bbcmd hobbitd_alert --test galileo.math.purdue.edu<http://galileo.math.purdue.edu> procs 2010-09-28 15:17:54 Using default environment file /local/xymon/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg 00019860 2010-09-28 15:17:54 send_alert galileo.math.purdue.edu:procs state Paging 00019860 2010-09-28 15:17:54 Matching host:service:page 'galileo.math.purdue.edu:procs:MathNet7' against rule line 120 00019860 2010-09-28 15:17:54 *** Match with 'HOST=galileo.math.purdue.edu<http://galileo.math.purdue.edu>' *** 00019860 2010-09-28 15:17:54 Matching host:service:page 'galileo.math.purdue.edu:procs:MathNet7' against rule line 121 00019860 2010-09-28 15:17:54 Failed 'MAIL rmcgraw at math.purdue.edu<mailto:rmcgraw at math.purdue.edu> SERVICE=procs REPEAT=1h DURATION>10' (min. duration 0<600) [228][root at gauss]:xymon/server/etc# ../bin/bbcmd hobbitd_alert --dump-config galileo.math.purdue.edu<http://galileo.math.purdue.edu> procs 2010-09-28 15:18:03 Using default environment file /local/xymon/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg HOST=galileo.math.purdue.edu<http://galileo.math.purdue.edu> MAIL rmcgraw at math.purdue.edu<mailto:rmcgraw at math.purdue.edu> FORMAT=TEXT REPEAT=60 SERVICE=procs DURATION>10

Robert P. McGraw, Jr. Manager, Computer System EMAIL: rmcgraw at purdue.edu<mailto:rmcgraw at purdue.edu> Purdue University ROOM: MATH-807 Department of Mathematics PHONE: (765) 494-6055 150 N. University Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2067

Robert, no need to escape the '>'. On your hobbitd_alert --test command add the parameter --duration=601

e.g.

../bin/bbcmd hobbitd_alert --test galileo.math.purdue.edu<http://galileo.math.purdue.edu/> procs --duration=601

(that is all one line, of course :-).

The 601 makes the test work as if the alert was in effect for 10 minutes and one second which will match on your DURATION>10 spec.

Steve ITaP/ITSO/Unix Systems Administration Purdue University