I divided our bunch of computers in several logical groups using one master bb-hosts-file, using (see bb-hosts-man page) include-files. The dispinclude (one word) could be read as "disp(lay) include". Now I have a page for each SLA (a page with Solaris, Linux, etc that build up a SLA), but I also have a view/page with the all Solaris- boxes only, Linux-boxes only etc..
The bbtest won't turn yellow anymore, if you have setup everything correctly using (disp)include:
"TAGS RECOGNIZED BY ALL TOOLS
include filename
This tag is used to include another file into the bb-hosts file at run-time, allowing for a large bb-hosts file to be split up into more manageable pieces.
The "filename" argument should point to a file that uses the same syntax as bb-hosts. The filename can be an absolute filename (if it begins with a '/'), or a relative filename - relative filenames are prefixed with the directory where the main bb-hosts file is located (usually $BBHOME/etc/).
You can nest include tags, i.e. a file that is included from the main bb-hosts file can itself include other files.
dispinclude filename
Acts like the "include" tag, but only on the BBDISPLAY server. Can be used e.g. to put a group of hosts on multiple subpages, without having to repeat the host definitions.
netinclude filename
Acts like the "include" tag, but only on the BBNET server.
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Peter
dispinclude
From the man-page:
Op 28-jul-2005, om 2:23 heeft Allan S het volgende geschreven:
Hi all
Have been using BB and now Hobbit for quite some time now and have finally decided to start looking at breaking up some of our hosts into multiple pages and sub pages etc.
I've had a look through the man pages etc on how you go about defining hosts in multiple pages. From what I can see you just define it where you want and put a prefer tag against one of them (of course I may be wrong but thats what I figured) It works fine they both appear on both pages, but the bbtest goes yellow and says host xyz is defined multiple times this may cause strange results. Also not sure what happens when an alert occours.
Can someone let me know if this would be the right way of doing it as we have a few hosts that have multiple functions so we want to make sure theyre easy to find in a few categories
Cheers
Allan