Check out the UP parameter/setting in the analysis.cfg. (
https://www.xymon.com/help/manpages/man5/analysis.cfg.5.html):
*UP bootlimit toolonglimit [color]*
The cpu status goes yellow/red if the system has been up for less than
"bootlimit" time, or longer than "toolonglimit". The time is in minutes, or
you can add h/d/w for hours/days/weeks - eg. "2h" for two hours, or "4w"
for 4 weeks.
Defaults: bootlimit=1h, toolonglimit=-1 (infinite), color=yellow.
So, you could add "UP 30m -1 RED" to either the DEFAULT stanza or to select
hosts. The CPU test will then have a "&red Machine recently rebooted" at
the top (similar to this
<https://www.xymon.com/xymon-cgi/historylog.sh?HOST=brahms.hswn.dk&SERVICE=cpu&TIMEBUF=Mon_Jul_7_22:59:08_2014>;)
when the host's uptime <= 30m.
Robert Herron
user-8b27ea4290da@xymon.invalid
On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 11:24 AM, Bauer-Lee, Sue <
user-84011281759f@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Hello All!
Times have changed a bit in the infrastructure environment such that many
have a large contingent of virtual machines and blades. These hosts tend to
reboot rather quickly, hence connectivity failures tend to not get noticed.
I have a request on the table to send an email alert with a specific
subject line to indicate that a host has rebooted.
I’ve seen a few posts over the years regarding requests to alert for
system reboots. I also saw a post or two about adding a dynamic column
capability. Some responses suggested an external script to accomplish the
task of emailing an alert.
I’m asking the question again because as I peruse the analysis.cfg and
review the rules, I know I can issue an email alert for PROC and DISK.
That begs the question of ‘why can’t I issue an email alert for UP’? I’m
fine with the ‘yellow’ on CPU test for recent reboot, but since it also
includes load changes, I’m not interested in a generic email for either one
when they occur.
If I already can, how??
And if not, suggestions for a simple approach? I’m not exactly getting the
desired results server-wide with an external script that should just send
an email for a CPU status color=yellow without interfering with our other
configured alerts. L
Is someone already successfully conquering this task?
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