Thank you all!!
HOST=%db* EXHOST=%*db*
"any host that begins with db except those that have dl2 anywhere in the name"
That is what I want, alert on this event on all the database hosts
except the ones with dl2 anywhere in their names.
xymond_alert --test <hostname> <test>
I generally pipe that to grep -v Failed just to cut down on extraneous output. There are plenty of parameters for it, so read the man page. --duration is useful, etc.
thanks, that is a HUGE help. I had not been familiar with this. Gave
me some other stuff to look at, too
Looks like the redirect page is working now, but will take a real red
to feel 100% confident. (although as a sysadmin I hope it stays
green...)
thanks again. I am loving this list
Betsy