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Enable hobbit to alert about idle systems

list John Browning
Wed, 25 Jul 2007 21:12:39 -0400
Message-Id: <user-dd33d5336517@xymon.invalid>

Thanks for the response Rob,

The client hosts are a range of different unix flavors, ranging from HP-UX, Solaris, AIX, and Linux.

I would define IDLE as less than an average of 5-10% CPU usage over a period of 2 weeks or more.  This also could possibly be measured in whether or not a user has logged on to the machine.

Thanks,
-John


-----Original Message-----
From: Rob MacGregor [mailto:user-07c9d92ae079@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Wed 7/25/2007 4:43 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] Enable hobbit to alert about idle systems
 
On 7/25/07, John Browning <user-45e7970967c7@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Hello All,
I am searching for a way to enable hobbit to alert me if a host machine has not been in use by a user for a long period of time (eg, 2 weeks).

Example:
I have a system that is on loan to a testing group, the system is idle because they have not used it for 2 weeks.  Hobbit alerts me about the idle machine, so I can ask the users if they are done with it, and can take the machine back.
What's the OS on the client and how do you define idle?

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