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list Eric ThomasTech Jacobs · Fri, 21 Jul 2006 15:03:25 -0400 ·
If I set up an alert on CPU, say, that has COLOR=red,yellow and a
DURATION>15m, and the cpu goes yellow for ten minutes and then red for ten
minutes, will the notification get sent? Or does the cpu have to be either
yellow or red for greater than 15 minutes to trigger an alert

Eric Jacobs
Thomas Technology Solutions, Inc.
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Horsham, PA XXXXX
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list Henrik Størner · Fri, 21 Jul 2006 22:20:55 +0200 ·
quoted from Eric ThomasTech Jacobs
On Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 03:03:25PM -0400, Jacobs, Eric (ThomasTech) wrote:
If I set up an alert on CPU, say, that has COLOR=red,yellow and a
DURATION>15m, and the cpu goes yellow for ten minutes and then red for ten
minutes, will the notification get sent? Or does the cpu have to be either
yellow or red for greater than 15 minutes to trigger an alert
Good question.

The answer is that the DURATION setting is measured as the time that the
status has been one color - so it has to be either yellow or red for more
than 15 minutes. If it switches color between red and yellow at
intervals shorter than 15 minutes, the alert will not trigger.

The reason why I wrote that this was a "good question" is because it
made me wonder if this is really how it *should* be. I am not sure what
the right answer to that question is.


Regards,
Henrik
list David Gore · Fri, 21 Jul 2006 20:26:39 +0000 ·
quoted from Henrik Størner

Jacobs, Eric (ThomasTech) wrote:
If I set up an alert on CPU, say, that has COLOR=red,yellow and a
DURATION>15m, and the cpu goes yellow for ten minutes and then red for ten
minutes, will the notification get sent? Or does the cpu have to be either
yellow or red for greater than 15 minutes to trigger an alert

Eric Jacobs
Thomas Technology Solutions, Inc.
One Progress Dr
Horsham, PA XXXXX
XXX-XXX-XXXX
user-a7d0190671dd@xymon.invalid

Our experience (much more than once) has been it adds to the previous 
color, so if it was yellow for 10 minutes and red for ten minutes it 
would have alarmed five minutes ago.

~David