Specify DNS timeout ?
list Ken Connell
Can I increase the timeout for a DNS test for just one particular server ? We currently monitor 3 in-house and a 4th sits off-campus which timeouts sometimes...which I'm too worried about... Ken Connell Intermediate Network Engineer Computer & Communication Services Ryerson University XXX Victoria St RM AB50 Toronto, Ont M5B 2K3 XXX-XXX-XXXX x6709
list Jeremy Laidman
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On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 12:02 PM, <user-7cb0f5662626@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Can I increase the timeout for a DNS test for just one particular server ? We currently monitor 3 in-house and a 4th sits off-campus which timeouts sometimes...which I'm too worried about...
Short of scripting up a special test, I doubt it. However, you can de-sensitise the DNS alarms on a per-host basis by using the "badTEST" construct. For example this is what I have on some of my hosts that have occasional problems: 10.1.12.10 ssm001.bogus.example.com # baddns:1:2:3 dns=SOA:bogus.example.com The "baddns:1:2:3" means it goes clear after 1 failure, yellow after 2 failures and red only after 3 successive failures. Cheers Jeremy
list Ken Connell
The "baddns:1:2:3" tag worked great...I do get the "clear" tests/value here and there but no one is in "panic mode" with false "red" alerts :) Thanks
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From: Jeremy Laidman
To: Ken Connell
Cc: Xymon Email List
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Specify DNS timeout ?
Sent: Oct 11, 2011 2:24 AM
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 12:02 PM, <user-7cb0f5662626@xymon.invalid> wrote:Can I increase the timeout for a DNS test for just one particular server ? We currently monitor 3 in-house and a 4th sits off-campus which timeouts sometimes...which I'm too worried about...
Short of scripting up a special test, I doubt it. However, you can de-sensitise the DNS alarms on a per-host basis by using the "badTEST" construct. For example this is what I have on some of my hosts that have occasional problems: 10.1.12.10 ssm001.bogus.example.com # baddns:1:2:3 dns=SOA:bogus.example.com The "baddns:1:2:3" means it goes clear after 1 failure, yellow after 2 failures and red only after 3 successive failures. Cheers Jeremy Ken Connell Intermediate Network Engineer Computer & Communication Services Ryerson University XXX Victoria St RM AB50 Toronto, Ont M5B 2K3 XXX-XXX-XXXX x6709