clear status when ping is ko
list Germain Malherbe
Hi All For several reasons, xymonnet is disabled on my Xymon. Another script to check ping connectivity has been coded. This morning, a host has shutdown and the "ping" test has turned red. 30 minutes later, the other local tests for this host have turned clear. I thought it was xymonnet which generate these clear. I can see "Checked with ping: Yes" in the "info" test Is a ping test exists (even if xymonnet is disabled) and, if ko, sends clear status (instead of purple status) for other tests executed on server ? Best Regards -- Germain Malherbe Orange - DSI France/Digital Factory/Hebex Bagnolet +33 1 58 96 62 51 / +33 6 87 66 99 43 user-aa19f82329eb@xymon.invalid Ce message et ses pieces jointes peuvent contenir des informations confidentielles ou privilegiees et ne doivent donc pas etre diffuses, exploites ou copies sans autorisation. Si vous avez recu ce message par erreur, veuillez le signaler a l'expediteur et le detruire ainsi que les pieces jointes. Les messages electroniques etant susceptibles d'alteration, Orange decline toute responsabilite si ce message a ete altere, deforme ou falsifie. Merci. This message and its attachments may contain confidential or privileged information that may be protected by law; they should not be distributed, used or copied without authorisation. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender and delete this message and its attachments. As emails may be altered, Orange is not liable for messages that have been modified, changed or falsified. Thank you.
list Henrik Størner
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Den 2014-03-06 12:09, user-aa19f82329eb@xymon.invalid skrev:
For several reasons, xymonnet is disabled on my Xymon. Another script to check ping connectivity has been coded. This morning, a host has shutdown and the "ping" test has turned red. 30 minutes later, the other local tests for this host have turned clear. I thought it was xymonnet which generate these clear. I can see "Checked with ping: Yes" in the "info" test Is a ping test exists (even if xymonnet is disabled) and, if ko, sends clear status (instead of purple status) for other tests executed on server ?
When a test is not updated, it will usually go purple - this happens inside the Xymon server (xymond). But if a ping status has been registered - regardless of how this happened - then xymond will first check if the ping-status is red, yellow or blue - in that case, then the stale test will go clear instead of purple. This is different from the old Big Brother system. xymonnet does not generate a 'clear' status, except when 1) it has run the ping test and it failed, and 2) another network test fails. In that case, the second network test will be 'clear' instead of red. See the 'noclear' description in the hosts.cfg man-page. The 'Checked with ping' info only tests for a "noconn" setting on the host, it cannot tell if you have disabled xymonnet entirely. Regards, Henrik
list Germain Malherbe
Thanks for your response. Now, I understand better the utility of variable PINGCOLUMN ! Germain
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De : Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] De la part de Henrik Størner
Envoyé : jeudi 6 mars 2014 12:41
À : xymon at xymon.com
Objet : Re: [Xymon] clear status when ping is ko
Den 2014-03-06 12:09, user-aa19f82329eb@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-aa19f82329eb@xymon.invalid> skrev:
For several reasons, xymonnet is disabled on my Xymon.
Another script to check ping connectivity has been coded.
This morning, a host has shutdown and the “ping” test has turned red.
30 minutes later, the other local tests for this host have turned clear.
I thought it was xymonnet which generate these clear.
I can see “Checked with ping: Yes” in the “info” test
Is a ping test exists (even if xymonnet is disabled) and, if ko, sends clear status (instead of purple status) for other tests executed on server ?
When a test is not updated, it will usually go purple - this happens inside the Xymon server (xymond). But if a ping status has been registered - regardless of how this happened - then xymond will first check if the ping-status is red, yellow or blue - in that case, then the stale test will go clear instead of purple.
This is different from the old Big Brother system.
xymonnet does not generate a 'clear' status, except when 1) it has run the ping test and it failed, and 2) another network test fails. In that case, the second network test will be 'clear' instead of red. See the 'noclear' description in the hosts.cfg man-page.
The 'Checked with ping' info only tests for a "noconn" setting on the host, it cannot tell if you have disabled xymonnet entirely.
Regards,
Henrik
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