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Hi all,
 I could use some help with the syntax for alert using macros. I tried
defining servers as such:

$GROUP1=server1 server2 server3
$GROUP2=server4

And then defined a pagegroup as such:

$SYSADMIN=user-490a14721d84@xymon.invalid


Then I made some rules:

HOST=$GROUP1
        MAIL $SYSADMIN COLOR=red REPEAT=15m RECOVERED

HOST=$GROUP2
        MAIL $SYSADMIN COLOR=red REPEAT=15m RECOVERED


The rule for GROUP2 works as it should but the rule for GROUP1 (the one with
multiple servers) does nothing at all! I have tried enclosing the multiple
server names in quotes like this:
	$GROUP1="server1 server2 server3"


But that made no difference....still no alerts. Can someone tell me the
proper syntax for defining multiple items in a macro?


Thank you.


Kevin 

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On Tue, Feb 22, 2005 at 11:13:30AM -0500, user-fd47fec4b039@xymon.invalid wrote:

$SYSADMIN=user-490a14721d84@xymon.invalid
HOST=$GROUP1
        MAIL $SYSADMIN COLOR=red REPEAT=15m RECOVERED

This is wrong.

When you use macros, you must remember that it's purely a text
substitution.

If you did not use macros, you'd write the rule as

   HOST=%server1|server2|server3

So to do that with a macro, the macro must be defined exactly like
that. Thus:

 $GROUP1=%server1|server2|server3
 $SYSADMIN=user-490a14721d84@xymon.invalid
 HOST=$GROUP1
         MAIL $SYSADMIN COLOR=red REPEAT=15m RECOVERED


Henrik

Thanks, that worked nicely.

-----Original Message-----
From: Henrik Stoerner [mailto:user-ce4a2c883f75@xymon.invalid] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 11:36 AM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] Alert macro syntax


On Tue, Feb 22, 2005 at 11:13:30AM -0500, user-fd47fec4b039@xymon.invalid wrote:

This is wrong.

When you use macros, you must remember that it's purely a text substitution.

If you did not use macros, you'd write the rule as

   HOST=%server1|server2|server3

So to do that with a macro, the macro must be defined exactly like that.
Thus:

 $GROUP1=%server1|server2|server3
 $SYSADMIN=user-490a14721d84@xymon.invalid
 HOST=$GROUP1
         MAIL $SYSADMIN COLOR=red REPEAT=15m RECOVERED


Henrik


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