Enable hobbit to alert about idle systems
list John Browning
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. Thanks for any help, -John B
list Rob MacGregor
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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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Rob MacGregor
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he
doesn't become a monster. Friedrich Nietzsche
list John Browning
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
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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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Please keep list traffic on the list.
Rob MacGregor
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he
doesn't become a monster. Friedrich Nietzsche