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hello all,

i have these lines in my alerts.cfg
ignore line added recently, but it does not work..
i reboot my pbx's every morning at 5:00
what am i doing wrong ?

HOST=%^PBX* SERVICE=conn
IGNORE HOST=%^PBX* SERVICE=conn TIME=0500:0510
MAIL user-a95c6d58b6f3@xymon.invalid REPEAT=30 RECOVERED


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regards,
Metron 6 (six)

user-17e4b93d552a@xymon.invalid

TIME=W:0000:0659,W:1801:2359,06:0000:2359 is a time setting that we use to activate a rule M-F 12AM-6:59AM, M-F 6:01PM-11:59PM, and Sunday and Saturday all day.

Not sure about all versions but at least with v4.3.28, this rule can be written as:

HOST=%^PBX* SERVICE=conn TIME=*:0000:0458,*:0510:2359
MAIL user-a95c6d58b6f3@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-a95c6d58b6f3@xymon.invalid> REPEAT=30 RECOVERED

If the TIME setting was on the MAIL line, xymon would still record the outage but would not send out the email.

From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Metron 6 (six)
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2017 4:38 AM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: [Xymon] exclude from alerts..

hello all,

i have these lines in my alerts.cfg
ignore line added recently, but it does not work..
i reboot my pbx's every morning at 5:00
what am i doing wrong ?

HOST=%^PBX* SERVICE=conn
IGNORE HOST=%^PBX* SERVICE=conn TIME=0500:0510

MAIL user-a95c6d58b6f3@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-a95c6d58b6f3@xymon.invalid> REPEAT=30 RECOVERED


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regards,
Metron 6 (six)

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I recommend using the DOWNTIME parameter inn the hosts.cfg file.  See
https://www.xymon.com/help/manpages/man5/hosts.cfg.5.html

DOWNTIME=day:starttime:endtime[,day:starttime:endtime]
DOWNTIME=columns:day:starttime:endtime:cause[,columns:day:starttime:endtime:cause]

On Sep 21, 2017 4:37 AM, "Metron 6 (six)" <user-17e4b93d552a@xymon.invalid> wrote:

hello all,

i have these lines in my alerts.cfg
ignore line added recently, but it does not work..
i reboot my pbx's every morning at 5:00
what am i doing wrong ?

HOST=%^PBX* SERVICE=conn
IGNORE HOST=%^PBX* SERVICE=conn TIME=0500:0510
MAIL user-a95c6d58b6f3@xymon.invalid REPEAT=30 RECOVERED


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regards,
Metron 6 (six)

user-17e4b93d552a@xymon.invalid

Finishing my statement.

Using the DOWNTIME parameter in the hosts.cfg causes the downtime to be
documented on the INFO page for the host and is leveraged by the SLA
reporting.  And most importantly for me, you don't get a red icon on the
Xymon index page that could cause someone heartache.

On Sep 27, 2017 1:39 PM, "Robert Herron" <user-8b27ea4290da@xymon.invalid> wrote:

DOWNTIME=columns:day:starttime:endtime:cause[,
columns:day:starttime:endtime:cause]