Acknowledgement reporting script - input wanted

[Duncan Ferguson]

Have a look at NDOUtils; its a backend database used by nagios which  
you can then query any way you want

You just have to construct your own query.  This link may help with that

http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/ndoutils/NDOUtils_DB_Model.pdf

   Duncs

On 15 Jun 2007, at 21:05, Rob Brown wrote:

> Hi list,
>
> I have an idea for a (probably perl) script that I want to write, but
> thought I would run it by the list first to see if a) anyone has
> already done something similar or b) get some input on how I should
> approach.
>
> A common problem in my environment is that when a problem occurs and
> the alert email gets sent out, one of our engineers will Acknowledge
> the alert, but then forget to "follow up" on it. I would like to have
> a report that runs say every friday that would tally up any hosts that
> are still in a non-ok state that have been acknowledged and sort them
> by the acknowledger in a report format.
> Something along the lines of:
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> -----------
> Ack Author
> host1/service - current state - duration - status information
> host2/service - current state - duration - status information
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> ------------
> Of course, the formatting is not important (that can be tweaked
> later). The main thing is figuring out where to pull the data from and
> tie it all together. Any input would be appreciated.
>
> I did have a quick look at "Nagios Reporter" on NagiosExchange, and
> while it is similar in scope, it pulls from summary.cgi which does not
> seem to be able to query by "has been acknowledged" like status.cgi
> can (serviceprops=4).
>
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