Batching notifications

Rue Turner rue at thinlayer.co.uk
Fri Jan 3 12:29:16 CET 2003


> Is there any way to batch notifications?  That is, if 20 servers all go 
> down at once (a bad ups typically causes this), is there a way to avoid 
> getting 20 seperate notifications?  I'm using parenting whenever 
> possible, but sometimes it is not enough.
> 
> I am trying to avoid another $600 pager bill (6000 pages in one month). 
>   Thanks for any help.

I think what you're looking for is the check_cluster plugin. I allows
you to to 'join' several hosts or services together and only get alerts
etc. when the threshold is reached.

rue


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