Weird alert
Collins, Steve
Steve.Collins at industry.gov.au
Wed Sep 8 04:09:19 CEST 2004
I have a contact group for a set of hosts. The hostgroup members are all set to notify 24x7, for example:
Host.cfg
~~~~~~~~
define host {
use generic-host
host_name intranet.industry.gov.au
alias ITR Intranet
address intranet.industry.gov.au
parents MIKEY
check_command check-host-alive
max_check_attempts 3
notification_interval 60
notification_period 24x7
notification_options d,u,r
}
This host and several others are all members of a particular hostgroup, for that hostgroup there are a couple of hostgroup escalations, thus:
HostGroupEscalation.cfg
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
define hostgroupescalation {
hostgroup_name Macquarie_internet_zone
first_notification 2
last_notification 0
notification_interval 360
contact_groups webdevoncall
}
define hostgroupescalation {
hostgroup_name Macquarie_internet_zone
first_notification 2
last_notification 2
notification_interval 60
contact_groups servicedesk,webpub
}
For the contactgroup webdevoncall, there is a single contact, thus:
Contacts.cfg
~~~~~~~~~~~~
define contact {
use generic-contact
contact_name webdev-oncall
alias Web Development Team Oncall Member
pager 0421054024 at streetdata.com.au
service_notification_period nonworkhours
host_notification_period nonworkhours
service_notification_options w,u,c,r
host_notification_options d,u,r
service_notification_commands notify-by-epager
host_notification_commands host-notify-by-epager
}
There are several other elements around this info which send emails during workhours when hosts have issues, however this morning when the host MIKEY went down, I received an SMS message about it. My (apparently flawed) understanding is that the contact webdev-oncall should only receive notifications in nonworkhours (from the contact definition) and only on the second and subsequent notification (from the hostgroup escalation).
Well, I received the SMS on the second notification, but during workhours...
Where have I messed up?
Steve
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Stephen Collins
Web Development Section
eBusiness Division
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