Nagios status sounds only when max_check_attempts reached.

[Tom DE BLENDE]

Dear,

This is indeed a nice improvement. However, sound warnings are still a 
no go here as long as it keeps on beeping on every page refresh...

Kind regards,
Tom

Saner, Markus wrote:
> Hi all,
>  
> status sounds are very usefull when working near a Nagios browser client.
> In our configuration most mails, pager and sms messages are sent only 
> during non working hours. The rest of the time we use the sound of 
> Nagios as indicator for failures, because there is allways someone or 
> another near the console, where a Nagios browser session is running as well.
>  
> We experienced that Nagios will play sound at the first time it 
> recognises a warning or critical stage. This can be very annoying when 
> for example a ping reply reaches warning or critical level for a short 
> time and then fall back to normal again. If this happens to often, 
> operators lose interest in looking at Nagios.
>  
> Increasing warning or critical level is not a real option, because i 
> want to recognise these levels but only when they occure for a 
> defined time, (max_check_attepts).
>  
> We would wish to implement playing sounds only, when max_check_attepts 
> is reached, as for sending pager, sms or emails.    
>  
> I implemented this option in tac.c some weeks ago, and everybody is 
> happy since then.
> Attached you will find my modifications to tac.c, (marked with SAN). 
> This was only a quick hack and could may be done differently. Of course 
> the same modifications must be done in status.c.
>  
> Any other ideas ?
>  
> Thanks and regards,
> 
> Markus Saner
> 
>  
> 
>  




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