Different notification methods in different timeperiods

[Lori Adams]

I don't think you'll be able to do this within the configs.  What you
could do though is write a little wrapper script. Based on the time of
day, a different $CONTACTGROUP$ would be notified.  

This will keep your config cleaner, but add a level of complexity.  

-Lori


> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-
> admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Ben Beuchler
> Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 2:09 PM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Nagios-users] Different notification methods in different
> timeperiods
> 
> I am trying to work out a clean way to use different techniques during
> different notification_periods (one notification technique during
> "workhours" and another during "nonworkhours") for the same service.
> 
> I already created duplicates of each contact with the new contact
method:
> 
> define contact{
>         use                             tapPager
>         contact_name          ben
>         alias                           Ben Beuchler
>         email                          ben_beuchler at mcad.edu
>         pager                         ben
>         }
> 
> define contact{
>         use                             emailOnly
>         contact_name          benEmail
>         alias                           Ben Beuchler
>         email                          ben_beuchler at mcad.edu
>         }
> 
> For each contact_group, I also created a second contact group that
> just contains the "emailOnly" versions of the contacts.
> 
> The confusing part is how to assign these contact_groups to services.
> I tried sub-classing the service, changing only the
> notification_period and contact_groups:
> 
> define service{
>         use                               generic-service
>         name                           ntpSvc
>         service_description  NTP
>         check_command      check_ntp
>         notification_period   workhours
>         host_name                 swizzle,swozzle
>         }
> 
> define service{
>        use                                ntpSvc
>        notification_period     nonworkhours
>        contact_groups           networkAdminEmail
>        }
> 
> But that, of course, results in this error:
> 
> Error: Service 'NTP' on host 'swizzle' has already been defined
> 
> Clearly, I could include a second service_description, but that would
> really clutter up Nagios.  Not to mention testing each service twice
> as often.
> 
> Is there a better way to do this?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> 
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