Q: event handlers and scheduled downtime

[Paul Dubuc]

Anton L�fgren wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 7:14 PM, Paul Dubuc <work at paul.dubuc.org
> <mailto:work at paul.dubuc.org>> wrote:
>
...
>
>     �I know notifications are
>     suppressed, though checks still run. �I would like the event handler for one
>     service not to run during a downtime. �Is that possible?
>
> That, I don't know - as I'm sure you already know, the downtime depth
> ${HOST,SERVICE}DOWNTIME$ is not passed to the event handler, which otherwise
> would've been a viable solution to the problem.

Hmmm. The event handler is just another plugin with a command definition.  I 
think I CAN pass $HOSTDOWNTIME$ or $SERVICEDOWNTIME$ to it by putting it as an 
arg in the command object.  Then code it will do nothing if the host or 
service is in downtime.  Thanks for the idea!  I'll try it.

Paul Dubuc

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