<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.5659" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=317553112-07112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>please post back to the nagios userlist, rather than me.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=317553112-07112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=317553112-07112008><SPAN class=598123012-07112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>i have this for a period similar to what you want;</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=317553112-07112008></SPAN><SPAN class=317553112-07112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=317553112-07112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>define timeperiod{<BR> timeperiod_name harris_reboot<BR> alias harris nightly reboot, <STRONG>skipping 2000 - 2200<BR></STRONG> sunday 00:00-20:00,22:00-24:00<BR> monday 00:00-20:00,22:00-24:00<BR> tuesday 00:00-20:00,22:00-24:00<BR> wednesday 00:00-20:00,22:00-24:00<BR> thursday 00:00-20:00,22:00-24:00<BR> friday 00:00-20:00,22:00-24:00<BR> saturday 00:00-20:00,22:00-24:00<BR>}</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><BR> </DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Holikar, Sachin (ext) [mailto:sachin.holikar.ext@siemens.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> 07 November 2008 12:29<BR><B>To:</B> Sotiroff, Kristian<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Nagios-users] Nagios Notifications<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431212412-07112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>That is what I was execting initially. I wrote "<SPAN class=925071509-07112008><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have seen the timeperiod options but the examples only show the provision for holidays or so. Can we bypass lets say few hrs in between everyday??</FONT></SPAN>"</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431212412-07112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>If yes then how?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431212412-07112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431212412-07112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I tried writing below templates but I'm sure its not perfect ..</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431212412-07112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431212412-07112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Intend to bypass 1 hr (from 6 AM to 7 AM) eeryday, I wrote 2 templates below, (System Name is Host12)</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431212412-07112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431212412-07112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>define timeperiod{<BR> name special<BR> timeperiod_name special<BR> alias special<BR> sunday 00:06-00:07<BR> monday 00:06-00:07<BR> tuesday 00:06-00:07<BR> wednesday 00:06-00:07<BR> thursday 00:06-00:07<BR> friday 00:06-00:07<BR> saturday 00:06-00:07<BR> }</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV><SPAN class=431212412-07112008> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>define timeperiod{<BR> name <SPAN class=431212412-07112008>Host12</SPAN>_special<BR> timeperiod_name <SPAN class=431212412-07112008>Host12</SPAN>_special<BR> use special<BR> alias <SPAN class=431212412-07112008>Host12</SPAN>_special<BR> sunday 00:00-24:00<BR> monday 00:00-24:00<BR> tuesday 00:00-24:00<BR> wednesday 00:00-24:00<BR> thursday 00:00-24:00<BR> friday 00:00-24:00<BR> saturday 00:00-24:00<BR>}</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=431212412-07112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV><BR> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Sotiroff, Kristian [mailto:Sotiroff.Kristian@mtvne.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Freitag, 7. November 2008 12:51<BR><B>To:</B> nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios Notifications<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=719014711-07112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>sounds like you're not that familiar with shell scripts.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=719014711-07112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=719014711-07112008>in which case, its probably easier if you simply create a timeperiod in whcih you leave out the required hours, then have your service checks and / or notifications occurring during this time.</SPAN><SPAN class=719014711-07112008> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=719014711-07112008></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=719014711-07112008></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Holikar, Sachin (ext) [mailto:sachin.holikar.ext@siemens.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> 07 November 2008 11:40<BR><B>To:</B> Sotiroff, Kristian<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Nagios-users] Nagios Notifications<BR></FONT><BR></DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=281323511-07112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Thanks for the reply.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=281323511-07112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2> Are you saying that if I simply copy paste the below code in a file called 'disable_active_service_checks' under eventhandlers directory , that should work??</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=281323511-07112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>And how do you actually <SPAN class=470452311-07112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2> change the STOP_EXECUTING_SERVICE_CHECKS to START_EXECUTING_SERVICE_CHECKS</FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=281323511-07112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=470452311-07112008></SPAN></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=281323511-07112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=470452311-07112008>Little confused , bare with me.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Sotiroff, Kristian [mailto:Sotiroff.Kristian@mtvne.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Freitag, 7. November 2008 12:27<BR><B>To:</B> nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios Notifications<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Holikar, Sachin (ext) [mailto:sachin.holikar.ext@siemens.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> 07 November 2008 11:20<BR><B>To:</B> Sotiroff, Kristian<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Nagios-users] Nagios Notifications<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=514441811-07112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Unfortunately we did not find any sample scripts under eventhandler directory. The directory specified in resource.cfg itself does not exist.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=514441811-07112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Can you suggest ?</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=470452311-07112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2> <... snip....> </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=925071509-07112008><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=182230711-07112008></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=925071509-07112008><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=182230711-07112008></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=470452311-07112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2> have you installed the plugins? it comes with that i think. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=470452311-07112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>the scripts are pretty basic though. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=470452311-07112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=470452311-07112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>here is the 'disable_active_service_checks script:</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=470452311-07112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=470452311-07112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>#!/bin/sh</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=470452311-07112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2># Write a command to the Nagios command file to cause<BR># it to disable active service checks. This can be<BR># referred to as 'standby' mode in a redundant monitoring<BR># environment.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=470452311-07112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2># Notes:<BR># 1) This script is not intended to be used as an<BR># event handler by itself. Instead, it is used by other<BR># event handler scripts (like the redundancy examples).<BR># 2) In order for Nagios to process any commands that<BR># are written to the command file, you must enable<BR># the check_external_commands option in the main<BR># configuration file.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=470452311-07112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>echocmd="/bin/echo"</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=470452311-07112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>CommandFile="/usr/local/nagios/var/rw/nagios.cmd"</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=470452311-07112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2># get the current date/time in seconds since UNIX epoch<BR>datetime=`date +%s`</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=470452311-07112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2># create the command line to add to the command file<BR>cmdline="[$datetime] STOP_EXECUTING_SERVICE_CHECKS"</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=470452311-07112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2># append the command to the end of the command file<BR>`$echocmd $cmdline >> $CommandFile`</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=470452311-07112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=470452311-07112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=470452311-07112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>in order to reenable them, simply change the STOP_EXECUTING_SERVICE_CHECKS to START_EXECUTING_SERVICE_CHECKS</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV></FONT></SPAN><PRE>CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This e-mail (and any attached files) is confidential and protected by copyright (and other intellectual property rights). 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