<HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.7601.17998"></HEAD> <BODY style="MARGIN: 4px 4px 1px; FONT: 10pt Segoe UI; WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> To share, I did what Dan recommended. Here is what I put my crontab:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>00 06 15-21 * * test `date +\%a` = Sat && /opt/nagios/libexec/contrib/disable_notifications.sh<BR>00 07 15-21 * * test `date +\%a` = Sat && /opt/nagios/libexec/contrib/enable_notifications.sh<BR></DIV> <DIV> The third Sat falls on the fifteenth through the twenty-first. So on those days, it runs a test command to see if it's Sat. If so, then run the disable notifications script at 6, then run the enable_notifications script at 7.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> The scripts are from the link you listed, and:</DIV> <DIV><A href="http://old.nagios.org/developerinfo/externalcommands/commandinfo.php?command_id=8">http://old.nagios.org/developerinfo/externalcommands/commandinfo.php?command_id=8</A></DIV> <DIV> Note: my printf command is in /usr/bin/printf, so I had to modify the scripts. Also, make sure that you have the path exactly correct for YOUR nagios.cmd file.<BR><BR></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV><EM><STRONG></STRONG></EM></DIV> <DIV><EM><STRONG> <DIV><EM><STRONG>Jon Adcock</STRONG></EM></DIV> <DIV></STRONG></EM><FONT size=1 face=Tahoma>Network Systems Administrator</FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=1 face=Tahoma>Leon County MIS<BR>301 S. Monroe St.<BR>Tallahassee, FL 32301<BR>Office: (850) 606-5518</FONT></DIV> <DIV><A href="http://www.leoncountyfl.gov/">http://www.leoncountyfl.gov</A></DIV> <DIV>"People Focused. Performance Driven."</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thank you for your e-mail. Please note that under Florida's Public Records</DIV> <DIV>laws, most written communications to or from county staff or officials </DIV> <DIV>regarding county business are public records available to the public and</DIV> <DIV>media upon request. Your e-mail communications may therefore be</DIV> <DIV>subject to public disclosure.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV>>>> On 2/18/2013 at 12:32 PM, Daniel Wittenberg <daniel.wittenberg.r0ko@statefarm.com> wrote:<BR></DIV> <TABLE style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 15px; FONT-SIZE: 1em" border=0 bgColor=#f3f3f3> <TBODY> <TR> <TD> <DIV style="BORDER-LEFT: #050505 1px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 7px"> <DIV>You can do it programmatically with cron through the external commands, a little cleaner approach:</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><A href="http://old.nagios.org/developerinfo/externalcommands/commandinfo.php?command_id=7">http://old.nagios.org/developerinfo/externalcommands/commandinfo.php?command_id=7</A></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Dan</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><BR> <DIV> <DIV>On Feb 18, 2013, at 11:27 AM, Jon Adcock wrote:</DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.7601.17998"> <DIV style="MARGIN: 4px 4px 1px; FONT: 10pt Segoe UI"> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> Within Nagios, is there some way to disable ALL Nagios notifications from 6:00 AM to 7:00 AM every 3rd Saturday of every month?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> I could run a cron job that replaced the nagios.cfg file with one that has enable_notifications=0 at 6:00 AM (and restart the service), then run another cron job that replaced the nagios.cfg file with the original file at 7:00 AM (and restart the service), but I'm looking for a solution within Nagios.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV><EM><STRONG></STRONG></EM></DIV> <DIV><EM><STRONG> <DIV><EM><STRONG>Jon Adcock</STRONG></EM></DIV></STRONG></EM> <DIV><EM><STRONG></STRONG></EM><FONT size=1 face=Tahoma>Network Systems Administrator</FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=1 face=Tahoma>Leon County MIS<BR>301 S. Monroe St.<BR>Tallahassee, FL 32301<BR>Office: (850) 606-5518</FONT></DIV> <DIV><A href="http://www.leoncountyfl.gov/">http://www.leoncountyfl.gov</A></DIV> <DIV>"People Focused. Performance Driven."</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thank you for your e-mail. Please note that under Florida's Public Records</DIV> <DIV>laws, most written communications to or from county staff or officials </DIV> <DIV>regarding county business are public records available to the public and</DIV> <DIV>media upon request. Your e-mail communications may therefore be</DIV> <DIV>subject to public disclosure.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></DIV>------------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel - in partnership with Geeknet, <BR>is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought <BR>leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials, tech docs, <BR>whitepapers, evaluation guides, and opinion stories. 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