Re: {bb} RE: Performance Problems with BBPAGE

[Robert-Andre Croteau <robert@bb4.com>]

"Benzell, Richard" wrote:
> 
> Hi Robert-Andre
> 
>    Thanks for the speedy response.
> 
> *       I currently have Recovery set OFF.

good

> *       I have pagetype set to EVENT,  since we have multiple people
> responsible for different systems and different application components
> (DBA's, App support, etc).  I'll try to arrange for a consolidation of
> beeper coverage responsibilities to see if I can change Pagetype to HOST.

yup, that's better

> *       I have the default Pagedelay set to 15, and I have each e-mail
> recipient set as user@sys.com:~0-720    My goal is to get one e-mail
> immediately upon a problem, then a reminder every 12 hours.  Is that
> definition the best way to achieve my goal?

well, what you really want is  user@sys.com:720 or set pagedelay to 720

I your case, i'd set pagedelay to 15 and set the user to user@sys.com
if you intend to use pagetype HOST.  

> 
> We are also considering splitting the BB system across 2 servers - either:
> *       one for NT monitoring/paging and one for AIX monitoring/paging.  OR
> 
> *       one for AIX&NT monitoring and one for AIX&NT Paging.


> Any recommendations/suggestions regarding that?

I'd keep one server for monitoring and one for notification

>  Is there any inherent
> difference between the comparative efficiency of BBNT originating pages vs
> Unix pages that I might want to take into account?

nope,

basically, the BBPAGER hosts get all red/purple messages (and yellow
if defined both in pagelevels & pagelevelsmail).  bb-page.sh always
start on any of those colors...


> 
> I also will take your advice and restructure my rules.  But I have some
> questions on the comparative efficiency of the rules options that I hope you
> would be able to clarify:
> 
> Is it more efficient to have a long list of hosts in bbwarnrules.cfg  OR  to
> define a long host-group in bbwarnsetup.cfg?

long list of hosts, it doesn't have to cross-reference to
bbwarnsetup.cfg

> 
> Is it more efficient  to have a long list of recipients in bbwarnrules.cfg
> OR  to define a long page-group in bbwarnsetup.cfg? 

long list of recipients

> Or am I better off setting defining a "group" using /etc/aliases?

that's probably even better

> 
> What is the most efficient way to set my desired page delay of 0-720
> (immediate, then 12 hour reminder)?
>   a) In Page Delay in bbwarnsetup?

yup

>   b) as a suffix when I define a page-group in bbwarnsetup?

nope

>   c) as a suffix to a page-group recipient defined in bbwarnrules?

nope


How often is your BB screen red ?

What is causing the numerous notifications ?

is bb2.html full of purple dots ?

I'd first investigate the cause of the notifications, then try
to speed up bb-page.sh/bb-page1.sh.

Remember the goal of the game is to have a green screen at  all
times ...  Maybe you need to fix your systems first to reduce
your notifications.

BTW, on BBPAGER and the clients, what are the values of
pagelevels & pagelevelsmail ?

bye
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