Re: {bb} Alert Configuration Question

[The Witman <thewitman@sympatico.ca>]

You can also set the notify minutes to 9999 in the bbwarnrules.sh.  You will 
also have to set notify green on.

On June 26, 2004 12:37 pm, Philip Clark wrote:
> On Sat, 2004-06-26 at 17:02, Paul Stewart wrote:
> > Running a test copy of BB on a redhat 9 box... really love the software!
> > ;)
> >
> > Anyways, I'd like to configure the alerts to only send ONE alert when a
> > device goes down instead of every 5 minutes.  Then receive one alert when
> > the device comes back up.
> >
> > Can anyone give me a quick rundown on how to do this?
>
> You have options, as you might have expected :)
>
> Option 1. The "standard" way to do this is to just set a large page
> delay wherever you need. A week should be long enough for most
> situations. The on-line manual has the details on syntax. Also, set
> the "pagerecovered" value to TRUE in etc/bbwarnsetup.cfg.
>
> Option 2. You can go the "custom" route and craft a paging script
> to give you the logic that you need. I'd hold off on that idea
> until you are confident about the way that BB handles paging, but
> it does give you a bucket load of flexibility. You can flash the
> machine room lights, set off warning bells, trigger the coffee
> machine to produce stronger coffee. It might take a bit of work
> with a soldering iron, but you would never have a dull moment :)
>
> Option 3. Using the source (only recommended for masochists). With
> a bit of digging you might be able to add this type of functionality
> to the source. Your not going to make much of a gain over option 2
> though and you'll need to merge your changes whenever you upgrade.
> I would only advise doing this if you're going to enjoy the journey.
>
> Cheers, Phil.
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