Re: {bb} bbgen and multiple ip addresses -- stuck

[Henrik Storner <henrik-bb@hswn.dk>]

In <Pine.LNX.4.44.0504052358010.19341-100000@myrradel.com> Michael Jameson <michael@myrradel.com> writes:

>> I'd suggest this setup:
>> 
>> 10.0.0.1        myrradel.com    # NET:Net10 noconn testip BBDISPLAY BBPAGER BBNET pop3
>> 216.218.224.14  myrradel.com    # NET:Ext conn=worst,10.0.0.1 http://www.myrradel.com dig smtp
>> 
>> This setup splits the network tests in two, so you'll need to run the
>> bbtest-net twice from the bb-network.sh script. One group of tests
>> handle the internal IP's (10.x.x.x), the other group handles the
>> external IP's. Your bb-network.sh would do something like
>> 
>>     # Check the 10.x.x.x IP's
>>     BBLOCATION=Net10 $BBHOME/bin/bbtest-net --noping --checkresponse
>> 
>>     # Check the external IP's
>>     BBLOCATION=Ext $BBHOME/bin/bbtest-net --ping --report --checkresponse
>> 
>> So the first one would do your "pop3" test only, the second one would
>> run the ping, http, dig and smtp tests.
>> 
>> The "conn=worst,10.0.0.1" is for making the ping test check both
>> adresses and report them together in a single status report - so you
>> will truly have a check of both IP's.

>One other followup question.  Just to make sure I'm completely clear here, 
>if I have some 10.x.x.x IP machines that aren't multi-homed, I should 
>assign them to NET:Ext so taht they are properly tested?  I tried omitting 
>the NET: tag for them, but they didn't seem to get the conn test ran (and 
>obviously, I wouldn't want to label them NET:Net10, because that also 
>will prevent the tests from being ran).

You can assign them to either group of hosts - which one really
doesn't matter.

Another way to do this is to add the "--test-untagged" option to one
of the bbtest-net commands; that will make it test hosts that do not
have a "NET:x" defined.


Regards,
Henrik
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