Hi,
Is there a way of sending a command to Host Monitor to disable alerts?
I have servers that are taken offline daily for database maintenance and then rebooted and I'd like to put a 'disable Host Mon alerts' command at the start of my maintenance scripts, if possible.
Thanks!
MT
Command to disable alerts?
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The only way to make HostMonitor disale alert automatically is to use "Execute HMS Script" action with "DisableAlerts" or "PauseAlerts" commands: http://www.ks-soft.net/hostmon.eng/mfra ... #actScript
For instance, you may organize it into the following way: your maintenace script should create special file, e.g. "C:\temp\disable.alt" In HostMonitor, you should create "File/Folder availability" test to check for this file, let's say, every several minutes, and assign "Execute HMS Script" action to this test. So, when "File/Folder availability" test detects "C:\temp\disable.alt" file, HostMonitor fires "Execute HMS Script" action that disables alerts. Please, do not forget to remove this file after alerts are disabled!
The problem is to enable alerts again. As alerts are disabled, no actions are fired, except "scheduled", executed by built-in "Scheduler" ("Options" -> "Scheduler"). First solution is to create an action profile with "Execute HMS Script" action and "EnableAlerts" command and schedule this action to be executed every hour or two on regular basis: http://www.ks-soft.net/hostmon.eng/mfra ... #SchedPage
Second solution is to use "PauseAlerts" command instead of "DisableAlerts" in "Execute HMS Script" action. "PauseAlerts" command pauses alerts for interval specified in minutes. In other words, all action profiles that usually were triggered by the change of test(s) status will not be executed within N minutes. http://www.ks-soft.net/hostmon.eng/mfra ... #actScript
Regards,
Max
For instance, you may organize it into the following way: your maintenace script should create special file, e.g. "C:\temp\disable.alt" In HostMonitor, you should create "File/Folder availability" test to check for this file, let's say, every several minutes, and assign "Execute HMS Script" action to this test. So, when "File/Folder availability" test detects "C:\temp\disable.alt" file, HostMonitor fires "Execute HMS Script" action that disables alerts. Please, do not forget to remove this file after alerts are disabled!
The problem is to enable alerts again. As alerts are disabled, no actions are fired, except "scheduled", executed by built-in "Scheduler" ("Options" -> "Scheduler"). First solution is to create an action profile with "Execute HMS Script" action and "EnableAlerts" command and schedule this action to be executed every hour or two on regular basis: http://www.ks-soft.net/hostmon.eng/mfra ... #SchedPage
Second solution is to use "PauseAlerts" command instead of "DisableAlerts" in "Execute HMS Script" action. "PauseAlerts" command pauses alerts for interval specified in minutes. In other words, all action profiles that usually were triggered by the change of test(s) status will not be executed within N minutes. http://www.ks-soft.net/hostmon.eng/mfra ... #actScript
Regards,
Max
Thanks for that information. Very useful as I'd not played with the HMS scripting.
I've used "DisableAllTests" and I set up a scheduled batch file to create a text file in a network folder at a certain time and then created a new Host Monitor entry to scan for that file.
(I have another scheduled batch file to run at the end of my daily maintenance scripts to remove the text file.)
I don't need a script to re-enable the testing so that's good enough for me!
Thanks for your help Max.
MT
I've used "DisableAllTests" and I set up a scheduled batch file to create a text file in a network folder at a certain time and then created a new Host Monitor entry to scan for that file.
(I have another scheduled batch file to run at the end of my daily maintenance scripts to remove the text file.)
I don't need a script to re-enable the testing so that's good enough for me!
Thanks for your help Max.
MT