On 10/12/2010 08:16 AM, Kevin Keane wrote: > I’m wondering if there is a way to detect if a Windows backup is > currently running. Every night during the backup window, my checks for > disk and CPU activity go haywire. That is expected, of course. > > What I’m looking for is a way to get Nagios to either automatically > schedule a downtime when the backup starts, or to use a service > dependency or something like that to suppress these false alarms.
I had to dig up the link for the script I use for scheduling downtime remotely. Anyways, if you know your backup times are always the same, or always the same window, I'd just use a cron job to run this nagios_downtime script written in Perl. http://nagios.larsmichelsen.com/nagios-downtime/ Regards, Max ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 & L3. Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/beautyoftheweb _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null