Hello

 

I think I have an excellent idea for improving host configuration.

 

When adding a service check to a host the is an option to change the
parameters of this plugin.

This I great, but..

Lets say  you want to monitor few different objects by this plugin on one
machine and said plugin can only check one object at a time. For instance a
check for windows hard drives.

Than you have to create few service checks using the same plugin with
different parameters.

Like: 

Check_Drive_C  - parameter: C, 10, 20

Check_Drive_D  - parameter: D, 20, 40

Check_Drive_G  - parameter: G, 200, 250

Etc..

 

And in case you have multiple machines on which you have to call this check
with defferent of parameters the situation get more complicated.

You could use the same checks and enable exceptions to change the parameters
but than the servie check name would not match witch the checked object
(Check_Drive_C  - parameter: C, Check_Drive_D  - parameter: E, Check_Drive_G
- parameter: F, etc).

 

In my case - monitoring windows drives requires me to have service checks
for virtually every letter in the alphabet. 

 

So the best way to utilize exceptions IMHO is this: create a dummy service
check for each set of arguments.

When you click on a exception icon a mini-tree is created.

The root being the service check and the branch containing 3 fields:

                text box for arguments

                text box for a new name

                a "plus" button for adding a new branch

In host  status windows this check could  be seen as multiple checks looking
no different than the rest..

 

A mspaint-made drawing is available here:

http://www.fotosik.pl/pokaz_obrazek/18bac7e06e78271c.html

 

 

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Regards

 

Michal Zyzak

Administrator  img_CCNA_1

+48 71 3761 689

+48 665 351 639

 

TIM S.A.

ul. E. Kwiatkowskiego 24

55-011 Siechnice

Poland

 

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