Yes, you will find this FAR easier. I implemented a scheme to achieve this (similar to the one someone else recommended to you) quite a while ago but it was a LOT of work and made for a very, very complex configuration... plus half of the check entries always showed up in orange because they depended on a condition that wasn't met.
This solution is WAY better. Dirk makes me have to think and readjust all my natural instincts. When I need a capability that isn't currently in a piece of software I typically just figure out someway to make it happen anyway (via an unusual configuration or using some sort of glue app or whatever) because I figure my recommendation (_IF_ it is accepted) won't show up in the software for quite a long time. Not so with Servers Alive. I'm going to have to learn entirely new reactions and train myself to ask first before I try to develop a workaround! arley > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Corey Horton > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 1:45 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Hmmm > > > Sorry Robert. > > You have no idea how much I dreaded the thought of having to do > what I described below. Especially because I have just been asked > to add about another 200 checks to SA. > > :-) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bell, Robert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 1:00 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [SA-list] Hmmm > > > Calm down, Corey. You just triggered my spam filter's first false > positive. > > http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/ > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Corey Horton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 12:56 pm > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [SA-list] Hmmm > > > > > > Wooo Hooo!!!!! NOW THAT IS SERVICE!!!!!!!!!!!! > > > > THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!!!! Today, I was just about to begin the > > tedious task of implementing one of the solutions that was > > suggested earlier, by John Rosiak (thanx again John). That > > is, to create a second alert for each existing alert that > > depends on the existing alert being down and to trigger the > > second alert every X cycles. This solution worked perfectly, > > as John described it. However, it is a lot of extra work and > > also uses up twice as many entries. I've been holding off on > > this and today, I returned to the list (been a little busy > > the past few days) to find my prayers answered. MUCH OBLIGED!!! > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jason Passow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 10:53 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [SA-list] Hmmm > > > > > > Thank you very very much. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 7:12 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [SA-list] Hmmm > > > > Just added the following that could help: > > > > > > It's now possible to send the alert when a times down > > and all b follow up down cycles > > > > Example: > > > > a=2 and b=3 > > > > cycle 2,5,8,... will get the alert > > > > > > http://www.woodstone.nu/soft/beta/salive4.exe (v4.0.1438 or > > more recent) > > > > > > dirk. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Fri Jun 13 6:06 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [SA-list] Hmmm > > > > > > Also we're looking at it if we can add what Jason suggested. > > > > > > > > dirk. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Behalf Of Corey Horton > > Sent: Fri Jun 13 6:00 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [SA-list] Hmmm > > > > > > Ah ha! Now I knew someone out there had figured this out! > > > > Thanx to all who responded. This forum is truly the best tech > > support I've ever seen for a product... > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rosiak, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 11:41 AM > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > Subject: RE: [SA-list] Hmmm > > > > > > Corey and Jason, > > > > One other alternative is to perform the same check as machine > > down with a dependency on that check being down, e.g. > > Machine 1 - down -- alert on 1st down (and back up too) > > Machine 1 down (depends on previous entry being down) > > -- alert on 29th down (equates to 60 minutes on a 2 min. check) > > > > Good luck, > > John > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jason Passow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 11:18 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [SA-list] Hmmm > > > > > > Corey I just sent a similar thread. How I accomplish this > > currently is one alert to alert when down 1 time (you can say > > two or three or > > whatever) and then another identical alert to alert me every > > _ down cycles. Hopefully Dirk will take both of our emails > > and add an option for "When _ times down and every _ down > > cycles thereafter. " This is reworded from my previous > > email. I realized that I may not want to know the first time > > down (false positives etc) but perhaps 2 or three and every > > 10 after that. With multiple admins on our network it might > > get fixed before I am in a position to do something about it. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Corey Horton > > > > Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 10:09 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [SA-list] Hmmm > > > > I would like Servers Alive to run on a 2-minute check cycle. > > That is, run through it's checks every 2 minutes. If a > > machine is down, I'd like to be alerted immediately, and then > > every hour afterwards, until the machine is back up. Right > > now, I'm getting paged every 2 minutes. > > > > I don't really want to go to the "When _ Times Down and All > > Next Down Cycles" because it forces me to wait until I'm > > initially alerted (hope this makes sense). > > > > Using the alert choices, how can I accomplish this? > > > > ---------------------------------- > > Corey M. 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