Today Simon Westlake wrote: > Smokeping question: > > I turned on the alerts, but it seems to notify me everytime the > event happens. What I would like it to do is only notify me if > the status changes. > > For example: > [...] > Is there any way to do this? Right now, I am using the alerts to > monitor 1200 devices, and if someone unplugs their modem/router > for a day, I start getting spammed.
the trick is to make your alert pattern match the start of the event eg: loss < 1%, loss > 10% this will only match when the loss begins ... this is the very cool featuere of smokeping ... alert patterns ... cheers tobi -- ______ __ _ /_ __/_ / / (_) Oetiker @ ISG.EE, ETZ J97, ETH, CH-8092 Zurich / // _ \/ _ \/ / System Manager, Time Lord, Coder, Designer, Coach /_/ \.__/_.__/_/ http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker +41(0)1-632-5286 -- Unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Help mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/smokeping-users WebAdmin http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/lsg2.cgi
