Thanks everyone who responded to my emails and pointed me to "Redundant AlarmNotifier on http://www.dachsug.ch/wiki/index.php/Alarming"; page.
After reading the notes from this page "Every alarm has an attribute with the assiciated precedense. On a primary SpectroServer this value is normmally "10", on the backup SS it is "20".", my gut feeling was this approach will NOT work in my case as we have *distributed* environment. This solution will only work 1. If you have a standalone environment OR 2. If you are running AN on *ALL* the DSS. In my case I want to run AN *only* on MLS and FT MLS. Some of you will ask why do I say the above. Take in consideration the following scenario (I tested it out in our production environment, yes PRODUCTION). - Created Test AN on MLS and FT MLS to start with processd. Modified the SetScript based on the Wiki page and start AN. Configured a SANM policy for it. 1. Generate an alarm on primary DSS-2 (non MLS SS) 2. ALARM PRECEDENCE was 10, MLS AN picked up the code and sent email notification to me. 3. Shut down my MLS SS (simulate a SS crash). processd, AN and other processes were running. 4. Generate the same alarm on primary DSS-2. 5. ALARM PRECEDENCE was 10, MLS AN picked up the code and sent email notification to me. 6. Shut down my MLS SS and processd (to simulate something really went south). 7. Generate the same alarm on primary DSS-2. 8. ALARM PRECEDENCE was 10, my MLS was *DOWN* and so *NO* email. So configuring AN in the way suggest in the Wiki link will not solve my problem. I have another idea which I am currently pursuing to make AN running on MLS and FT MLS smart enough to automatically send out emails in any scenarios (assuming at least one of them is running :)). Thanks, Saurabh Bohra O: 860-766-0842 | M: 860-385-3597 | e-mail: [email protected] From: Bohra, Saurabh Sent: Monday, February 10, 2014 11:07 AM To: spectrum Subject: [spectrum] SANM / AN in DSS environment All, We have a distributed spectrum environment. I want to run AN only on my MLS and Backup MLS servers. Currently when an alarm passes my SANM filter for any landscape both the ANs (primary and the one on FT MLS servers) sends emails (duplicate). Is there a way to make AN running on *FT MLS* server smart enough to *automatically* send emails *ONLY* if Primary SS/AN is down? Thanks, Saurabh Bohra Sr. Network Mgmt Systems Analyst ESPN Inc. O: 860-766-0842 | M: 860-385-3597 | e-mail: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> * --To unsubscribe from spectrum, send email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe spectrum [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> --- To unsubscribe from spectrum, send email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe spectrum [email protected]
