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mpriess
Joined: 02 Jul 2002 Posts: 112 Location: Arizona, USA
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Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2002 5:20 pm Post subject: |
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Suggestion #1: Ability to create different "views" that show different tests...reports could be generated for these different folder views.
This means that test could show up in different places and appear in different reports but there would not need to be duplicate tests created to do so. Maybe the views could be createdorganized by referencing (querying) another column (I.E. Comment Line 5: IBM Servers
Comment Line 5: Compaq Servers
I could create a view based on "Comment Line 5" and make it equal to "IBM Servers". Therefore all tests that had comment line 5 = to "IBM Servers" would appear in the ViewFolder.
Suggestion #2: Ability to Organize folder names alphabetically
Suggestion #3: Ability to specify multiple event ID's for a particular source for the event log check
Suggestion #4: Ability to view 5 digits for the event id selector.
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Flashback
Joined: 27 Oct 2002 Posts: 37
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Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2002 8:56 pm Post subject: |
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How about the ability to read parameters in an ini file? |
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KS-Soft
Joined: 03 Apr 2002 Posts: 12806 Location: USA
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Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2002 12:03 am Post subject: |
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Suggestion #4: implemented in HostMonitor 3.44 (will be available soon)
Suggestion #3: included into "to do" list
Suggestion #2: already exists in "to do" list
Suggestion #1: included into "consideration" list for HostMonitor 4.0
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KS-Soft
Joined: 03 Apr 2002 Posts: 12806 Location: USA
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Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2002 12:05 am Post subject: |
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>How about the ability to read parameters in an ini file?
Just to check some parameter? I think you can use "Compare Files" test with "File contains string" option.
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Alex |
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Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2002 1:52 am Post subject: |
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I'd separate alert profiles and actions.
For example we create action 'mail admin' and just add this action to every new profile. After some time when admin's email changes we don't have to change the email in every profile, we just edit specific action and change email there. I think it would be very helpfull.
And I'd add abiliy to send SMS via connected gsm phone.. but that's only dream |
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Madman
Joined: 04 Nov 2002 Posts: 12 Location: Poland
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Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2002 2:33 am Post subject: |
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another 'wish' came in my mind:
Extending funcionality of TCP connection test or create new test with ability to send string or content of .txt file to TCP port and parse reply just like in url test.
for example:
a) connect to host port 2999
b) send string: 'test'
c) search string 'testok' in reply |
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Flashback
Joined: 27 Oct 2002 Posts: 37
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Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2002 9:00 am Post subject: |
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The company I work for uses .ini files to store configuration information of the software we deploy. Several of these fields store numeric parameters that can have a range of values. It would be helpful to be able to alert if the value is > X. I could do the text string, but it doesn't give me the range of functionality that I'd like to have. |
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KS-Soft
Joined: 03 Apr 2002 Posts: 12806 Location: USA
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Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2002 1:26 pm Post subject: |
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>Extending funcionality of TCP
We have this task in our "to do" list. BTW this option was inmplemented in HostMonitor 3.44 for new UDP test (will be available soon).
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Alex |
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KS-Soft
Joined: 03 Apr 2002 Posts: 12806 Location: USA
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KS-Soft
Joined: 03 Apr 2002 Posts: 12806 Location: USA
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Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2002 1:38 pm Post subject: |
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>After some time when admin's email changes we don't have to change the email in every profile
I think you can use macro variable instead of destination address (e.g. %CommentLine3%). In this case when admin's email changes you can select all tests and change e-mail address in 3rd comment line using Test Properties dialog.
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Alex |
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Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2002 2:27 am Post subject: |
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thanx for info. Didn't though of using commens parameter but it was only example.
What I ment is to have all actions independent of alert profiles or even have groups o actions, so you could pick predefined actions/groups to alert profile.
When you have to include mail to 4 people in every alert profile it's easier and faster to create one gropup and just pick it from a list while creating alert profile.
Viewing action/group properties you could see which alert profile it is attached to (just like child-master tests dependencies)
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KS-Soft
Joined: 03 Apr 2002 Posts: 12806 Location: USA
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Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2002 10:20 pm Post subject: |
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I see your point but usually people doesn't need hundreds alert profiles. Why do need so many profiles? Macro variables are not helpfull in your case?
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Alex |
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Madman
Joined: 04 Nov 2002 Posts: 12 Location: Poland
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Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2002 1:22 am Post subject: |
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well.. I didn't try marco in such cases yet, but I'll try. My point is when someone wants to do something more than just restarting service, when alert profile is more complicated, and there is ~500 profiles the easy way to take control of all profiles would be nice But I'm not pushing I'll solve it with macros.
ps. Some time ago I was using other sofware for monmitoring, and besides all bugs it had, it also had such function which made alert profiles management very easy and comfortable.
(i don't think I can post another software's name on the forum ?) |
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KS-Soft
Joined: 03 Apr 2002 Posts: 12806 Location: USA
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Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2002 1:30 am Post subject: |
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Tell me why do you need 500 alert profiles, we will redesign HostMonitor and you will be able to do the same using 20 profiles May be...
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Alex |
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Flashback
Joined: 27 Oct 2002 Posts: 37
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Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2002 8:11 pm Post subject: |
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There is currently a feature to compare 2 files. Would it be possible to compare 2 different SQL queries from 2 different Datasources? I am currently writing the results of the individual queries to a single table on a single database and then running an additional query to find differences. It would be easier to have it compare the 2 queries. |
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