Condition/Alert Question

sadek76 · Post by **sadek76** » Wed Jun 08, 2005 10:28 am

Let's say you have four pc's and you are testing them with a PING test.
If one fails you generate an alert condition saying that the PC is down.
If all four fail, is there anyway to generate a different alert condition saying that the router/hub/network is down?

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Wed Jun 08, 2005 10:55 am

I think you may use "advanced" mode action:
http://www.ks-soft.net/hostmon.eng/mfra ... ncedaction

Use expression like ('%::Test1::SimpleStatus%'=='DOWN') and ('%::Test2::SimpleStatus%'=='DOWN') and ('%::Test3::SimpleStatus%'=='DOWN') and('%::Test4::SimpleStatus%'=='DOWN') and
((%::Test1::Recurrences%==1) or (%::Test2::Recurrences%==1) or (%::Test3::Recurrences%==1) or (%::Test4::Recurrences%==1))

Regards
Alex

sadek76 · Post by **sadek76** » Wed Jun 08, 2005 11:31 am

Works perfectly... Thanks for the quick response!

sadek76 · Post by **sadek76** » Wed Jun 08, 2005 1:32 pm

One minor problem. In Advanced mode I'm unable to select "Action depends on 'bad' one" or the "Start when # consecutive 'Good' results occur" or the "Repeat # time(s).

Can these options be turned on? or do I have to add some code to the expression?

sadek76 · Post by **sadek76** » Wed Jun 08, 2005 2:32 pm

Nervermind I answered my own question. I added:
and ('%LastStatus%')=="Bad" and ('%StatusID%')=="01" to the clear event and now only generate 1 clear event when the status changes.

sadek76 · Post by **sadek76** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 2:44 pm

Is there anyway to change the value of a user defined variable?
Say that I have a UDV set for 60. When my test fails I would like the value of the UDV to change to 10. When the test passes, I would like to change the value back to 60.

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 3:26 pm

Sorry, HostMonitor does not provide option
You need some test that should change action profiles behavior?

Regards
Alex

sadek76 · Post by **sadek76** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 3:40 pm

What I wanted was to change the refresh rate on a web page to 10 seconds when a test goes into a failed status.

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Tue Jun 14, 2005 1:35 pm

I was wrong

You may use "HMScript" action and SetUserVariable script command
www.ks-soft.net/hostmon.eng/mframe.htm# ... #actScript

Regards
Alex

sadek76 · Post by **sadek76** » Wed Jun 15, 2005 11:24 am

I used the HMScript to change the value of my UDV, but in the .html file that is built, the UDV name still shows up, instead of it's value.

<meta http-equiv="REFRESH" CONTENT=%udv_refresh_time%>

When I use a HM defined variable like %Folder% it shows correctly

<meta http-equiv="REFRESH" CONTENT=Root>

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Wed Jun 15, 2005 11:29 am

There is list of macro variables that can be used in the report
www.ks-soft.net/hostmon.eng/mframe.htm# ... m#RepMacro
HostMonitor does nto support UDV macros in the report template

Regards
Alex

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Wed Jun 15, 2005 11:34 am

I have added this task into "to do" list. Low priority

Regards
Alex