out-of-schedule status

[avery_larry]

I want to run a test once each Mon. through Fri. morning at 7:00 am.

I don't think that can be setup in irregular or regular schedule directly. I've setup the test to run on a regular schedule every 2 hours, and then I setup a Schedule that is enabled Mon. through Fri. at 7:00 am.

What I want is the test to show the last status of the test when it was in schedule instead of showing a status of out of schedule. Can that be done with the optional status processing? Instead of fumbling through trying to figure it out, I thought I'd ask here.

Or perhaps this should be a wish list? Add more options to the irregular schedule? For example:
Daily -- then you can specify multiple set times each day
Weekly -- then you can specify multiple set times with a checkbox for which days to run on (this would be perfect for what I want to do).
Monthly -- could add options for "first Mon. of the month" or "last Fri. of the month" in addition to the specific day of the month.

[KS-Soft]

I want to run a test once each Mon. through Fri. morning at 7:00 am. I don't think that can be setup in irregular or regular schedule directly. I've setup the test to run on a regular schedule every 2 hours, and then I setup a Schedule that is enabled Mon. through Fri. at 7:00 am.

Yes, you need to use schedule profile.

What I want is the test to show the last status of the test when it was in schedule instead of showing a status of out of schedule. Can that be done with the optional status processing?

No, it will not work in such case.
The only solution I see - use longer test interval. E.g. if you set test interval to 23 hours then HostMonitor will set "Out of Schedule" status only between 6:00 and 7:00 (also it may set "Out of Schedule" status when somebody "refreshes" test items). You may set test interval to 23 hours and 50 minutes. Do not set 23:59 - if HostMonitor will be busy performing other tests, test execution time for this item can be moved slightly every day...

Or perhaps this should be a wish list? Add more options to the irregular schedule? For example:
Daily -- then you can specify multiple set times each day
Weekly -- then you can specify multiple set times with a checkbox for which days to run on (this would be perfect for what I want to do).
Monthly -- could add options for "first Mon. of the month" or "last Fri. of the month" in addition to the specific day of the month

H'm... low priority task

Regards
Alex

[avery_larry]

I want to run a test once each Mon. through Fri. morning at 7:00 am. I don't think that can be setup in irregular or regular schedule directly. I've setup the test to run on a regular schedule every 2 hours, and then I setup a Schedule that is enabled Mon. through Fri. at 7:00 am.

Yes, you need to use schedule profile.

What I want is the test to show the last status of the test when it was in schedule instead of showing a status of out of schedule. Can that be done with the optional status processing?

No, it will not work in such case.
The only solution I see - use longer test interval. E.g. if you set test interval to 23 hours then HostMonitor will set "Out of Schedule" status only between 6:00 and 7:00 (also it may set "Out of Schedule" status when somebody "refreshes" test items). You may set test interval to 23 hours and 50 minutes. Do not set 23:59 - if HostMonitor will be busy performing other tests, test execution time for this item can be moved slightly every day...

I'll have to test that. I think what you're saying is it'll only show a status of out-of-schedule if it actually tries to run when it's out-of-schedule. So then it'll show the last status unless I click the refresh button or I shutdown/restart hostmonitor. This also assumes that it will ALWAYS run immediately upon the test entering the in-schedule status. Otherwise, if I set it for 23 hours and then I refresh at 3:00pm (which won't run because it's out-of-schedule), it's not scheduled to repeat until 2:00pm the next day. I'm assuming that it will instead run immediately at 7:00 am when the test changes to in-schedule.

Or perhaps this should be a wish list? Add more options to the irregular schedule? For example:
Daily -- then you can specify multiple set times each day
Weekly -- then you can specify multiple set times with a checkbox for which days to run on (this would be perfect for what I want to do).
Monthly -- could add options for "first Mon. of the month" or "last Fri. of the month" in addition to the specific day of the month

H'm... low priority task

I can understand that. I'm surprised you haven't had more requests for this type of scheduling flexibility.

BTW--the other method to accomplish this (which I might use) is to create 5 separate tasks--one for each day--and use the weekly irregular option instead of the daily. Guess I'm glad I got the Pro version instead of Standard.

[KS-Soft]

I think what you're saying is it'll only show a status of out-of-schedule if it actually tries to run when it's out-of-schedule

Correct.

So then it'll show the last status unless I click the refresh button or I shutdown/restart hostmonitor

Correct

This also assumes that it will ALWAYS run immediately upon the test entering the in-schedule status

Well, not always. However if "out of schedule" time interval is longer than test interval then yes.

Otherwise, if I set it for 23 hours and then I refresh at 3:00pm (which won't run because it's out-of-schedule)

If you are using HostMonitor 7.50+, it will ask for confirmation and it will run the test if you confirm operation (and you have enough rights for such operation).

it's not scheduled to repeat until 2:00pm the next day. I'm assuming that it will instead run immediately at 7:00 am when the test changes to in-schedule

H'm.. if you setup test interval to 23 hours and you refresh test at 3pm then HostMonitor will not start test at 7.00
However there is another solution - use built in scheduler to "refresh" test at 7:00 (create "on the schedule" action to start HMScript with "RefreshTest" command)
http://www.ks-soft.net/hostmon.eng/mfra ... #actScript

Yeah, complicated

Regards
Alex

[avery_larry]

However there is another solution - use built in scheduler to "refresh" test at 7:00 (create "on the schedule" action to start HMScript with "RefreshTest" command)
http://www.ks-soft.net/hostmon.eng/mfra ... #actScript

Yeah, complicated

Regards
Alex

I'll have to mess around and see if I can figure that out. My other idea of 5 separate tests won't work as I'm checking the NT event log--which I only want to check the events from the last day, not the events from the last week.

[KS-Soft]

IMHO its much better to use 1 item instead of 5...

Regards
Alex

[avery_larry]

H'm.. if you setup test interval to 23 hours and you refresh test at 3pm then HostMonitor will not start test at 7.00

I think that's only true if you manually refresh and force it to run even though it's out-of-schedule. Like this:

Test is set to run every 23 hours.
Schedule is setup to only allow a 20 minute window at 7:00am Mon-Fri.

Test runs at 7:00 am. If I click the Global refresh button, then the test will attempt to run but fail because of out-of-schedule. Status changes to out-of-schedule. However, since it didn't actually run, it's still going to run at 7:00 am the next morning.

If, however, I chose to refresh the selected test after it's in out-of-schedule status and I chose to force it even though it's not-in-schedule, THEN it won't run the next morning because it'll be less than 23 hours since the last time it ran (I'm ignoring the refresh test idea in this example).

[KS-Soft]

think that's only true if you manually refresh and force it to run even though it's out-of-schedule

Yes. That's what I meant

Regards
Alex