Good action only after 2 bads
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BrianAlstom
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Good action only after 2 bads
Basically I have a test that alerts only if I have 2 consecutive bad actions. I have an action that should alert when its good again but I want that action only to fire if I had the 2 consecutive bad actions. Is this possible?
Sure. Quote from the manual
Alex
RegardsAction depends on "bad" one
This optional parameter is available for "Good" actions only. You can set "Good" action dependable on a "Bad" action. Why do you need it? For example you defined "Bad" action to send an e-mail notification to the network administrator when test fails 3 times consecutively (start when 3 consecutive "Bad" results occur), also you defined «Good» action to send a notification when the test status changes to "Good". What will happen if test fails 1 or 2 times and after this it restores "Good" status? HostMonitor will not send a notification about failure (because test did not fail 3 times) but the program will send notification about restoring "Good" status. To avoid unnecessary "Good" action execution you can mark "Action depends on "bad" one" option and select "Bad" action. In this case HostMonitor will start "Good" action only if corresponding "Bad" action was executed.
Alex