New option for Pause/Resume

[Kapz]

Hi !

Running HM601 Beta.

How about a third options for Pause - "Infinite" ?

This would solve the problem discussed earlier where we sometimes need to disable a test for a not specified period. Using the current "Disable selected test(s)" is not good enough as we might need to disable the entire folder for e.g. one hour and when we enable the entire folder afterwards the previously disbaled test is also unintentionally re-enabled.

Thanx !

Kasper :O)

[KS-Soft]

Sounds strange. If you want to pause item for "infinite", then use Disable function. If you need to "disable folder for an hour", then use Pause function.

Regards
Alex

[Kapz]

Alex,
>> How about a third options for Pause - "Infinite" ?
> Sounds strange
Not at all. Imaging this:

* A customer asks you to disable monitoring of all services, processes and TCP ports related to his Oracle Service installed on Server A which also runs other services that you monitor.

* He's not sure when Oracle will be back online.

* I disable all tests related to Oracle

* 8 weeks later he calls and asks us to disable monitoring of entire Server A for the weekend. Let's say it's beeing moved to a new location.

* I choose to "Disable entire folder" containg all tests for Server A

* Monday I "Enable entire folder" containing all tests for Server A

Kaboom - all Oracle tests are enabled even though they are not online and we shouldn't monitor them.

As far as I can tell enabling or disabling a folder does *not* modify the status of a paused test making "Pause Infinite" the obvious choice for the customers Oracle monitoring rather than disable.

Hope it makes sense

Kasper :O)

[KS-Soft]

Ok, I see. I think you may pause Orace tests for a year or two...

Regards
Alex

[Kapz]

Alex,

> Ok, I see. I think you may pause Orace tests for a year or two...
Yes, that will work although I would prefer a "real" infinite option. I'll just pause till 2018 until it eventually shows up

Kasper :O)