When I was looking at what I need to do on Friday. I looked to Changes Wizard – Checking Schedule. The problem here is that this would change ALL schedules affected by whatever group I chose under Select Entries. If I set my dependences up like Chris stated – no problem. But then those dependences may not be the way I want my groups or dependences to be aligned.
More granularity or being able to select multiple host checks at once may be a solution. But I’m not sure it’s worth the effort for to code? Another option could be a scheduled Roll Back – where you changes could be scheduled to change back to what they were before the changes. Probably using some sort of Temp Difference file? Barry From: Dirk [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: July-16-11 3:31 AM To: Servers Alive Discussion List Subject: RE: [SA-list] Temp checking schedule change So what you mean is that it should be possible to set a CHECKING SCHEDULE that is valid for only 1 week (as that is the time-frame of such a schedule)? Or are you talking about the maintenance/active setting? (as that can already be timed). dirk From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris Mang Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 11:46 PM To: Servers Alive Discussion List Subject: RE: [SA-list] Temp checking schedule change I think your original plan is probably the best. Although, you still have to touch each one of the items to change it. To me, setting the dependency could be worth the effort, then it’s there for the future. Having dependencies also eliminates unnecessary alerts. This sounds like a feature request to me - the ability to set a scheduled maintenance window, but have the schedule disappear at the end of the window. Dirk - how about a check box on the Schedule tab that says something like “Temporary Schedule” or “One-Time Schedule” that removes the schedule once it is complete? Or maybe a box that allows the entry of a number for the number of times the schedule is run before it is automatically removed? Just some random thoughts. Chris>> From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Barry George Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 4:01 PM To: Servers Alive Discussion List Subject: RE: [SA-list] Temp checking schedule change That would work also for sure. Not sure if it meets the temporary nature of my situation though (and right now I don’t have the much time to sort through all the possible hosts to see if they match that pattern. ;) Barry From: Chris Mang [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: July-15-11 3:01 PM To: Servers Alive Discussion List Subject: RE: [SA-list] Temp checking schedule change Are your external IP checks dependent on any other check? If so, you could place the parent on maintenance (manually or via a schedule), and the dependent items won’t be monitored. If those external IP checks are not dependent, could they be? It would take front-end work to get it set up, but this weekend, and in the future, you would easily be able to exclude these checks from monitoring with a few simple clicks. Chris Mang>> Senior Security Administrator JDA Software Group, Inc. From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Barry George Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 1:31 PM To: Servers Alive Discussion List Subject: [SA-list] Temp checking schedule change We are having a security audit done this weekend could expect a flood of traffic to our external facing IP’s during a set time. Is there a way to add a temp checking schedule for that time without wiping out my current settings? I looked at a Global Change but am afraid I’ll lose all my other settings. I guess I could save the original host file – make the changes I need and re-save that file as a different name – once done re-apply the original host file. Still it would be nice to make temp changes now and again? To unsubscribe send a message with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line to [email protected] If you use auto-responders (like out-of-the-office messages), make sure that they are not sent to the list nor to individual members. 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