I have our traps kick off scripts. In that script I check for time of day
and day of week (as well as do some additional logging).
Let me know if this is what you are looking for. I might be able to send
you a copy of one of the scripts.
Steve Stamper
Grand Rapids, MI
----- Original Message -----
From: <W.M.de.Bruin@DNB.NL>
To: <NV-L@UCSBVM.ucsb.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2000 5:10 AM
Subject: [NV-L] Node Up/Down Traps
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Important servers are monitored for availability by Netview. Status
Polling is
> set to take place every 5 minutes.
> If a server does not respond, a Node Down trap is generated, and automatic
> escalation takes place. (Paging, SMS-messages, etc....)
>
> This is all fine, except that once every week or two, some of these
servers are
> rebooted at night, or over the weekend, and are then unavailable for
approx. 30
> minutes.
> At this time, we don´t want any traps, because the events are then
escalated to
> maintenance personnel.
> Problem is that it is not only with one server, but with a couple, so the
> maintenance personnel cannot be told to just ignore the escalation at a
specific
> time.
>
> How can I solve this?
>
> I have thought of writing a script that gets executed at shutdown, to
generate a
> custom trap to tell Netview that this is normal maintenance, and then a
rule to
> cancel the automatic escalation, but I am sure that there are simpler ways
to
> solve it.
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
> Wouter de Bruin
> Network Management Consultant
>
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