Scheduling downtime

[Marc Powell]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-
> admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of François Laupretre
> Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 3:46 AM
> To: 'Sxan'; nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: RE : [Nagios-users] Scheduling downtime
> 
> You don't have to create the file 'downtime.dat'. It is managed by the
> nagios daemon. And the information you are missing is that a scheduled
> downtime must be set from the outside via some undocumented external
> commands :

Huh? I schedule downtime through the web interface all the time. Clicking the 'Schedule Downtime for this [Host|Service]... Link from the status detail page yields --

"This command is used to schedule downtime for a particular service. During the specified downtime, Nagios will not send notifications out about the service. When the scheduled downtime expires, Nagios will send out notifications for this service as it normally would. Scheduled downtimes are preserved across program shutdowns and restarts. Both the start and end times should be specified in the following format: mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss. option, Nagios will treat this as "flexible" downtime. Flexible downtime starts when the service enters a non-OK state (sometime between the start and end times you specified) and lasts as long as the duration of time you enter. The duration fields do not apply for fixed dowtime."

It's also documented at http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/1_0/downtime.html in the 'Scheduling Downtime' section.

The OP made no mention of wanting to do it outside the Nagios GUI and indicated that it would be done by a 'user' intimating the use of the GUI. Telling them they must use an external program and undocumented external commands is confusing and unnecessary. 

--
Marc


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