Thanks, Looks like it will be easy to pass through in the meeting today. Thanks for the tips.
Michael On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:07:38 -0400 Ed Ravin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 09:44:59AM -0600, Michael Osburn wrote: > > How are most of you managing planned system > > downtime? > > In most cases, our engineers log into Mon and use the "host disable" > or "service disable" to stop montoring the stuff that's about to go > down, and re-enable them when the maintenance is over. > > Sometimes, we just ACK whatever's broken when Mon starts alarming. > > If I had a really big planned outage I would comment out big chunks of > the config file and restore it after the window. > > > Or am I missing a feature to have mon check it's configuration > > file and reload if it changes? > > You are - look up "reset Mon" in the CGI or the API. You can also > send Mon a HUP signal to make it reload its config. -- Michael Osburn [EMAIL PROTECTED] Engineer I Conditional Access Systems EchoStar Operating Corp. ------------ This e-mail and its attachments is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. _______________________________________________ mon mailing list mon@linux.kernel.org http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/mon