I tried this, but it only disables further notifications of the DOWN
state.  It does not change it to handled.

On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 8:04 AM, Simon <[email protected]> wrote:
> If I follow you correctly you should be able to accomplish this just by
> acknowledge the secondary interface as being down which will move it to
> handled. The only down side of this is that you have to acknowledge it
> any time the interface is used and then the primary fixed.
>
> Simon
>
>
> On Thu, 2010-02-11 at 12:19 -0500, A.J. Farmer wrote:
>> Well, I thought about that, but then wouldn't it show as OK when it is
>> down and DOWN when it is up?
>>
>> I guess what I'm looking for is the "DOWN" notice for the backup link
>> to be listed under "handled" or otherwise absent from the status
>> pages.  Right now it is under "unhandled" and sticks out as if it
>> needs to be addressed.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 10:52 AM, James Whittington
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > If you create it as a service check there is an option to invert plugin 
>> > results, I've never tried to use it but it sounds like what you are 
>> > looking to do..
>> >
>> >
>> > James Whittington
>> > VC3, Inc.
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>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: [email protected] 
>> > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of A.J. Farmer
>> > Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 10:34 AM
>> > To: opsview-users
>> > Subject: [opsview-users] How to monitor a "normally down" system
>> >
>> > OpsView 3.5.2
>> >
>> > I have a site with dual WAN.  OpsView shows the primary link "OK" and
>> > the backup link "DOWN".  This is expected.  The backup stays down
>> > until the primary fails.
>> >
>> > What is the best way to configure this?  Seeing the "Unhandled - DOWN"
>> > every time I look at OpsView is a distraction.
>> >
>> > I can't use scheduled downtime, because I need a notification when the
>> > primary fails and also a notification that the backup has successfully
>> > come online.
>> >
>> > If this situation has been documented somewhere, please point me in
>> > the right direction.  I searched but was not able to find it.
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>> >
>> > A.J. Farmer
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