Generally speaking, *if* Zenoss sees a ping down event *before* the poll for the other services happens, it doesn't generate additional events/alerts than the "down" status. The problem is of course if the next ping poll after it goes down happens after the next poll for the services/devices. However, in this case, an event transform isn't going to help either because they won't see the down status either.
Unless, of course, this is a bug or a misunderstanding of mine. For the transforms, you do need it for each event mapping that might apply to an event, or event class depending on the generator of the event (internal zenoss or external zenoss)... -- James Pulver Information Technology Area Supervisor LEPP Computer Group Cornell University nsalemme wrote, On 5/29/2009 1:48 PM: > I am trying to implement a good mechanism to suppress alerts for when a site > goes down. So for example, a host that generates a "Ping Down" event will > suppress all other alerts for that host. > > I am trying to follow the example described here: > > http://www.zenoss.com/Members/netdata/create-a-device-dependency/ > > The procedure mentioned in the above link seems to indicate you would apply > the event transform for each event class that you want to suppress. I am > correct in my assessment? Ideally, I'd like to not have to apply multiple > event transforms since I have many other event classes that could be > generated when a ping goes down (snmp down, processes down, etc.) > > Is there a way to create device dependences so that all events for a specific > device are suppressed when Ping is down? Or do I need to go to each event > class and perform a procedure similar to the above URL? > > Thanks! > > > > > -------------------- m2f -------------------- > > Read this topic online here: > http://forums.zenoss.com/viewtopic.php?p=35430#35430 > > -------------------- m2f -------------------- > > > > _______________________________________________ > zenoss-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.zenoss.org/mailman/listinfo/zenoss-users _______________________________________________ zenoss-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.zenoss.org/mailman/listinfo/zenoss-users
