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Crazy Marty
22-09-2007, 21:30
For my "application group" templates, I need to have most of the triggers depend on triggers from other templates. For instance, it doesn't make sense to have a MySQL trigger (from template T_MySQL) if the host is unreachable (from template T_Linux). I *really* don't want to duplicate all the dependencies in each application group! That way lies madness! ;)
Crazy Marty
25-09-2007, 19:16
I just realized it is much worse than this! I have several Physical machines hosting several Virtual machines each. If the Physical host (Template_Linux) is unreachable, I do not want alerts going off about the Virtual hosts (Template_Linux, Template_Windows, Template_SNMPv1Device, etc.) running there!
If the Physical host (Template_Linux) is unreachable, I do not want alerts going off about the Virtual hosts (Template_Linux, Template_Windows, Template_SNMPv1Device, etc.) running there!
Configure trigger dependencies and you will be all right...
Crazy Marty
26-09-2007, 15:19
Hmmm. My bad, it seems. I guess I didn't think to use the dropdown to select the right template when setting that up. That has messed with my head in the past as well. :o
But, relatedly, shouldn't (some, many, most, all) of the triggers in Template_Linux have a dependency on Template_Linux:unreachable by default?
But, relatedly, shouldn't (some, many, most, all) of the triggers in Template_Linux have a dependency on Template_Linux:unreachable by default?
Even triggers related to CPU usage? Why?
One availability trigger may depend on another availability trigger; it makes no sense to make ALL triggers dependable on host availability.