Alert supression for different Timezones

[zabbixisfun]

I am monitoring 'Host groups in different time zones :
New York, USA.
Washington DC, USA.
California, USA
Australia
London
Ireland

We have computers that turn off during the night and alerts are not needed. Whats the best way to disable alerts in all the different zones during a set period.

I am currently using maintenance mode which requires timezone difference calculation from the USA server.

There must be a better way -- thanks

[aigars.kadikis]

Hello zabbixisfun,

One approach can be to add additional "time()" conditions to trigger expression:

{Template App Zabbix Agent:agent.ping.nodata(5m)}=1 and {Template App Zabbix Agent:agent.ping.time()}>{$FROM} and {Template App Zabbix Agent:agent.ping.time()}<{$TILL}

After that, we must define a separate template per each region containing macro values:

{$FROM} = 080000
{$TILL} = 170000

This means to fire up trigger from 8:00 AM till 5:00 PM. Must use 24h format for sure.

I believe for some occasions will have to cross the midnight in the master server, but it will still work:

{$FROM} = 220000
{$TILL} = 050000

From 10:00 PM till 5:00 AM

More about this approach (linking one template for configuration and second to adjust dynamics) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1omyJXYqsiI