Re: Using timeouts when monitoring disk space usage

[Jan-Henrik Haukeland]

I think you use and older version of monit. This is fixed in the latest 
releases. That is, you only get one alert for the same problem. Please 
download and try the latest monit version from 
http://www.tildeslash.com/monit/download/ and let us know if the 
problem goes away.

On Jan 7, 2005, at 17:54, Aaron Dummer wrote:

> Currently I'm using monit to alert me when disk space usage reaches 
> 80%.
>
> check device rootfs with path /dev/hda1
>         if space usage > 80% then alert
>         mode passive
>
> When space usage reaches the alert level, monit keeps reminding me 
> until
> I bring it back below 80%.  I'd like it to send one alert, then 
> timeout,
> like it can with processes.  Otherwise I keep getting alerts until I 
> can
> login to the box and clean up old files, etc.
>
> check process apache with pidfile /var/run/apache.pid
>         start program = "/etc/init.d/apache start"
>         stop program = "/etc/init.d/apache stop"
>         if 2 restarts within 3 cycles then timeout
>         mode active
>
> I've searched the manual and Google'd it, to no avail.  It appears that
> timeouts only apply processes.  Is there another way to limit the 
> number
> of alerts for disk space usage and the like?

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