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“Why on earth was I not notified?!”

Posted on January 16, 2013 by volter

“Why on earth was I not notified?!” — ever heard that question from a fellow worker? Setting up notifications can be a challenge — and not only for beginners. Normally, debugging such cases is cumbersome, complex and requires a good … Continue reading →

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Zabbix 2.0 packages for RHEL, CentOS, SL

Posted on December 27, 2012 by volter

EPEL finally offers Zabbix 2.0 packages. These packages are for you, if you are running RHEL, CentOS, Scientific Linux or any other Red Hat derivative. EPEL aims to provide best quality packages, that follow the same rules and conventions as … Continue reading →

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A workaround for trigger based maintenance

Posted on August 17, 2012 by volter

Often host level maintenance is too much. Picture a machine running multiple services: While one service has a scheduled downtime, others continue their work and you want to be alarmed about them. Zabbix has no maintenance on trigger level at … Continue reading →

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