Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 03:46:31 -0600 From: Chris Cook <ccook@tcworks.net> To: Marty Landman <MLandman@face2interface.com> Cc: isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Daily/weekly/monthly output aggregation Message-ID: <3FB9EA77.FE1F1398@tcworks.net> References: <20031117203641.GG98840@sentex.net> <20031117204102.GI61630@complx.LF.net> <6.0.0.22.0.20031117154856.01b4eb58@pop.face2interface.com> <20031117210935.GK98840@sentex.net> <6.0.0.22.0.20031117163136.03573098@pop.face2interface.com> <6.0.0.22.0.20031117175255.030d6420@pop.face2interface.com>
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Not that this probably matters too much but I wanted to let you all know I am in the same exact boat... that is wanting to have perodic output in a quick, easy to read summary with details available of course. It is painful having to read the root emails sometimes :) -- Chris o----< ccook@tcworks.net >------------------------------------o |Chris Cook - Admin |TCWORKS.NET - http://www.tcworks.net | |The Computer Works ISP |FreeBSD - http://www.freebsd.org | o-------------------------------------------------------------o Marty Landman wrote: > > At 04:49 PM 11/17/2003, Damian Gerow wrote: > > >There's a difference between the system output, and your own script outputs. > > :) -- newbie that I am I understand totally > > >I can read my own script outputs just fine, and generally write the scripts > >to produce as little output as possible, but I don't want to have to patch > >every single system we've got to re-write how the system periodic scripts > >are run. > > Damian I now see your point about stuffing this into a DB; if you can > categorize it into an enum or even set and normalized particularly here > where it may be bound to grow and grow (and grow) seems like it could then > be harvested into a quick daily admin summary email via cron to tell you > stuff like > > # exceptions in past 24 hrs > chart of exceptions sources > breakdown by criticality assignment e.g. inetd > apache > ftpd > > You could even have detailed report links embedded in the email or at least > on the admin control panel. Hmm, this is starting to sound a like product. >
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