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Chapter 2: Platform Control Center External Command Interface view
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Example: Enabling or disabling notifications
If you click Disabled next to Notifications in the Tactical Overview view (see Tactical
Monitoring view
, on page 2-50), which indicates notifications are currently
disabled, the
External Command Interface view appears with the message You are
requesting to enable notifications
. No additional command information is required;
just click
Commit .
Example: Adding comments
If you click Add a new host ( service ) comment in the Comments view (see Comments
view
, on page 2-63), the External Command Interface view appears with the
message
You are requesting to add a host ( service ) comment . Enter a host and
service name, your name, and your comment. The
Persistent check box is not
used
. (PCC comments are always persistent: they are not deleted when the
Control Center shuts down.) Click
Commit to execute the command.
Example: Acknowledging problems
Use the Acknowledge this host / service problem command to notify others you are
working on a problem. This command is available in the
Host / Service
Commands
box of the Host / Service Information view whenever a host or service
has a problem (see
Host Information view , on page 2-126, and Service Infor-
mation view
, on page 2-133). Use the command Remove problem acknowl-
edgement
to remove problem acknowledgements.
After acknowledging a problem, problem notifications for that host or service
is disabled until it recovers. Contacts for the host or service receive notifi-
cation of your acknowledgement (unless you clear the
Send Notification check
box in the
External Command Interface view when acknowledging).
Related Views
• Replication view , on page 2-39
• Tactical Monitoring view , on page 2-50
• Comments view , on page 2-63
• Nagios Info view , on page 2-68
• Hostgroup Information view , on page 2-121
• Host Information view , on page 2-126