From a3fef2f3dd4212610664d892f7a7bf160d4b43fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: kkrumm1 Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 15:04:06 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] docs: Added new faq Why would alert un-mute itself? (#7403) * docs: added new faq added new faq #32 "why do alerts un-mute themselves?" * Update FAQ.md minor fix --- doc/Support/FAQ.md | 16 ++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/Support/FAQ.md b/doc/Support/FAQ.md index fc7436fe4e..5beea5db32 100644 --- a/doc/Support/FAQ.md +++ b/doc/Support/FAQ.md @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ source: Support/FAQ.md - [Why can't Normal and Global View users see Oxidized?](#faq29) - [What is the Demo User for?](#faq30) - [Why does modifying 'Default Alert Template' fail?](#faq31) + - [Why would alert un-mute itself](#faq32) ### Developing - [How do I add support for a new OS?](#faq8) @@ -217,12 +218,12 @@ $config['device_traffic_iftype'][] = '/ppp/'; ``` #### How do I move my LibreNMS install to another server? -If you are moving from one CPU architecture to another then you will need to dump the rrd files and re-create them. If you are in -this scenario then you can use [Dan Brown's migration scripts](https://vlan50.com/2015/04/17/migrating-from-observium-to-librenms/). - -If you are just moving to another server with the same CPU architecture then the following steps should be all that's needed: - - - Install LibreNMS as per our normal documentation, you don't need to run through the web installer or building the sql schema. +If you are moving from one CPU architecture to another then you will need to dump the rrd files and re-create them. If you are in +this scenario then you can use [Dan Brown's migration scripts](https://vlan50.com/2015/04/17/migrating-from-observium-to-librenms/). + +If you are just moving to another server with the same CPU architecture then the following steps should be all that's needed: + + - Install LibreNMS as per our normal documentation, you don't need to run through the web installer or building the sql schema. - Stop cron by commenting out all lines in `/etc/cron.d/librenms` - Dump the MySQL database `librenms` and import this into your new server. - Copy the `rrd/` folder to the new server. @@ -347,3 +348,6 @@ This template's entry could be missing in the database. Please run: ```bash mysql -u librenms -p < sql-schema/202.sql ``` +### Why would alert un-mute itself? +If alert un-mutes itself then it most likely means that the alert cleared and is then triggered again. +Please review eventlog as it will tell you in there.