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Subject:	you could simply put them in
Author:	Andrew Kirch
Posted:	2014-03-05 20:00

you could simply put them in a device class and suppress events related to disconnects across your desktop class

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Subject:	Heh Trelane, You lost me at
Author:	[Not Specified]
Posted:	2014-03-06 12:52

Heh Trelane, You lost me at suppress events related to disconnect. Would this be akin to applying a template to an entire class

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Subject:	I just figured out how to do
Author:	[Not Specified]
Posted:	2014-03-06 14:04

I just figured out how to do that.. to some degree. By binding templates.

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Subject:	Trelane's suggestion is the
Author:	[Not Specified]
Posted:	2014-03-07 10:29

Trelane's suggestion is the best approach, put all those user devices in say /Desktops or /NotMonitored. Then set your trigger to say "device class not /Desktops". That way Zenoss will still show them up/down but won't generate an alert.

The other option is to change the configuration properties for each one and disable ping monitoring.

Hydruid

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Subject:	Having a hard time figuring
Author:	[Not Specified]
Posted:	2014-03-07 10:57

Having a hard time figuring this one out again. Looking under triggers I only have the one MSExchange..

Are you saying I should create a new trigger, for NotMonitored, then set the rule to be "Device Class contains /Not Monitored"

( i do have a class called that BTW)

But how do I set the suppression of the notifications

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Subject:	I think you are confused on
Author:	[Not Specified]
Posted:	2014-03-07 12:18

I think you are confused on your terminology. It seems like you want to silence the Critical Events that occur from when a laptop is powered off or disconnected.

The easiest solution for that, is to set the Configuration Properties for each laptop/desktop to ignore ping = yes. That way it won't try to ping them. Then only bind the ping template to your /NotMonitored. Problem solved :P

I was confused since you said notification, I assumed you had created a trigger create a notification (email), but that was not the case.

Hydruid

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Subject:	Exactly.. but I'm still
Author:	[Not Specified]
Posted:	2014-03-07 14:52

Exactly.. but I'm still having trouble understanding. I 'm not sure why other than a lack of experience. I think I'm going to delete these devices.. i mean I don't need them monitored anyway right Plus that beats configuring each, individual device.

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Subject:	That is what I would do, no
Author:	[Not Specified]
Posted:	2014-03-10 09:14

That is what I would do, no reason to monitor desktops and laptops!

Hydruid