Check_MK Werk 2225: Restructured Event Console rules into packs

ID: 2225 Title: Restructured Event Console rules into packs Component: Event Console Level: 2 Class: New Feature Version: 1.2.7i1 The Event Console now groups event rules into <i>Packs</i>. If you update to the new version you will find all your existing rules to be contained in the pack <i>Default rule pack</i>. The execution of the rules within a pack is just as it was in the global list of rules before. But now you can have several packs. The execution of the rules is done in the order of the packs and within each pack in the order there. This helps you to keep on overview - especially if you have a lot of rules. But there are a couple of more advantages from the packs: <ul> <li>You can easily reorder packs as a whole</li> <li>Packs can be disabled as a whole</li> <li>Event simulation can show matching rules on the level of the packs</li> <li>Rules can be moved from one pack to another</li> <li>A new rule option in <i>Actions and Outcome</i> can be used to have a rule skip all other rules in the same pack and continue with the next one. That way you can for example create a pack <i>Oracle</i>. As a first rule you match for <tt>(?!ORA-)</tt> and set the rule type to <i>Skip this rule pack</i>. That way if a message arrives that does <i>not</i> contain <tt>ORA-</tt> all of the following rules in that pack will <i>not</i> by tried out. This can make your configuration easier and also will speed up the Event Console since the number of rule tries is being reduced.</li> </ul>