[Devmon] ignore interface based on alias ID

[KING, K. (ATTSI) <KK...@at...>]

Is there a way to ignore an interface based on text in the alias? The
docs show:

    The exceptions file is contains rules which are only applied
  against repeater type data aliases.

  An example of a exceptions file is as follows:

  -<start file>-----------------------------

    ifName : alarm  : Gi.+
    ifName : ignore : Nu.+|Vl.+

  -<end file>-------------------------------

  You can see that each entry is on its on line, with three
  fields separated by colons.  The first field is the primary
  data alias that the exception should be applied against.  The
  second field is the exception type, and the third field is
  the regular expression that the primary alias is matched
  against.  Exception regular expressions (unlike non-numeric
  thresholds) ARE anchored, and thus need to match the primary
  oid EXACTLY.


What I would like to do is have the interface ignored if the text of the
alias (description) has something like "NEW TURNUP","NOT LIVE" or
"DECOM" .

The folks that do the port provisioning load the configs and the port
will be left in a down state. This keeps the Xymon display red for the
router.  How are other folks handling this?  Or is it as simple as an
exception using the "ifAlias" oid in the exceptions file?

Kevin H. King
Engineer V Implementations
AT&T 
404-444-0410
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