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ignored_states command

The ignored_states command enables you to specify the states that you plan to exclude from the total time. It helps when you calculate the total time for a selected time span.

For example, assume an element is in Info state for 20 minutes out of an hour. If you mark Info as an ignored state, then the availability for that hour is calculated as uptime/40 minutes instead of uptime/60 minutes.

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Warning

If you change this setting, all summary data for all objects must be recalculated. During recalculations, reports will be unavailable, and there may be server performance impacts. BMC recommends you to change this setting only during off-hours.

The syntax for this command is: 

ignored_states [-h] [-i state(s)] [-display]

 Options and arguments for the ignored_states command

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Example

For (Windows): ignored_states -i OK,BLACKOUT

For (Solaris/Linux): ./ignored_states.sh -i OK,BLACKOUT

In the above example, you have ignored the OK and BLACKOUT states.

 

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