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Title: Help with dynamic computer Groups
Post by: gprzybyl on November 15, 2004, 03:55:18 PM

I have created two dynamic groups one called Avast Systems Online.  The criteria I used for it is

AND
  Last Communication < MINUTESAGO(65)
  VPS version > '0'

and a group called Avast Systems Offline with the criteria:

AND
  Last Communication > MINUTESAGO(65)
  VPS version > '0'

This gives me the opposite results of what I would have expected.  The offline group contains all of the systems that HAVE communicated within the last 65 minutes the online group contains all the systems that HAVE NOT communicated within the last 65 minutes.  Am I reading the criteria wrong or is this a bug?

Title: Re:Help with dynamic computer Groups
Post by: Vlk on November 16, 2004, 06:01:57 PM

Yeah, sorry, this may sound a bit silly but time values are increasing as time flows. Morover, the LastCommunication field is an absolute value, not a difference to the current time.

So, if you evaluate

LastCommunication < MINUTESAGO(65)

and it's 14:05 (for simplicity), it's converted to

LastCommunication < 13:00

and therefore is matched by exactly those machines that have NOT communicated since 13:00.


Does that make any sense? ;D

Vlk