Send SMS after X hours

[tohtor]

Hi,

My need is not difficult but I can't find a way to do it "properly".
I want to send a reminder SMS after X hours to a contactgroup which has already been notified by mail before.

It's like an escalation but an escalation in the way of how to notify.
I think I could use a different contact for sms notification (see below) but I don't like this method (I don't want to create new contact for each escalation in the way I notifiy)

# Template contact
define contact{
  # This is a template so do not register as a real user
  register             0
  
  contact_name           template-infra
  alias                   Template for contacts
  
  # Host notification part
  host_notifications_enabled    1
  host_notification_period     24x7 
  host_notification_options     d,u,r
  host_notification_commands    notify-host-by-mail
  
  # Service notification part
  service_notifications_enabled   1
  service_notification_period    24x7
  service_notification_options   w,u,c,r
  service_notification_commands   notify-service-by-mail
  
  retain_status_information     1
  retain_nonstatus_information   1
}

define contact{
  use       template-infra
  contact_name  infra-worker
  alias      John Doe
  email     jdoe@company.com
  pager      012345678910  ; contact phone number
  password    P@ssword
  is_admin    1
}

define contact{
  use       template-infra
  contact_name  infra-worker-sms
  alias      John Doe
  email     jdoe@company.com
  pager      012345678910  ; contact phone number
  password    P@ssword
  # Overwrite command from the template
  host_notification_commands    notify-host-by-sms
  service_notification_commands   notify-service-by-sms
  is_admin    1
}

define escalation{
  escalation_name     InfraEscalation
  first_notification_time 60
  last_notification_time 120
  notification_interval  30  
  contacts     infra-worker-sms
}

If you have an "elegant" way of doing this, you will be my jedi master.

Thanks,

tOHTor

[naparuba]

I don't see a clean way for this, maybe a new parameter for notification_ways like "min_number_notif" or something like this?