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How to get when server goes down status?

Anud
Path Finder

HI Team,

I want to get when server goes down time.

time status
6/2/2023 12:55 down
6/3/2023 12:52 down
6/4/2023 12:50 down
6/4/2023 12:46 up
6/4/2023 12:45 down
6/4/2023 12:45 down


MY output want to display server down at 12:45

6/4/2023 12:45 down


 Thanks in Advance..!!

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gcusello
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi @Anud,

the search depends on your events.

If in each event there's the status field, you could run something like this:

index=your_index
| stats last(status) AS status BY host
| search status="Down"

and schedule this search as an alert.

Ciao.

Giuseppe

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Anud
Path Finder

Thanks for the response..!!
This one tried giving all down status but i need  when down time started first for the server.

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Anud
Path Finder

Hi gcusello,
I want first down time server status, any idea 

timestatus
6/2/2023 12:55down
6/3/2023 12:52down
6/4/2023 12:50down
6/4/2023 12:46up
6/4/2023 12:45down
6/4/2023 12:45down


MY output want to display server down at 12:45

6/4/2023 12:45down
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