In http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/2_0/xodtemplate.html it states:
retry_check_interval: This directive is used to define the number of "time units" to wait before scheduling a re-check of the service. Services are rescheduled at the retry interval when the have changed to a non-OK state. Once the service has been retried max_attempts times without a change in its status, it will revert to being scheduled at its "normal" rate as defined by the check_interval value. Unless you've changed the interval_length directive from the default value of 60, this number will mean minutes. "is used to define the number of "time units" to wait before scheduling a re-check of the service" What exactly does this mean? If a service check fails, then there is clearly a need to recheck the service. One would normally want to do a recheck of the service in question at a higher rate than the normal scheduled (a.k.a. "normal_check_interval" rate). Am I correct in this? If so, and if that is the purpose of retry_check_interval, then the above definition is wrong, because it states "number of "time units" to wait before scheduling a re-check". It does not say "number of "time units" to wait before re-checking". The difference here is that as defined it will wait retry_check_interval units of time and then only reschedule the check. Perhaps the confusion has to do with what it means to "schedule a check". I would think that in essence all future checks are "scheduled" in the sense that they are defined to take place at certain future times, as determined by their normal_check_interval and check_period definitions. But I am guessing that "schedule" in nagiosspeak actually means something analogous to placed into the queue for checking during the next available opportunity according to the current position of the service reaper. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null