> -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas Guyot-Sionnest [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 2:42 AM > To: Larry Low > Cc: 'Nagios Users Mailinglist' > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Notification Woes > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 14/02/08 03:21 PM, Larry Low wrote: > > Service X actively checked every 60 minutes. > > Service X passively monitored through SNMP Traps. > > > > Service X receives CRITICAL passively. E-mail to contact A. Modify > Service > > X to actively poll every 5 minutes till recovery. Email B after 3rd > > CRITICAL (10-15 minute delay). > > > > I can't use retry_interval because I want contact A to be notified > all the > > time and retry_interval is only used on SOFT states. > > > > I was thinking of executing a change in polling interval with an > event > > handler. > > > > Any insight? > > > > I'm also curious on how flap alerts are handled under > serviceescalation. I > > am assuming they are not. > > I'm not quite sure what you're trying, but a simpler solution might be > to have two services: > > 1 volatile service (passive, will notify on every trap received) > 1 active service (will have whichever max_check_attempt and > retry_interval you want, won't be affected by passive checks) > > If you need escalations on top of that you can define some. > > > Otherwise you're pretty much on your own. It's very difficult to > remotely understand every details of the logic you want (considering > there will be corner cases, etc). So basically understand how nagios > will react to each setting, or use something simpler as above ;) > > Thomas
Thanks for the input. I would like to avoid having separate services for the active and passive as it is the main reason I even use Nagios (easy to make sure active and passive alerts keep status accurate for a service). I am working on using an event handler to change the polling interval from 60 to 5 minutes on a non OK and 5 to 60 on an OK. I'm not sure how well this will work with passive checks but it seems like the best solution for me. I'm just worried about problems occurring and inconsistencies being created. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFHtV536dZ+Kt5BchYRAkZDAKD8Fi8FFAw/a9r/bnqNkituvaauvgCdH8Xm > 1eFuhM38mouu96GAmLc87Ck= > =Y/Il > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ 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