Thanks for the tip Marty.
On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Martin Hugo <martin_h...@hboe.org> wrote:
> I believe there Is a previous post about a bug in check_ping. Use
> check_icmp instead.****
>
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>
> HTH****
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>
> Marty****
>
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>
> *From:* Robert V. Bolton [mailto:rob...@robertvbolton.com]
> *Sent:* Saturday, August 20, 2011 12:06 PM
> *To:* nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> *Subject:* [Nagios-users] False Positive Results for check_ping****
>
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>
> I'm seeing a lot of false positive results from one of the host I'm
> monitoring with the check_ping plugin. Looking at the logs I see various
> degrees of packet lost for this host, but when a run the standard ping from
> the command line don't have any packet loss. Does anyone have any insight
> about this?
>
> --- Section From Log File ---
> Aug 20 08:55:29 monitor nagios: EXTERNAL COMMAND:
> PROCESS_SERVICE_CHECK_RESULT;gw-ssb-moria;Ping Check IPv4;0;PING OK - Packet
> loss = 50%, RTA = 0.57 ms
> Aug 20 08:55:35 monitor nagios: PASSIVE SERVICE CHECK: gw-ssb-moria;Ping
> Check IPv4;0;PING OK - Packet loss = 50%, RTA = 0.57 ms
> Aug 20 08:56:36 monitor nsca[25608]: SERVICE CHECK -> Host Name:
> 'gw-ssb-moria', Service Description: 'Ping Check IPv4', Return Code: '0',
> Output: 'PING OK - Packet loss = 37%, RTA = 0.56 ms'
> Aug 20 08:56:38 monitor nagios: EXTERNAL COMMAND:
> PROCESS_SERVICE_CHECK_RESULT;gw-ssb-moria;Ping Check IPv4;0;PING OK - Packet
> loss = 37%, RTA = 0.56 ms
> Aug 20 08:56:44 monitor nagios: PASSIVE SERVICE CHECK: gw-ssb-moria;Ping
> Check IPv4;0;PING OK - Packet loss = 37%, RTA = 0.56 ms
> Aug 20 08:57:44 monitor nsca[27186]: SERVICE CHECK -> Host Name:
> 'gw-ssb-moria', Service Description: 'Ping Check IPv4', Return Code: '0',
> Output: 'PING OK - Packet loss = 0%, RTA = 1.19 ms'
> Aug 20 08:57:48 monitor nagios: EXTERNAL COMMAND:
> PROCESS_SERVICE_CHECK_RESULT;gw-ssb-moria;Ping Check IPv4;0;PING OK - Packet
> loss = 0%, RTA = 1.19 ms
> Aug 20 08:57:53 monitor nagios: PASSIVE SERVICE CHECK: gw-ssb-moria;Ping
> Check IPv4;0;PING OK - Packet loss = 0%, RTA = 1.19 ms
> Aug 20 08:58:14 monitor nsca[27765]: HOST CHECK -> Host Name:
> 'gw-ssb-moria', Return Code: '0', Output: 'PING OK - Packet loss = 0%, RTA =
> 0.55 ms'
> Aug 20 08:58:16 monitor nagios: EXTERNAL COMMAND:
> PROCESS_HOST_CHECK_RESULT;gw-ssb-moria;0;PING OK - Packet loss = 0%, RTA =
> 0.55 ms
> Aug 20 08:58:23 monitor nagios: PASSIVE HOST CHECK: gw-ssb-moria;0;PING OK
> - Packet loss = 0%, RTA = 0.55 ms
> Aug 20 08:58:44 monitor nsca[28875]: SERVICE CHECK -> Host Name:
> 'gw-ssb-moria', Service Description: 'Ping Check IPv4', Return Code: '0',
> Output: 'PING OK - Packet loss = 50%, RTA = 0.54 ms'
> Aug 20 08:58:49 monitor nagios: EXTERNAL COMMAND:
> PROCESS_SERVICE_CHECK_RESULT;gw-ssb-moria;Ping Check IPv4;0;PING OK - Packet
> loss = 50%, RTA = 0.54 ms
> Aug 20 08:58:53 monitor nagios: PASSIVE SERVICE CHECK: gw-ssb-moria;Ping
> Check IPv4;0;PING OK - Packet loss = 50%, RTA = 0.54 ms
> Aug 20 08:59:46 monitor nsca[30278]: SERVICE CHECK -> Host Name:
> 'gw-ssb-moria', Service Description: 'Ping Check IPv4', Return Code: '0',
> Output: 'PING OK - Packet loss = 0%, RTA = 0.54 ms'
> Aug 20 08:59:48 monitor nagios: EXTERNAL COMMAND:
> PROCESS_SERVICE_CHECK_RESULT;gw-ssb-moria;Ping Check IPv4;0;PING OK - Packet
> loss = 0%, RTA = 0.54 ms
> Aug 20 08:59:54 monitor nagios: PASSIVE SERVICE CHECK: gw-ssb-moria;Ping
> Check IPv4;0;PING OK - Packet loss = 0%, RTA = 0.54 ms
>
> --- Results From Ping Command ---
> PING 172.30.0.3 (172.30.0.3) 56(84) bytes of data.
> 64 bytes from 172.30.0.3: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=0.531 ms
> 64 bytes from 172.30.0.3: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=0.563 ms
> 64 bytes from 172.30.0.3: icmp_seq=3 ttl=255 time=0.506 ms
> 64 bytes from 172.30.0.3: icmp_seq=4 ttl=255 time=0.554 ms
> 64 bytes from 172.30.0.3: icmp_seq=5 ttl=255 time=0.505 ms
> 64 bytes from 172.30.0.3: icmp_seq=6 ttl=255 time=0.561 ms
> 64 bytes from 172.30.0.3: icmp_seq=7 ttl=255 time=0.534 ms
> 64 bytes from 172.30.0.3: icmp_seq=8 ttl=255 time=0.499 ms
> 64 bytes from 172.30.0.3: icmp_seq=9 ttl=255 time=0.496 ms
> 64 bytes from 172.30.0.3: icmp_seq=10 ttl=255 time=0.554 ms
> 64 bytes from 172.30.0.3: icmp_seq=11 ttl=255 time=0.512 ms
>
> --- 172.30.0.3 ping statistics ---
> 11 packets transmitted, 11 received, 0% packet loss, time 10000ms
> rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.496/0.528/0.563/0.035 ms
>
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> Email: rob...@robertvbolton.com
> Web: http://robertvbolton.com
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