Re: [Nagios-users] Variables for determining time before first alert

2013-05-07 Thread Justin T Pryzby
On Wed, May 08, 2013 at 12:33:19AM -0400, Alex wrote: > > http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/objectdefinitions.html > > Thanks for your help. I've actually read quite a bit of that, and I'm > still confused. It wasn't clear that max_check_attempts is the number > of attempts that are made for

Re: [Nagios-users] Variables for determining time before first alert

2013-05-07 Thread Alex
Hi, > Hi, I apologize for the terse reply, but I think you will find all the > answers to your questions here - > > http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/objectdefinitions.html Thanks for your help. I've actually read quite a bit of that, and I'm still confused. It wasn't clear that max_check_a

[Nagios-users] Help reviewing current configuration

2013-05-07 Thread Alex
Hi all, I've worked hours and hours on trying to get these notifications working properly and I'm still confused. I really hoped someone could review my configuration to determine where I might be doing something wrong, and provide any suggestions for improvement. I have a handful of critical serv

Re: [Nagios-users] Variables for determining time before first alert

2013-05-07 Thread James Pratt
Hi, I apologize for the terse reply, but I think you will find all the answers to your questions here - http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/objectdefinitions.html Cheers, James From: Alex [mysqlstud...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2013 8:57 PM To

[Nagios-users] Variables for determining time before first alert

2013-05-07 Thread Alex
Hi all, I'm trying to configure a nagios server that was set up a long time ago, but has never worked correctly. I'm trying to understand all the variables that are involved in controlling the time before the first notify-by-email alert is sent for a regular service and one that I've configured as

[Nagios-users] clamav socket check times out

2013-05-07 Thread Alex
Hi, I have an fc17 box with nagios-3.4.4 and using the clamd plugin, among others, to check on my systems. For some reason the clamd plugin very frequently times out when run through nrpe: command[check_procs_clamd]=/usr/lib64/nagios/plugins/check_clamd -H /var/spool/amavisd/clamd.sock -t 15 Eve

Re: [Nagios-users] Escalation issues

2013-05-07 Thread Alex
Hi, >> I have also interval_length=60 in nagios.cfg. I don't understand why >> admins-escal isn't consulted after three consecutive attempts at >> communicating with the service. What am I doing wrong? > > This is a silly question, but are there contacts who are members of the > admins-escal grou