Just use the built in feature for this: is_volatile. See http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/2_0/volatileservices.html
Regards, Martin Melin On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 10:41 PM, Alberto Menichetti <alb.meniche...@tai.it> wrote: > Hi all, > > I noticed the same strange behavior, but I don't think it's the right > behavior. > Operating in this way, a linkDown trap will be notified only once (in fact > the sender device will generate a single trap in response to state change). > Is it possibile to modify this behavior? > > > > Hall, JC wrote: > > After some testing, it looks like it will only re-notify after receiving > another passive check result. It won't simply re-notify because it's still > in a non-ok state after the notification_interval has expired. So to combat > this I just used the check freshness attribute to re-execute my external > script and feed the passive check result into nagios and thus re-sending a > non-ok notification at what would have been the interval for notifications. > > So technically my external scripts are running at every interval to check > the freshnes, not only when it's called for by my event_handler from another > active service check... which I'm ok with. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andreas Ericsson [mailto:a...@op5.se] > Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 5:00 AM > To: Nagios Users List > Cc: Hall, JC > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Notifications on passive service checks > > On 11/11/2010 11:27 PM, Hall, JC wrote: > > > Is it accurate that Nagios will only send 1 notification for a > passive service check? > > IE, the notification_interval definition for a passively checked > service won't instruct Nagios to re-send a notification such as with > actively checked services? > > > > To be honest, I haven't got the faintest idea. An educated guess is > that it will re-send the notification if it receives another passive > check-result and enough time has passed though, or that it simply > re-sends the notification when enough time has passed. > > If you try and find out, let me know either way and I'll amend the > docs. > > > > -- > TAI S.r.l. > > Alberto Menichetti > Area Mercato - Ingegneria dei Sistemi > System Engineer > > 50141 Firenze - Via Pazzagli, 2 > Voice: +39 055 42661 - Fax +39 055 4266356 > 56125 Pisa - Viale Gramsci, 12 > Voice: +39 050 220221 - Fax: +39 050 24421 > > e-mail: alb.meniche...@tai.it > http://www.tai.it > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > COMUNICAZIONE AI SENSI LEGGE 196/03 > Il presente messaggio di posta elettronica viene inviato al Vostro indirizzo > email, che abbiamo acquisito da Vostre Visite, da incontri commerciali, > elenchi di pubblico dominio, Vostre precedenti comunicazioni. Il Vostro dato > in questione e' in possesso di TAI S.r.l., che lo ha immagazzinato in > formato elettronico. Tali informazioni non saranno divulgate a terzi. Se > desiderate verificare, cancellare o modificare i dati in nostro possesso, > inviate fax al numero 0554266356. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports > standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 & L3. > Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great > experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today > http://p.sf.net/sfu/msIE9-sfdev2dev > _______________________________________________ > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 & L3. Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today http://p.sf.net/sfu/msIE9-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ 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