This is related to your max_check_attempts setting. If the service hasn't reached the max_checks yet, it's still 'soft' state. Once it hits the max_checks, it'll be hard state (and will get retained between restarts)
-----Original Message----- From: Lori Adams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 10:36 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Nagios-users] retention issue Nagios 1.2 Linux I'm using a couple of templates for this particular check. There are many services checks using this template. When one of these checks becomes critical, the status in status.log changes to say it's critical. If I stop/start nagios, then the status saved in status.sav is incorrect, and says "No data yet (service was in a soft problem state during state retention)". Here are the templates, before everyone tells me to turn on state retention: define service{ name generic-service-template ... retain_status_information 1 ; Retain status information across program restarts retain_nonstatus_information 1 ; Retain non-status information across program restarts ... register 0 ; DONT REGISTER THIS DEFINITION - ITS NOT A REAL SERVICE, JUST A TEMPLATE! } define service { use generic-service-template name server-template host_name server contact_groups admins register 0 } define service { use server-template name server-spool-template normal_check_interval 60 retry_check_interval 30 check_period workhours_with_weekend register 0 } define service { use server-spool-template service_description check check_command check_spool_nrpe!"-d /srv/smtp/Maildir/check -w 24hours -c 36hours -m 35000 -W 10000000 -C 20000000" } >From nagios.cfg: retain_state_information=1 retention_update_interval=60 use_retained_program_state=1 I ran these commands all immediately one after the other, to show what is happening. [EMAIL PROTECTED](var)# date; grep check status.log; /etc/init.d/nagios-prod stop; date; grep check status.sav; /etc/init.d/nagios-prod start; date; grep check status.log Fri Nov 18 10:23:24 PST 2005 [1132338202] SERVICE;server;spool-check;CRITICAL;1/4;SOFT;1132338029;1132339829;ACTIVE;1; 1;1;1132338037;0;OK;4225413;0;0;0;0;0;1;3;0;1;0;0.00;0;1;1;1;/srv/smtp/Maild ir/check last modified 11/14/05 16:49:00 Stopping network monitor: nagios Fri Nov 18 10:23:24 PST 2005 Starting network monitor: nagios 21897 ? 00:00:00 nagios-prod Fri Nov 18 10:23:26 PST 2005 [1132338205] SERVICE;server;spool-check;OK;1/4;HARD;1132338029;1132338377;ACTIVE;1;1;1;11 32338037;0;OK;4225581;0;0;0;0;0;1;0;0;1;0;0.00;0;1;1;1;No data yet (service was in a soft problem state during state retention) This is only happening when the checks using server-spool-template are in a critical state. Thanks, -Lori ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the JBoss Inc. Get Certified Today Register for a JBoss Training Course. Free Certification Exam for All Training Attendees Through End of 2005. For more info visit: http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7628&alloc_id=16845&op=click _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list [email protected] 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
