Ahh, I understand now. Thanks for the clarification and for your input. > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas Stocking [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 4:04 PM > To: Prigge Scott > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Host/Service State Log Entries > > Scott, > Marc is right - this is neither a bug, nor a > misconfiguration. It is purposeful behavior. It was added to > Nagios by the developer as a fix for another issue with the > reports. You can't control it without modification to the > source code, unless both you and I and Marc are all missing something. > I also see these log entries at log rotation, regardless of > my log_initial_states setting. If I enable this option I > *also* see these at, or just after, restart, and it balloons > my log files in large systems, hence I refrain from setting > it. I tolerate the entries at log rotation, though I admit > that it would be nice to be able to turn these off :) Thomas > > Prigge Scott wrote: > > It's not clear to me where you got your description from. This > > description is taken from the Main Configuration File Options page, > > and its pretty clear to me from that it is the option to > control the > > behavior I'm referring to: > > ********************************* > > Initial States Logging Option > > > > Format: log_initial_states=<0/1> > > Example: log_initial_states=1 > > > > This variable determines whether or not Nagios will force > all initial > > host and service states to be logged, even if they result in an OK > > state. Initial service and host states are normally only > logged when > > there is a problem on the first check. Enabling this option > is useful > > if you are using an application that scans the log file to > determine > > long-term state statistics for services and hosts. > > > > * 0 = Don't log initial states (default) > > * 1 = Log initial states > > ********************************* > > > > It just doesn't seem to have any effect on my system. So > the question > > I'm struggling with is whether this is a purposeful > behavior as Marc > > describes? Is it a bug? Or is it some misconfiguration on > my part? If > > the log_initial_states=0 option is set on your system and > you are not > > seeing those log entries, then there is likely a > misconfiguration on > > my system. But even if that's the case, it doesn't correlate with > > Marc's assertation that the inclusion of these entries is > intentional > > and irreversable. If Marc's assertation is incorrect, then > there must > > be some way to control the behavior - but what are the correct > > options? It obviously isn't entirely controlled by this option, > > otherwise I could control it. > > > > > >> Well, the "log_initial_states" option has this description: > >> "If you want Nagios to log all initial host and service > states to the > >> main log file (the first time the service or host is > checked) you can > >> enable this option" > >> It then goes on to recommend against setting this option > unless you > >> are using an external application that does long-term state > >> statistics reporting. > >> > >> What I have observed its effect to be is to write out a > snapshot of > >> the state of each host and service to the log file on restart of > >> nagios. > >> This would be useful in some situations, I suppose. I > leave it off, > >> for the same reasons you mention. > >> Thomas > >> > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join > > SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > > your opinions on IT & business topics through brief > surveys-and earn > > cash > > > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEV > > DEV _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > >
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