You need to keep all the of the .log files in (nagios)/var, the only historical data nagios stores stays in those files.
I use rsync every day to back up these files offsite, as we've got 18 months of data. -- Paul Weaver Systems Development Engineer News Production Facilities, BBC News > -----Original Message----- > From: Meyer Jerome [mailto:jerome.me...@baldata.ch] > Sent: 12 May 2009 14:56 > To: MAD > Cc: Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] report : Insufficient Data > > Thanks you Marc-André for your email! > > Ok but does that means that it will be impossible to > eliminate all undetermined data ? > Now, I'm still in a test phase and when I'll starting Nagios > in production phase, I don't like to have any zombies or > unknown datas! > It isn't any solutions? > > jérôme > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > Von: MAD [mailto:sri.lu...@free.fr] > > Gesendet: Dienstag, 12. Mai 2009 12:44 > > An: Meyer Jerome > > Cc: Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Betreff: Re: [Nagios-users] report : Insufficient Data > > > > To create its graphs, Nagios parses its log files. So if you delete > > them (or they are lost), it will be like Nagios wouldn't have been > > running for the period missing from the log file. For > example, if the > > log files from May the 2nd to May the 4th are missing, you > won't have > > any data on the status, the check results, etc... Nagios > would have ran, and so no graphs either. > > > > Marc-André > > > > > > ----- Mail Original ----- > > De: "Meyer Jerome" <jerome.me...@baldata.ch> > > À: Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Envoyé: Mardi 12 Mai 2009 12h26:40 GMT +01:00 Amsterdam / Berlin / > > Berne / Rome / Stockholm / Vienne > > Objet: [Nagios-users] report : Insufficient Data > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi > > > > > > > > Last week on Thursday I've stopped NAGIOS, deleted files under > > /var/nagios and restart it (NAGIOS)! > > > > Yesterday Nagios gives me Infos like these (when I choose > report period : > > Last Week) : > > > > > > > > > > > > UP Total:3d 10h 17m 9s Total_Time:48.98% Known_Time:100% > > > > Undetermined Insufficient Data:3d 13h 42m Total_Time:51s 51.02% > > > > All Total:7d 0h 0m 0s > > > > > > > > What means this "insufficient data"? > > How Nagios calculate this "availability report"? Give any some > > Lectures about « how interpreted Nagios graphs » ? > > How do we must considered these messages? http://www.bbc.co.uk/ This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal views which are not the views of the BBC unless specifically stated. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system. Do not use, copy or disclose the information in any way nor act in reliance on it and notify the sender immediately. Please note that the BBC monitors e-mails sent or received. Further communication will signify your consent to this. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanners deliver under ANY circumstances! Your production scanning environment may not be a perfect world - but thanks to Kodak, there's a perfect scanner to get the job done! With the NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanner you'll get full speed at 300 dpi even with all image processing features enabled. http://p.sf.net/sfu/kodak-com _______________________________________________ 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
