Hi Ludse, this issue was completely lost in space, sorry about that.
[quoting fixed to get things back in context] On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 06:05:00PM +0100, Ludse Verhoeven wrote: > Marc Haber wrote: >> I would like one event handler to be re-executed just in case it >> failed for the first time. The docs >> (http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/eventhandlers.html) say "you >> don't want that", but I am fairly confident that I want it in this case. I forgot to mention that this is a host event handler. >> I have a nagios host in a unattended site which generally gets its >> internet access from the site network. In case of a site network >> failure, the host needs to dial in to the Internet via modem to be >> reachable for debugging purposes. >> >> The nagios installation monitors a host on the Internet and has an >> event handler connected with this host which will initiate the dial-up >> when the "Internet host" goes into a HARD DOWN state. >> >> I would like this event handler to be re-executed in case the dial-up >> connection doesn't come up or goes down _before_ nagios has detected >> that the "Internet host" is UP again. >> >> Is there any way to accomplish this or am I better of with a cronjob >> which will initiate the dial-up from outside nagios? > Maybe the "is_volatile" option is something for you (see: > http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/volatileservices.html) Unfortunately, is_volatile seems to be a service only option, and I am checking the host. When I define a service to that host which has the is_volatile option set, the service event handler is never called since the service is not checked again once the host is in DOWN state. Any additional hints? Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 3221 2323190 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OpenSolaris 2009.06 is a cutting edge operating system for enterprises looking to deploy the next generation of Solaris that includes the latest innovations from Sun and the OpenSource community. Download a copy and enjoy capabilities such as Networking, Storage and Virtualization. Go to: http://p.sf.net/sfu/opensolaris-get _______________________________________________ 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
