Quirky issues - ditto (earn $100)

[jeff vier]

Hrm.

I'm not sure why it's not working for you - I did this same procedure
when I needed to 'clear' my services.

Perhaps I also had to set retain_state_information=0...  (it's been a
while)

On Wed, 2003-12-24 at 10:07, Ric Moseley wrote:
> That did not seem to work.  Do I need to completely stop nagios, delete the
> existing status file and start it back up again?  This is a huge deal b/c it
> has to go back through all of the hosts/services as new and it takes hours
> to catch up.  
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Ric. 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net
> [mailto:nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of jeff vier
> Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2003 9:46 AM
> To: Ric Moseley
> Cc: 'nagios-users'
> Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Quirky issues - ditto (earn $100)
> 
> Then, if you *want* a given service 'off', and then have to restart,
> it'll turn back on.
> 
> Think 4am power outage on a holiday weekend. *grin*
> 
> On Wed, 2003-12-24 at 09:40, Ric Moseley wrote:
> > What will changing it back do for me, why not leave it off?  
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net
> > [mailto:nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of jeff vier
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2003 9:15 AM
> > To: Ric Moseley
> > Cc: 'TIM MOORE'; nagios-users
> > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Quirky issues - ditto (earn $100)
> > 
> > The way you fix this is this:
> > 
> > 1. edit nagios.cfg and change use_retained_program_state=1 to
> > use_retained_program_state=0
> > 2. restart nagios (use the web interface)
> > 3. change use_retained_program_state back to '1'
> > 4. restart nagios again.
> > 
> > (the other "fixit" post was close, but wrong :))
> > 
> > On Wed, 2003-12-24 at 08:13, Ric Moseley wrote:
> > > I have this same issue with hosts and services that I have
> > > notifications turned on in the config files for the host/services but
> > > they show in the web interface that they are turned off.  They were
> > > once off but if you turn them on after the fact the only way to turn
> > > them back on is via the web interface.  I have 5000+ services
> > > (distributed system) and I can do it through the web (it takes too
> > > long)
> > > 
> > > I have $100 (payable via paypal) for anyone who can solve this problem
> > > for me.
> > > 
> > > Thanks.
> > > 
> > > Ric. 
> > > 
> > >  
> > > 
> > >                                    
> > > ______________________________________________________________________
> > > 
> > > From:nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net
> > > [mailto:nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of TIM
> > > MOORE
> > > Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2003 7:45 AM
> > > To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> > > Subject: [Nagios-users] Quirky issues?
> > > 
> > > 
> > >  
> > > 
> > > I have noticed a couple things about Nagios that don't seem to make
> > > sense.  Perhaps I'm just missing something and someone could shed some
> > > light.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > When I look under 'Service Detail' I have many devices that have their
> > > service notifications disabled by default.  I have
> > > notifications_enabled set to 1 on all service definitions in the
> > > services.cfg file.  The only way I can get them turned on is if I
> > > drill down each one and click 'Enable notifications for this
> > > service'.  This will take forever as I have 1100 devices in the
> > > database.  My settings for service notifications is [w,u,c,r].  Why is
> > > this?
> > > 
> > > 
> > >  
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Also, I had a device go down last night and no notification was sent. 
> > > Nagios says it was down for over 30 min, but nothing was sent.  I have
> > > service notification enabled for an oracle port but host notifications
> > > turned off.  Is it possible that if the host goes down and you have
> > > host notification turned off that it will take precedence over any
> > > service notifications and not send them?  That is the only thing I can
> > > figure.
> > > 
> > > 
> > >  
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --------------------------------------
> > > Tim Moore
> > > DNS/Linux/Cisco Admin
> > > ODJFS
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > 
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