notifications_enabled

[Bill Gibbs]

Yes, that definetly fixed the problem.

Thanks,

Bill

----- Original Message -----
From: <Volker.Aust at premiere.de>
To: <nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net>
Cc: <bgibbs at edurotech.com>; <tdeblend at gcc.dhl.com>
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 10:47 AM
Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] notifications_enabled


> Bill,
>
> IIRC your problem have to do with retention. You have enabled retention of
> nonstatus information (eg. notification enabled, active checks enabled,
...)
> in your template (retain_nonstatus_information 1). If you want that Nagios
> is reading your config from the config file and not from the retention
file,
> set retain_nonstatus_information 0 in your service definition (only for
this
> service) or in your template (for all services that uses this template).
>
> Tom: I don't know whether check_period is remebered in the retention file.
>
> -vol
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bill Gibbs [mailto:bgibbs at edurotech.com]
> > Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 3:36 PM
> > To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] notifications_enabled
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >     I removed the references in the config files, restarted nagios and
> > verified they no longer showed up.  I then put back the
> > config and restarted
> > nagios - and viola the looked correct.
> >
> >     So it does appear to be a bug.
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tom DE BLENDE" <tdeblend at gcc.dhl.com>
> > To: "Bill Gibbs" <bgibbs at edurotech.com>
> > Cc: <nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net>
> > Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 3:36 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] notifications_enabled
> >
> >
> > > Dear Bill,
> > >
> > > Funny you should mention this. I have seen some weird stuff
> > happening
> > > as well when I was porting our Netsaint installation to Nagios a few
> > > weeks ago. If I recall correctly, I had a passive service check
> > > defined as follows:
> > >
> > > <snip>
> > >         check_period                    24x7
> > >         check_command                   check_ping
> > > <snip>
> > >
> > > As you can see, this is wrong, as this service check should never be
> > > executed actively. So I changed the configuration of those services
> > > to:
> > >
> > > <snip>
> > >         check_period                    none
> > >         check_command                   check_ping
> > > <snip>
> > >
> > > I restarted the service, but the strange thing was that
> > these changes
> > > did not take effect. The service was still checked with
> > check_ping. I
> > > stopped the service, waited and started it again: same thing: the
> > > changes were not applied. After double checking everything, I had to
> > > cut this service from the services file, restart Nagios, verify that
> > > the service was gone, paste the exact same code in place again, and
> > > restart Nagios yet another time. This time the changes were applied.
> > >
> > > As I pasted the same configuration (cut and paste), I'm pretty
> > > confident that it is a bug. As I was quite busy at that time, I
> > > couldn't find the time to post it here, and I forgot. But
> > now that you
> > > post this similar behavior, I think that this should get some more
> > > attention.
> > >
> > > Anyone else experienced similar oddities?
> > >
> > > Kind regards,
> > > Tom
> > >
> > >
> > > Bill Gibbs wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I have a hosts.cfg file copied from the sample config.
> > > >
> > > > notifications_enabled is set to 1.
> > > >
> > > > I have a few hosts, where Iset notifications_enabled to 0
> > - and when I
> > click
> > > > "host detail" I see a little icon of a bullhorn with an X over it.
> > > >
> > > > However, I want to reenable notifications for that host.
> > I removed that
> > > > line, restarted nagios (/etc/init.d/nagios restart) but
> > the icon still
> > > > appears.  When I click the name of the host, it says "Host
> > notifications:
> > > > DISABLED".  I even tried to say notifications_enabled 1
> > specific in that
> > > > config block yet there is no change.
> > > >
> > > > Nagios version: 1.0 from 11/24/2002
> > > >
> > > > Template:
> > > >
> > > > define host{
> > > >     name                generic-host    ; The name of this host
> > template -
> > > > referenced in other host definitions, used for template r
> > > > ecursion/resolution
> > > >     notifications_enabled       1   ; Host notifications
> > are enabled
> > > >     event_handler_enabled       1   ; Host event handler
> > is enabled
> > > >     flap_detection_enabled      1   ; Flap detection is enabled
> > > >     process_perf_data       1   ; Process performance data
> > > >     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
> > > > HOST, JUST A TEMPLATE!
> > > >     notification_interval   0 ; send only one notification
> > > >     notification_period 24x7 ; do it 24 hours a day 7 days a week
> > > >     notification_options    d,u,r ; send notification on down,
> > unreachable
> > > > and recovery
> > > >     check_command   check-host-alive
> > > >     max_check_attempts   10
> > > >     }
> > > >
> > > > Example host:
> > > >
> > > > define host{
> > > >     use    generic-host
> > > >     host_name   somehost
> > > >     alias   Some Alias
> > > >     address x.x.x.x
> > > >     parents someparent
> > > >     notifications_enabled   0
> > > >     }
> > > >
> > > > I remove notifications_enabled and there is no change in the GUI
> > output - it
> > > > still apparently thinks notifications are disabled.
> > > >
> > > > Bill "Elvis" Gibbs
> > > > Eduro Technologies, Inc.
> > > > main 240-529-2000 | fax 301-662-9552 | cell 301-748-5418
> > > >
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