Issue with distributed Host checks

[Mike Lindsey]

I'm seeing oddities with my host checks.  These are all on 3.2.1, and I 
do not have Host dependencies for the hosts in question.

A worker node will detect a host as being down and send back a soft 
passive result.

In many cases, the master will then immediately perform an active host 
check which is NOT logged.  That host check will result in a hard state 
change, even though host checks are set for 2 retries at 1 minute intervals.

Anyone know what's going on, or do I need to go read the source?

Here's the relevant entries from the master node's nagios.cfg:
$ grep host nagios.cfg
accept_passive_host_checks=1
cached_host_check_horizon=15
check_for_orphaned_hosts=0
check_host_freshness=0
enable_predictive_host_dependency_checks=1
execute_host_checks=0
global_host_event_handler=event_handler
high_host_flap_threshold=20.0
host_check_timeout=30
host_freshness_check_interval=60
host_inter_check_delay_method=s
host_perfdata_file=/usr/local/nagios/var/host-perfdata.dat
host_perfdata_file_mode=a
log_host_retries=1
low_host_flap_threshold=5.0
max_host_check_spread=30
obsess_over_hosts=0
passive_host_checks_are_soft=1
retained_contact_host_attribute_mask=0
retained_host_attribute_mask=0
retained_process_host_attribute_mask=0
translate_passive_host_checks=0
use_aggressive_host_checking=0

And here's an example host object:
define host {
     host_name           xxxx
     address             xxxx
     hostgroups          
All,cres,cres-dbss,cres-prod-dbss,cres-prod-dbss.soma,dbss,linux2,soma
     check_command       check-host-alive
     max_check_attempts  2
     check_interval      3
     retry_interval      1
     active_checks_enabled    1
     passive_checks_enabled   1
     check_period        24x7
     obsess_over_host    1
     check_freshness     1
     flap_detection_enabled   1
     process_perf_data   0
     retain_status_information     1
     retain_nonstatus_information  0
     contact_groups      sysops
     notifications_enabled         1
     notification_interval         60
     notification_period           24x7
     notification_options          d,u,r,f
     notes_url           
https://xxxx/cacti/graph_view.php?action=preview&host_id=0&graph_template_id=0&filter=xxxx
     action_url          /nagios/cgi-bin/extui.py?host=xxxx.com
     _ENVIRONMENT        prod
     _HARDWARE           R710
     _LOCATION           soma
     _OS                 Linux 2.6.18-164.el5 #1 SMP Tue Aug 18 15:51:48 
EDT 2009 x86_64
     _PORTFOLIO          Encryption
     _PRODUCT            cres
     _PURPOSE            dbss
     _RACK               07--11
     _SERIAL             536QNM1
     _SOURCE             ASDB/Servers
     _SOURCE_URL         https://xxxx/servers/admin/servers/server/3363/
     __SNMP_COMMUNITY    xxxx
}

-- 
Mike Lindsey


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