host check strangeness - odd behavior in Nagios scheduling queue

[Andreas Ericsson]

Frater, Greg J wrote:
> Greetings All, 
> 
> I'm seeing a problem with our host check scheduling.  There are two
> major issues, I can't tell if they are symptoms of the same problem or
> two separate issues.  I've provided the configs and information that I
> know to be applicable, if there's other pertinent information please let
> me know, I'm more than happy to provide it.  
> 
> First Here's my Nagios config:
> Single Nagios box (no distributed setup)
> 64-bit RHEL 5.3
> Nagios 3.1.2 (I upgraded from 3.0.6 to see if that would fix the issues)
> 
> 
> Problem 1. Some host checks are getting *stuck* in scheduling queue.
> When I look at the scheduling queue these hosts are always listed with
> the 'last check' time the same as it's 'next check' time.  See attached
> screen shot (problem 1).  They typically stay at the top of the queue
> for an hour or two.
> 

Does this problem persist if you specify active_checks_enabled specifically
in the host object definition itself?

> 
> Problem 2.  Many of our hosts are not running host checks, they are in
> the scheduling queue but don't execute.  Looking at the scheduling queue
> I can see many of the hosts that have host 'last check' times from
> several weeks ago.  They show up in the queue but never run their host
> checks (or don't seem to).  These same hosts run service checks on time
> without issue.  Screen shot attached (problem 2).
> 

Does this problem persist if you specify active_checks_enabled specifically
in the host object definition itself?

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