help tweaking critical timeout please!

[Evan Mann]

Service check is set to 60 and host check is set to 30, these are default
configurations unaltered by me.  Would something else be wrong?


-----Original Message-----
From: Marc Powell [mailto:mpowell at ena.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 4:33 PM
To: Evan Mann; nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] help tweaking critical timeout please!


In nagios.cfg:

service_check_timeout=30
host_check_timeout=30

--
Marc

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Evan Mann [mailto:emann at questinc.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 3:22 PM
> To: 'nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net'
> Subject: [Nagios-users] help tweaking critical timeout please!
> 
> I get host DOWN e-mails more frequently than I'd desire, ex:
> 
> ***** Nagios 1.0b6 *****
> Notification Type: PROBLEM
> Host: north-router-ext
> State: DOWN
> Address: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
> Info: CRITICAL - Plugin timed out after 10 seconds
> Date/Time: Wed Nov 20 15:49:34 EST 2002
> 
> Everything is a basic setup, checking the service and then the host,
both
> the same IPs are being checked each time.
> 
> My check_ping command is as follows: $USER1$/check_ping -H
$HOSTADDRESS$ -
> w
> 3000,80% -c 5000,100% -p 1
> My check_host_alive uses the same parameters
> 
> How do I tweak my setup so I don't get the CRITICAL host DOWN e-mails
when
> the plugin times out after 10 seconds.  I'd like to extend that # to
30
> seconds or more.
> 
> 
> 
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