How to make the best use of reports with no DB backend running

[Patrick McShane]

Hi all,


I am running Nagios 1.1 on a Redhat 9.0 server.  Apache auth and cgi's seem fine (using pam_ldap
and Apache mod_pam modules for .htaccess for group auth).

I am not yet collecting state data using MySQL but I am noticing that when I go to the "trends"
report, when I specify "first assumed state" (or any other state for that matter),  Nagios reports
100% for whatever state I choose.  Is there a recommended mix of form options that would
show some more trustworthy information?  "Assume initial state" and "Assume state retention" 
are always "yes".   I have nagios.cfg set to "retain_state_information=1".   

Any feedback in how to better use the reports section would be helpful.

Does this all become more clear when storing data to MySQL?  In other words,
do the reports show more meaning full data when a DB backend is in use?


(How to interpret 41.94% and (99.746%))???
nticdc02 41.974% (99.746%)0.107% (0.254%)0.000% (0.000%)57.919% 


(Why is this system shown 100% Undetermined?)
nticdc03 0.000% (0.000%)0.000% (0.000%)0.000% (0.000%)100.000%

They are both running check_host_alive, check_ping, and check_nt.



Thanks,
Pat


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