where is the status.sav file

[Marc Powell]

Lower your retention update interval and restart nagios. Right now it's
set to once every 60 minutes.

marc

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jgking at packetstorm.org [mailto:jgking at packetstorm.org]
> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 1:14 PM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Nagios-users] Re: where is the status.sav file
> 
> 
> ok i found a way to save the file but cant this be automagically done
via
> the config?
> 
> basically i send a HUP to the nagios process and viola! status.sav
file.
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 jgking at portal.packetstorm.org wrote:
> 
> >
> > a day or so ago i got a response on one of my questions and the
poster
> > refered me to look at the status.sav file.
> >
> > so i checked /usr/local/nagios/var
> >
> > the status.log is there, but no status.sav
> >
> > So i go and check the nagios.cfg file and all the lines detailing
the
> > status.sav file are active.
> >
> > retain_state_information=1
> > state_retention_file=/usr/local/nagios/var/status.sav
> > retention_update_interval=60
> >
> > The comments in the nagios.cfg refer to setting a flag named
> > preserve_state_information.
> >
> > # STATE RETENTION FILE
> > # This is the file that Nagios should use to store host and
> > # service state information before it shuts down.  The state
> > # information in this file is also read immediately prior to
> > # starting to monitor the network when Nagios is restarted.
> > # This file is used only if the preserve_state_information
> > # variable is set to 1.
> >
> > So i tried setting it in the nagios.cfg file
> >
> > Error in configuration file '/usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg' -
Line 20
> > (UNKNOWN VARIABLE)
> >
> > Then i figured id set it in the general service template
> >
> > Error: Could not add object property in file
> > '/usr/local/nagios/etc/services.cfg' on line 34.
> >
> > So i tried it not in the template but in an actual host object in
the
> > services file:
> >
> > Error: Could not add object property in file
> > '/usr/local/nagios/etc/services.cfg' on line 53.
> >
> >
> >
> > Then i went to lunch ....
> >
> >
> > Realized while walking back, rtfm idiot. so i check the faq and
search
> the
> > mailling list at sourceforge (that search function acts broke it
always
> > returns a blank page). No luck either.
> >
> >
> > So would someone enlighten me on how one gets this file to be saved?
> >
> >
> > Oh and the directory perms are correct and im running it as the
nagios
> id.
> >
> >
> > thanks!
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
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