host checks, one more time!

[Tom DE BLENDE (DHL BE)]

http://www.nagios.org/faqs/viewfaq.php?faq_id=86

Irene Sakellarakis wrote:

>OK, that's what I figured. Thanks for the info!
>
>-Irene
>
>On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Rivanor P. Soares wrote:
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>>Irene,
>>
>>This is because you problably set the option "retain_status_information" in value equal to 1.
>>Reading the documentation we can see the following:
>>"This directive is used to determine whether or not status-related information about the host is retained across program restarts. This is only useful if you have enabled state retention using the retain_state_information directive. Value: 0 = disable status information retention, 1 = enable status information retention."
>>
>>Try to change this value to one different from what is in your config now. Then, restart nagios processes and check this out.
>>
>>I hope this resolves your problem.
>>
>>You don't need to thanks the "patience"! We all are here to try to help one each other. :)
>>
>>- Rivanor.
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: Irene Sakellarakis <irenes at wolfram.com>
>>Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 10:19:52 -0500 (CDT) 
>>To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
>>Subject: [Nagios-users] host checks, one more time!
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>>>I'm sorry, I know it's in the documentation, but I need confirmation on my 
>>>understanding of this function.
>>>
>>>I just restarted nagios (kill -HUP nagios), as I made some config changes. 
>>>
>>>As the hosts are getting rechecked, I'm getting a "Host Assumed to be up" 
>>>message. Is this because a restart of this nature retains the previous 
>>>state, thus not needing to do an actual check at this time?
>>>
>>>
>>>Thanks again for your patience!
>>>
>>>-Irene
>>>
>>>
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>>Rivanor P. Soares [w3b_kn0ws]
>>LPIC-1, CCNA
>>Sao Paulo - SP
>>Brazil
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