Trends Graph not graphing short outage

[Mike McClure]

> Hey folks --

Hiya Peter!

> Just installed nagios 1.1.  I'm using it to track and document the high
> round trip times and packet loss so my business internet provider can fix
> it.

Sounds like a fine idea.  Hope you have a good SLA from them.

> The ping service registered a warning that lasted about 3-4 minutes, but
> that warning period does not show up on the graph, even though the graph
> shows the current accurate time.
>
> The history log:
> [10-14-2003 09:29:49] SERVICE ALERT: nambco-cable;PING;CRITICAL;SOFT;1;CRITICAL -
> Plugin timed out after 22 seconds
> [10-14-2003 09:30:49] SERVICE ALERT: nambco-cable;PING;OK;SOFT;2;PING OK - Packet
> loss = 0%, RTA = 36.01 ms
> [10-14-2003 09:46:49] SERVICE ALERT: nambco-cable;PING;WARNING;SOFT;1;PING WARNING -
> Packet loss = 0%, RTA = 124.70 ms
> [10-14-2003 09:47:49] SERVICE ALERT: nambco-cable;PING;OK;SOFT;2;PING OK - Packet
> loss = 0%, RTA = 40.86 ms
> [10-14-2003 16:59:50] SERVICE ALERT: nambco-cable;PING;WARNING;SOFT;1;PING WARNING -
> Packet loss = 35%, RTA = 45.78 ms
> [10-14-2003 17:00:49] SERVICE ALERT: nambco-cable;PING;OK;SOFT;2;PING OK - Packet
> loss = 0%, RTA = 81.64 ms
>
> The graph shows all green, with a starting point of (currently) October 13
> 17:22:36 and an endpoint of October 14 17:22:36.
>
> Is this a bug, or is this because I said "include start-up state" or
> whatever that feature is.

Which graph are you talking about?  Trends, Availability, or Alert Histogram?

As written, the only one that shows SOFT states is the Alert Histogram.  However,
you could very easily comment out the 'if(strstr(input_buffer,";SOFT;"))' statements
in the C code for those CGIs and recompile/reinstall to get the SOFT states in those
graphs.

Alternatively, you could set the "max_check_attempts" for the PING service to 1. 
That will make it go into a HARD state immediately.  But that will also trigger an
alert, that may or may not be something you want to happen.

I hate to tell you this, but I don't see anything lasting 3-4 minutes according to
your logs.

>
> Beckman
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Peter Beckman                                                  Internet Guy
> beckman at purplecow.com                             http://www.purplecow.com/
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>

Mmmmm..   Grape soda and ice cream...

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Thank you for providing supporting material!

-- 
Mike McClure, CCIE # 5125, CISSP # 30232
PNE Services, Inc. -  http://www.pneservices.com
mmcclure [at] pneservices [dot] com
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