Unknown state flapping

[Marc Powell]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-
> admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Aaron Macks
> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 8:53 PM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Unknown state flapping
> 
> hoping the description would have jogged a memory
> nagios master:
> Red Hat Linux release 8.0 (Psyche)
> nagios 1.1
> ssh used to check client, 3.4
> 
> plugin from nagios-plugins 1.4
> check_disk
> check_load
> client OS Red Hat Linux release 7.2 (Enigma)
> ssh version 2.9.2
> 
> the other client with the same problem has the same stats
> there are several other clients with the same stats that exhibit no
> problems
> 
> I've recopied all of the keys and plugins to the clients and
> rechecked the configs
> the commands that cause the hosts to be checked:
> hosts.cfg:
> define host{
> 	use			generic-host
> 	host_name		stern
> 	alias			stern
> 	address			192.168.1.240
> 	check_command		check-host-alive
> 	max_check_attempts	10
> 	notification_interval	60
> 	notification_period	24x7
> 	notification_options	d,u,r
> 	}
> 
> hostgroups.cfg:
> define hostgroup {
> 	hostgroup_name	....primarydb
> 	alias			Primary Database servers
> 	contact_groups	sysadmins
> 	members			..., stern, ...
> }
> 
> services.cfg:
> define service {
> 	use				normal-service
> 	hostgroup_name			...primarydb
> 	service_description		DISK
> 	check_command			ssh_check_disk!15%!8%
> 	}
> 
> checkcommands.cfg:
> define command {
> 	command_name	ssh_check_disk
> 	command_line	/apps/nagios/libexec/check_by_ssh -t 15 -H
> $HOSTADDRESS$ -C '/apps/nagios/libexec/check_disk -w $ARG1$ -c $ARG2$
> -e -X proc -X tmpfs -X devpts -X iso9660 -X usbdevfs'
> 	}


These all look good. Can you provide the status information for a
command when it returns an unknown status? I'd also try executing the
command above in a while loop at the command line and echo the exit
status. It's possible that there is other output that you are not seeing
through nagios that is causing the problem or that is at the least
informative.

--
Marc


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