RES: Passive service notification after X minutes

[Mohr James]

Hi Dario!

Looks very interesting. I will take a look at it. Thanks!

Regards,

jimmo

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> Auftrag von Dario B. Bestetti
> Gesendet: Montag, 26. November 2007 17:41
> An: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Betreff: [Nagios-users] RES: Passive service notification 
> after X minutes
> 
> 
> James, I would try to use na event correlation mechanism to 
> pre-process the traps before sending it to Nagios. Try SEC 
> (http://kodu.neti.ee/~risto/sec/). It´s an elegant solution 
> for this sort of problem.
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> > -----Mensagem original-----
> > De: nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net 
> > [mailto:nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net] Em nome de Mohr 
> > James Enviada em: segunda-feira, 26 de novembro de 2007 14:03
> > Para: Nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> > Assunto: [Nagios-users] Passive service notification after X minutes
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Hi All!
> > 
> > We have an application that sends SNMP traps to a trap 
> server. Which 
> > then uses send_nsca to send status changes. The application 
> may notice 
> > a problem and send a trap, thus changing the status of the Nagios 
> > service, but the problem is self-correcting and the 
> application may be 
> > Ok within just a few seconds. However, the Nagios service 
> has become 
> > critical and thus send a notification. Not a happy thing at 
> 2AM when 
> > you are sound asleep.
> > 
> > Looking through the service definition I do not see anything that 
> > applies. If it were an active service, I could use 
> max_check_attempts.
> > However, in this cases, we only get the traps on every 
> status change, 
> > so if the service is down, the trap is set and thus the 
> notification 
> > is sent. Within the trap receiver, there is no way to wait 
> a specific 
> > period of time before sending the messages, only wait for X 
> traps in Y 
> > minutes.
> > 
> > I am at a loss as to how to get Nagios to wait for a 
> specific length 
> > of time before starting the notification other than creating some 
> > major kludge like tweaking the notification mechanism somehow. Any 
> > help is appreaciated.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Jim Mohr
> > 
> > 
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