<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 6.0.6396.0"> <TITLE>Checks don't wait the desired 5 minutes before becoming critical and paging</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY>  I currently have my hosts / services setup to check every 60 seconds and to retry 5 times. By my understanding, it should take 5 minutes for me to be informed of a failed host. Is that correct? Below is an example of what is happening: I rebooted a host (quake). Nagios does retry 5 times as expected before paging. However, the retry interval ranges from 2 to 10 seconds, not 60. What can I do to force this back to 60 seconds? TIA! -Josh EXAMPLE: [09-05-2003 10:36:06] SERVICE ALERT: quake;homeseer;CRITICAL;HARD;1;Connection refused or timed out [09-05-2003 10:36:06] SERVICE ALERT: quake;smtp;CRITICAL;HARD;1;Connection refused or timed out [09-05-2003 10:36:06] HOST NOTIFICATION: josh;quake;DOWN;host-notify-by-email;Connection refused or timed out [09-05-2003 10:36:05] HOST NOTIFICATION: josh;quake;DOWN;host-notify-by-epager;Connection refused or timed out [09-05-2003 10:36:05] HOST ALERT: quake;DOWN;HARD;5;Connection refused or timed out [09-05-2003 10:36:02] HOST ALERT: quake;DOWN;SOFT;4;Connection refused or timed out [09-05-2003 10:35:59] HOST ALERT: quake;DOWN;SOFT;3;Connection refused or timed out [09-05-2003 10:35:58] SERVICE ALERT: quake;smtp;CRITICAL;HARD;1;Connection refused or timed out [09-05-2003 10:35:56] HOST ALERT: quake;DOWN;SOFT;2;Connection refused or timed out [09-05-2003 10:35:54] SERVICE ALERT: quake;homeseer;CRITICAL;HARD;1;Socket timeout after 10 seconds [09-05-2003 10:35:53] HOST NOTIFICATION: josh;quake;DOWN;host-notify-by-email;Connection refused or timed out [09-05-2003 10:35:53] HOST NOTIFICATION: josh;quake;DOWN;host-notify-by-epager;Connection refused or timed out [09-05-2003 10:35:53] HOST ALERT: quake;DOWN;HARD;5;Connection refused or timed out [09-05-2003 10:35:53] HOST ALERT: quake;DOWN;SOFT;1;Connection refused or timed out [09-05-2003 10:35:50] HOST ALERT: quake;DOWN;SOFT;4;Connection refused or timed out [09-05-2003 10:35:47] HOST ALERT: quake;DOWN;SOFT;3;Connection refused or timed out [09-05-2003 10:35:44] HOST ALERT: quake;DOWN;SOFT;2;Connection refused or timed out [09-05-2003 10:35:41] HOST ALERT: quake;DOWN;SOFT;1;Connection refused or timed out [09-05-2003 10:34:51] SERVICE ALERT: quake;homeseer;CRITICAL;SOFT;1;Connection refused by host [09-05-2003 10:34:28] SERVICE ALERT: quake;homeseer;CRITICAL;SOFT;1;Connection refused by host </BODY> </HTML>