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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hi.  I spent some time looking around in the archive. 
While I found similar items, I couldn’t find anything that matched my
problem.</span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I have installed the NSCA Client on a W2K server and
configured external commands and NSCA on the Nagios server.  I followed the
documentation as closely as I could and also reviewed the numerous postings in
various sites; however, the Service Status remains at “Pending,”
even though several events have been sent to it.  If I look at /var/log/messages,
I can see several entries (two are listed below):</span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>From tail -f /var/log/messages:</span></font></p>

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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Sep 16 </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
 style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>21:23:59</span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> server1 nagios:
EXTERNAL COMMAND: PROCESS_SERVICE_CHECK_RESULT;cp-web1;Application
EventLog;2;Ap</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>plication [error] [nagioseventlog test #1]: Test message</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Sep 16 </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
 style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>21:24:44</span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> server1 nagios:
EXTERNAL COMMAND: PROCESS_SERVICE_CHECK_RESULT;cp-web1;Application
EventLog;2;Ap</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>plication [error] [nagioseventlog test #1]: Test message</span></font></p>

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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>

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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>If I look at the Nagios Event Log, I see the following:</span></font></p>

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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>[</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
 style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>09-16-2005</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> 21:24:44]
EXTERNAL COMMAND: PROCESS_SERVICE_CHECK_RESULT;cp-web1;Application
EventLog;2;Application [error] [nagioseventlog test #1]: Test message</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>[</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
 style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>09-16-2005</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> 21:</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>23:59</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>] EXTERNAL
COMMAND: PROCESS_SERVICE_CHECK_RESULT;cp-web1;Application
EventLog;2;Application [error] [nagioseventlog test #1]: Test message</span></font></p>

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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>cp-web1 is defined in the host definition as well as for several
services.  For the NSCA service definition, I have enabled Passive Checks
and disabled Active Checks.</span></font></p>

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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>From what I can tell, the information is getting to Nagios,
but it’s not showing up on the Service Status page (the status shows Pending
for over an hour now).</span></font></p>

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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Any help is appreciated.</span></font></p>

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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks</span></font></p>

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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Mike</span></font></p>

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