<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)">  <style>  </style>  </head> <body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> The change becomes HARD after max_check_attempts, no? So just set max_check_attempts to 1.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> ??<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </div> From: nagios-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Peter Lauda Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 2:36 PM To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Force notification?<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> <div> Well... I have nrpe running on the box where I want this process monitored. So perhaps I didn't explain well enough. The check I need for the named process is easy enough using check_nrpe/nrpe and the check_total_procs plugin with the -c "command name" for the process itself. So the check is working fine but even when it fails basd on my threshold values for the # of these processes I want to see, the state change is only SOFT - critical. <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Does that make more sense?<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Thanks...<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> --p<o:p></o:p> </div> <blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt; margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'> <div> ----- Original Message ----- <o:p></o:p> </div> <div style='font-color:black'> From: <a href="mailto:mkoponick@redhawk.info" title="mkoponick@redhawk.info">Mike Koponick</a> <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> To: <a href="mailto:plauda@rx30.com" title="plauda@rx30.com">Peter Lauda</a> ; <a href="mailto:nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net" title="nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net">nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net</a> <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 4:27 PM<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Force notification?<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <o:p> </o:p> </div> I’m sure others may have more information, but in order to create a notification you need to “create” a hard state change. Having said that, you would need to run some sort of check command that would check what you wanted, in your case it would be a number of named process.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Mike<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> -----Original Message----- From: <a href="mailto:nagios-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net">nagios-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net</a> [mailto:nagios-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Peter Lauda Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 1:23 PM To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Nagios-users] Force notification?<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <div> have read as much doc on notifications as I can find. Everything refers to the idea that Nagios will send notifications for hosts or service that experience a HARD state change. Well, Ok... but I want to monitor a service, say a process by name on an nrpe monitored server. If the number of that named process drops below X I want to get a notification. Is this possible or is there some way that I can force that situation to CREATE a HARD state change? I always see it in the logs as a SOFT change and of course, no notification. <o:p></o:p> <div> <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Any advice very much welcome.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> --p<o:p></o:p> </div> </div> </blockquote> </div> </body> </html>