<div>Hi Grace,</div>
<div>Try to increase max_check_attemps. Let nagios accept a host is in DOWN status after at least 5 checks.</div>
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<div>If it is important for you to be aware of a DOWN status of a host in max. 2 minutes, then make nagios check intervals base on seconds (instead of minutes). Then make max_check_attemps to be 6 but totally taking 2 minutes with a delay of 20 seconds each.
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<div>Sorry for my English.</div>
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<div>Dinçer<br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">2007/3/24, grace ingabire <<a href="mailto:ingabireg@terracom.rw">ingabireg@terracom.rw</a>>:</span>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Hello,</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I' m using nagiosVersion 2.0 and sometimes nagios delivers wrong status like the device is down as you can see it here although the device is not.</span>
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<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Notification Type: PROBLEM</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Host: cisco_7204_157_194</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">State: DOWN</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Address: <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://196.12.157.194/" target="_blank">196.12.157.194</a></span></font></p>
<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Info: $</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Date/Time: Sat Mar 24 09:35:48 CAT 2007</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The service that has been defined is "ping" </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">define service{</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> use generic-service ; Name of servic</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">e template to use</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> host_name cisco_7204_157_194</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> service_description PING</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> is_volatile 0</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> check_period 24x7</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> max_check_attempts 2</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> normal_check_interval 2</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> retry_check_interval 1</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> contact_groups cpl</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> notification_options w,u,c,r</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> notification_interval 960</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> notification_period 24x7</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> check_command check_ping!30.0,5%!60.0,10%</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">What could be the problem?</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I would like to have more info on this check_command check_ping!30.0,5%!60.0,10%</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Thanks for your support</span></font></p>
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