<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>Since this is a passive state , until it gets a state submissions from the NSCA it will be in a Pending state . The initial_state directive is for Active services AFAIK. <hr id="zwchr"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">From: "Alexander Tiurin" <alexanderyt@gmail.com> To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Friday, 2 December, 2011 1:17:06 PM Subject: [Nagios-users] A question about "initial_state" Hello! I added "initial_state&nbs p; u" to passive service template definition, but after restart Nagios, all passive service checks have the status "PENDING" , not "UNKNOWN" define service{ name passive-service retain_status_information <div id=":1qq"> 0 retain_nonstatus_information 0 active_checks_enabled 0 passive_checks_enabled 1 flap_detection_enabled 0 is_volatile 0 check_period 24x7 max_check_attempts 1 normal_check_interval 5 retry_check_interval 1 check_freshness 1 freshness_threshold 15 ; seconds initial_state u contact_groups admins check_command check_dummy!0 notification_interval 60 notification_period 24x7 notification_options w,u,c,r stalking_options w,c,u register 0 } Whats wrong? nagios3-3.2.0-4ubuntu2.2</div> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-novd2d _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null</div> </div></body></html>