Macro

[Ethan Galstad]

Whoah - I was about to answer "$LASTSERVICESTATE$" like Andreas as well, 
because it seems like that macro should have existed for ages.  Alas, it 
hasn't, so it will be added to CVS shortly - along with 
$LASTSERVICESTATEID$, $LASTHOSTSTATE$, and $LASTHOSTSTATEID$.

Aaron Devey wrote:
> I don't see $LASTSERVICESTATE$ either, but it would be a handy addition. :)
> You should be able to pin this down (in most cases) by checking
> $LASTSERVICEOK$, $LASTSERVICEWARNING$, $LASTSERVICEUNKNOWN$, and
> $LASTSERVICECRITICAL$.  Whichever one is greatest should be the last
> service state.  You could also try comparing them to
> $LASTSERVICESTATECHANGE$.
> 
> Note that in some rare cases (and probably less-rare for volatile
> services) the service state can change twice or more within a second. 
> In those cases, deciphering the last service state using this method may
> not work.  However, events like this should not happen very often.
> 
> -Aaron
> 
> Haydn Solomon wrote:
>>
>> On 10/28/07, *Andreas Ericsson* <ae at op5.se <mailto:ae at op5.se>> wrote:
>>
>>     Haydn Solomon wrote:
>>     > Hello list,
>>     >
>>     > I was thinking of running different event handler scripts based
>>     on the state
>>     > transition in nagios ie. for example run a different script when
>>     state
>>     > changes from critical to OK as opposed to WARNING to OK. I was
>>     therefore
>>     > looking for any macro that would give me the laststate of a service>
>>
>>     $LASTSERVICESTATE$
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks for your reply Andreas but I ran a test and that macro doesn't
>> exist. I double checked the documentation and there are only macros
>> for timestamps of last service states. What I would really like to use
>> is the last service state either as string or integer id is fine. 
>>
>>     > but
>>     > could not find any in the list.  I checked in both the 2.x and
>>     > 3.xdocumentation but didn't see anything. Did I miss it?
>>
>>     Yup.
>>
>>     --
>>     Andreas Ericsson                   andreas.ericsson at op5.se
>>     <mailto:andreas.ericsson at op5.se>
>>     OP5 AB                             www.op5.se <http://www.op5.se>
>>     Tel: +46 8-230225                  Fax: +46 8-230231
>>


Ethan Galstad
Nagios Developer
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