First Host State Assumed (Faked Log Entry)

[Marc Powell]

This is not a problem unless a service on the host has failed during
your reporting period. The fact that you're using check_tcp instead of
check_ping for your host check is probably irrelevant in this case.
Nagios never checks the status of a host until a service on that host
fails. Nagios also will not lie to you about the status of a host. If it
hasn't checked it, it's undetermined (but assumed to be OK). You might
want to enable the option to log initial states in nagios.cfg. You'll
probably also need to Assume a initial state of OK when generating your
report.

http://www.nagios.org/faqs/viewfaq.php?faq_id=86&expand=false&showdesc=t
rue
http://www.nagios.org/faqs/viewfaq.php?faq_id=136&expand=false&showdesc=
false
http://www.nagios.org/faqs/viewfaq.php?faq_id=135&expand=false&showdesc=
false

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Marc
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From: lhill at groupit.com [mailto:lhill at groupit.com] 
Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 3:20 PM
To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [Nagios-users] First Host State Assumed (Faked Log Entry)



Someone started blocking icmp to a host we were monitoring. Once we
noticed this, we switched over to check_tcp on a listening port. Now,
when I look at the availability for this host, if I include any time
since the icmp first starting getting blocked,  I see only
"indeterminate" indications. The log files show: First Host State
Assumed (Faked Log Entry) 

Is there a way to force Nagios to recognize the server is up? 

Also, how do I get it sufficient data? As it is, the "undetermined"
section of the availability log shows "Insufficient Data" for a period
of over 9 days. This is longer than it took to get over the blocked icmp
issue, so why is it complaining? Can it not gather sufficient data if we
use check_tcp, rather than check_host? 



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