Undetermined states

[Marc Powell]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-
> admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Toni Van Remortel
> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 3:50 AM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Nagios-users] Undetermined states
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> I have nagios running for a few months now, and I configured it to use
a
> database to store all the data.
> 
> When I request a trend or availability histogram of any switch or
server
> that hasn't been down since the nagios start, it contains no data
until
> a moment the switch or server goes down. After that point, the data is
> collected nicely.
> 
> So the '% Time Undetermined' is for some hosts '100.000%' and for
others
> close to 0%.
> 
> Anybody a clue how this can be?

Nagios cannot determine the initial state of the host or service within
your selected reporting period.

http://www.nagios.org/faqs/viewfaq.php?faq_id=136

If you restart nagios often then logging of initial states on restart
will help as well.

--
Marc



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