Undetermined states

[Lawrence, Lynne]

Folks,

We have also noticed this feature of nagios availability reporting.  Though
the options for selecting the initial state and/or backtracking through
archives supply a solution, the solution is really not very intuitive and is
difficult to explain to users.  I have been considering looking at the code
to see if dumping a current status into each log file as it is created (when
it is automatically rolled) might be a solution.  Does anyone familiar with
the code have any comments on whether this idea is likely to be effective or
problematic?

Thanks,

Lynne Lawrence
QSS/USCG
> > 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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