Undetermined states

[Andreas Ericsson]

Lawrence, Lynne wrote:
> 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.

I suggested this myself to Ethan, and he agreed that it was the best 
solution and told me he would implement it in CVS for 2.0. I haven't 
seen it there though, but it might be a new config option that I haven't 
read about yet.

>  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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Andreas Ericsson                   andreas.ericsson at op5.se
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