Problem with "retry check interval"

[Alexander Schaefer]

Hello,

i am using Nagios 1.2 for monitoring in my network. I have about 90 hosts and
130 services in the nagios configuration. The problem, i am confrontatet now is
following. Per default each host will be checkes for availibility with
check_host_alive plugin. The check occures each 2 minutes and if the state of
this service is changed from OK to CRITICAL or WARNING, then "retry check
interval" for this service should check it 3 times with interval of 1 min.
befor sending notifications. That is defined ( at the host group level ) for
all hosts in my monitored environment:

define service {
    use    generic-service
    hostgroup_name    firewalls,mail-server,routers,switchs,win-server,WLAN
    service_description    PING
    contact_groups    nagios
    check_period    24x7
    notification_interval    120
    notification_options    w,u,c,r
    notification_period    24x7
    check_command    check-host-alive
    max_check_attempts    3
    normal_check_interval    2
    retry_check_interval    1
#   comment:    Check hosts availability
}

My problem-host X1_voicegate is defined in the group routers:
define hostgroup {
    hostgroup_name    routers
    alias    routers
    contact_groups    router-admins
    members X1_ras,X1_voicegate,rou2,rou3,rou-internet,rou-internet2 #
comment    Router host-group
}


But i can not understand why, the particular host X1_voicegate "retry check
interval" works with check delay of only 3 seconds??? This information i can
see in Nagios event log:

 [09-06-2004 13:46:12] HOST ALERT: X1_voicegate;DOWN;HARD;3;PING CRITICAL -
Host Unreachable (10.4.11.13)
[09-06-2004 13:46:09] HOST ALERT: X1_voicegate;DOWN;SOFT;2;PING CRITICAL - Host
Unreachable (10.4.11.13)
[09-06-2004 13:46:06] HOST ALERT: X1_voicegate;DOWN;SOFT;1;PING CRITICAL - Host
Unreachable (10.4.11.13)


It is a bug in nagios or there is another invisible configuration posibilities
in nagios?

Thanks for you ideas

Alex



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