Old host status info on web interface seems like a bug

[Marc Powell]

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> From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-
> admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of prosolutions at gmx.net
> Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 2:40 PM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Nagios-users] Old host status info on web interface seems
like a
> bug
> 
> 
> I have a few hosts which a long time ago had errors from their
> respective check commands.  The errors were subsequently alleviated.
> Now I am using check_dummy for these hosts with a return value of "0".
> Every time I reload Nagios configuration, these hosts "reset" to red
> status and the host status information shows the old error status from
a
> long time ago.  After Nagios runs for about a minute and the
check_dummy
> commands run, the status turns to green and OK.  But every single time
I
> reload Nagios config this happens again.  It also generates false host
> up alerts after each reload.

Without knowing the version of Nagios you're using, I'm going to say
that it's almost certainly not a bug.




Now, I think the question you meant to ask is what's happening and how
do you fix it? My guess is that you have state retention enabled with
possibly a very long retention_update_interval. When retention is
enabled, Nagios will use the saved state information for hosts and
services in the state_retention_file when it initially restarts. The
plugins then kick in and provide current status information.

Your possible solutions are --
Disable retain_state_information in nagios.cfg and remove the
state_retention_file.
Or
Stop Nagios and remove the state_retention_file as specified in
nagios.cfg and restart Nagios forcing Nagios to re-create the file.
Verify that your retention_update_interval is reasonable.


Hth,

--
Marc


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