notification issues

[Marc Powell]

Mmmm. Talking to myself now I see...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-
> admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Marc Powell
> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 8:42 AM
> To: Nagios List
> Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] notification issues
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-
> > admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Chris Knipe
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 4:26 AM
> > To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> > Subject: [Nagios-users] notification issues
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I monitor arround 500 services via NRPE2.  Up to now, nevermind what
I
> do,
> > Nagios sends a notification everytime NRPE's OUTPUT changes, and not
> when
> > then STATE changes....
> 
> That's quite strange considering nagios doesn't parse the plugin
output
> in any way for status information. Status is entirely derived from the
> plugin exit code. Notifications are entirely based on the status.

As a followup, there is one possibility. IFF the service status is not
OK for each check AND you have is_volatile set for the service, then you
would get an alert for each check. While it doesn't have anything to do
with the plugin output, it may appear that way.

http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/1_0/volatileservices.html

marc


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