notification were not sent out for service recovery

[Sean McAfee]

mizuki wrote:
  > In the event log, I see it detected the state change:
> 
> [08-25-2008 11:20:45] SERVICE ALERT: rldapxxx;LDAP;OK;SOFT;2;LDAP OK - 
> 0.002 seconds response time
> [08-25-2008 11:19:45] SERVICE ALERT: rldapxxx;LDAP;CRITICAL;SOFT;1;Could 
> not bind to the ldap-server

The key to alerts isn't the $SERVICESTATE$ (OK, CRITICAL, WARNING, 
UNKNOWN*) - it's $STATESTATETYPE$ (HARD or SOFT*).

You never received an alert because it was only a SOFT failure. 
Assuming a default configuration, a check would have to fail 3 
consecutive times (the default value for max_check_attempts) before a 
HARD failure occurs and the notification is made:

"The decision to send out notifications is made...in the following 
instances:
     - When a hard state change occurs. More information on state types 
and hard state changes can be found here..."

(http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/2_0/notifications.html)

*Caps used to be consistent with the documentation, not as passive 
aggressive sarcastic emphasis.


Sean McAfee
System Engineer

Collaborative Fusion, Inc.
  smcafee at collaborativefusion.com
  412-422-3463 x 4025

5849 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15217

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