Notify more than once

[Fernando Rocha]

Hi Ed,

I haven't see nothing wrong, the service definition should overwrite the template definition.

But, you can try the volatile services to send notifications until the service isn't reset by an OK.

http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/volatileservices.html

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----- "Ed Greenberg" <edg at greenberg.org> wrote:

> I have a bunch of active, and even some passive, alerts that notify
> every 'notification_interval' minutes properly until reset by an OK,
> but
> I have on stubborn one.
> 
> Below I've provided all the config info that I think is relevant.
> Also
> the entry in service.dat showing an unissued notification.
> 
> Can somebody help me figure out what I've done wrong?
> 
> Here is the definition of the service and everything that should
> define
> the need to alert every five minutes.
> define service {
>         use passive-alert-only-service
>         register 1
>         notification_interval 5      <---- I expect a notify every
> five
> minutes
>         service_description viral_email_not_received
>         hostgroup_name viral_email_not_received
>         check_command generic_notify!viral email not received
>         contact_groups edg
> }
> define service {
>         name passive-alert-only-service
>         use generic-service
>         is_volatile 0
>         active_checks_enabled 0
>         passive_checks_enabled 1
>         check_freshness 0
>         register 0
>         max_check_attempts      1
>         normal_check_interval   1
>         retry_check_interval    1
>         notification_interval   0    <--- this should have been
> overridden by the line in the service definition above, right?
>         notification_period 24x7
>         notification_options c
> }
> 
> define contactgroup{
>         contactgroup_name       edg
>         alias   edg
>         members edg
> }
> 
> define contact{
>         contact_name    edg  <----- This is me
>         alias   Another Nagios Admin
>         host_notification_period        24x7
>         service_notification_period     24x7
>         host_notification_options       d,r
>         service_notification_options    w,u,c,r
>         host_notification_commands
> host-notify-by-email,host-notify-by-epager
>         service_notification_commands  
> notify-by-email,notify-by-epager
>         email   xxxxxxxxxxx
>         pager   xxxxxxxxxxx
> }
> 
> The alert was fired with the following string sent to send_nsca:
> admin005.geni.com       viral_email_not_received        2
> sample_email not received
> 
> This is the current state of the alert from status.dat:
> service {
>         host_name=admin005.geni.com
>         service_description=viral_email_not_received
>         modified_attributes=0
>         check_command=generic_notify!viral email not received
>         event_handler=
>         has_been_checked=1
>         should_be_scheduled=0
>         check_execution_time=0.000
>         check_latency=3.015
>         check_type=1
>         current_state=2
>         last_hard_state=2
>         current_attempt=1
>         max_attempts=1
>         state_type=1
>         last_state_change=1227034513
>         last_hard_state_change=1227034513
>         last_time_ok=0
>         last_time_warning=0
>         last_time_unknown=0
>         last_time_critical=1227034513
>         plugin_output=sample_email not received
>         performance_data=
>         last_check=1227034513
>         next_check=0
>         current_notification_number=1
>         last_notification=1227034516    <---- this time is accurate
> as
> to the first alert
>         next_notification=1227034816    <---- this alert never
> happened
> and is now eleven minutes in the past as I write
>         no_more_notifications=0
>         notifications_enabled=1
>         active_checks_enabled=0
>         passive_checks_enabled=1
>         event_handler_enabled=1
>         problem_has_been_acknowledged=0
>         acknowledgement_type=0
>         flap_detection_enabled=1
>         failure_prediction_enabled=1
>         process_performance_data=1
>         obsess_over_service=1
>         last_update=1227035386
>         is_flapping=0
>         percent_state_change=6.25
>         scheduled_downtime_depth=0
> }
> 
> 
> 
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