Stale results and Event Handlers

[Kevin Keane]

I assume by "stale results" you mean, results that were generated by a 
freshness check instead of by the actual check? Yes, this is easy to do. 
Simply change the check command for the freshness check. When no passive 
check results arrive for a certain period, Nagios will invoke this 
command as an active check. That is what actually generates the CRITICAL 
in this case. I think it usually is check_dummy. If you pass the value 
"3" instead of the value "2" on the command line to check_dummy, it will 
return UNKNOWN.

Tillotson, Jeff wrote:
> I have a passive service check that I need to provide an event handler for.  The problem is that we have network issues from time to time that cause us to get "stale results".  I was hoping for a macro that provided the type of critical so I could filter it in the handler script.  That doesn't appear to be an option.  
>
> Is there a way to not fire event handlers for stale results?  Maybe by making stale results be UNKNOWN instead of CRITICAL?  Or getting more information to the handler script for processing?  
>   

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