Nagios is ignoring the retry_interval setting

Gary Every gevery at gmail.com
Thu Nov 29 17:15:52 CET 2012


Your check_interval is set to 1, that takes precedence over retry_interval

g.;

On Nov 29, 2012, at 9:10 AM, Andrew Thompson <andrew at fulgent.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi,
>  
> My nagios box has decided to stop listening to the retry_interval entry in my templates.
>  
> My server template reads:
>  
> define host{
>      name                       host-server         
>      check_period              server_24x7          
>      check_interval            1                    
>      retry_interval            3                    
>      max_check_attempts        3                    
>      notification_period       server_24x7          
>      notification_interval      3                    
>      notification_options      d,r            
>      notifications_enabled      1                    
>      contact_groups            servers email, servers sms
>      event_handler_enabled      1                    
>      process_perf_data         1                    
>      retain_status_information    1                 
>      retain_nonstatus_information 1                 
>      passive_checks_enabled          0                    
>      obsess_over_host          0                    
>      check_freshness          0                    
>      flap_detection_enabled          0                    
>      failure_prediction_enabled   0                 
>      }
>  
> Now this is what happens:
>  
> ·         Server goes down at 1pm.
> ·         I check the next scheduled check and it clearly states 1.03pm
> ·         But at 1.01pm it checks again and then spits out an email and text message saying the server is down.
>  
> Completely ignoring the retry_interval setting!!!
>  
> Id expect from the above:
>  
> ·         1pm server goes down
> ·         1.03pm check 2 is done
> ·         1.06pm check 3 is done and determined hard state.
> ·         At 1.06pm the notification should be sent out.
>  
> Why is this, is something in my config wrong?
>  
> Ubuntu 12.04 desktop and Nagios 3.4.1
>  
> Thanks
>  
>  
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