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<DIV><FONT size=2>When Nagios switches from one Non-OK state to another (WARN to
CRIT) - I can see the alert, but I don't get notified.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I do get notified on the initial HARD state switch (from OK to
WARN) and on the recovery, but I'm not getting notified when it goes from WARN
to CRIT and back to WARN (all the while in a Non-OK state).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>One suggestion was to tweak with the notification_interval -
but I don't want continuous notifications. All I want is to get notified once
when these state changes occur.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I was thinking that the reason behind this could be that
Nagios doesn't consider the move from WARN to CRIT as a HARD state change, but
the docs say...</FONT></DIV>
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<P><STRONG><U>Hard State Changes</U></STRONG> </P>
<P>Before I discuss what happens when a host or service is in a hard state, you
need to know about hard state changes. Hard state changes occur when a service
or host... </P>
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<UL>
<LI>changes from a hard OK state to a hard non-OK state
<LI>changes from a hard non-OK state to a hard OK-state
<LI>changes from a hard non-OK state of some kind to a hard non-OK state of
another kind (i.e. from a hard WARNING state to a hard UNKNOWN
state)</LI></UL></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>My notification settings are:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>
notification_interval
0<BR>
notification_period
24x7<BR>
notification_options
w,u,c,r<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Any ideas on what I need to do?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Thanks.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Judd Sproba</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Lawrence Livermore National Lab<BR><A
href="mailto:sproba@llnl.gov">sproba@llnl.gov</A><BR>ICQ: 48596490<BR>Cell:
(480) 205-6005</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>