<DIV>Dear friends,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>first I thnk Andy Harrison for his advise.</DIV> <DIV>I am working on RedHat 7.3 and nagios 1.2.</DIV> <DIV>I want to use Event Handlers.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>As you know Event Handlers are activated when there is:</DIV> <DIV>- a service in soft state </DIV> <DIV>- change from soft to hard state </DIV> <DIV>- recover from hard state</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>my problem is that when I start Nagios,</DIV> <DIV>and it's the first attempt of aservice (for example : check_http)</DIV> <DIV>it is initialy in HARD !!! state.</DIV> <DIV>Here is what I see in the web interface:</DIV> <DIV> <TABLE border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD class=dataVar>Current Status:</TD> <TD class=dataVal> <DIV class=serviceOK> OK </DIV></TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=dataVar>Status Information:</TD> <TD class=dataVal>HTTP OK HTTP/1.1 200 OK - 36036 bytes in 0.204 seconds</TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=dataVar>Current Attempt:</TD> <TD class=dataVal>1/3</TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=dataVar>State Type:</TD> <TD class=dataVal>HARD</TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=dataVar>Last Check Type:</TD> <TD class=dataVal>ACTIVE</TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=dataVar>Last Check Time:</TD> <TD class=dataVal>06-29-2004 15:15:19</TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=dataVar>Status Data Age:</TD> <TD class=dataVal>0d 0h 0m 30s</TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=dataVar>Next Scheduled Active Check: </TD> <TD class=dataVal>06-29-2004 15:18:19</TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=dataVar>Latency:</TD> <TD class=dataVal>< 1 second</TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=dataVar>Check Duration:</TD> <TD class=dataVal>< 1 second</TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=dataVar>Last State Change:</TD> <TD class=dataVal>06-29-2004 15:15:19</TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=dataVar>Current State Duration:</TD> <TD class=dataVal>0d 0h 0m 30s</TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=dataVar>Last Service Notification:</TD> <TD class=dataVal>N/A</TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=dataVar>Current Notification Number:</TD> <TD class=dataVal>0</TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=dataVar>Is This Service Flapping?</TD> <TD class=dataVal>N/A</TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=dataVar>Percent State Change:</TD> <TD class=dataVal>N/A</TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=dataVar>In Scheduled Downtime?</TD> <TD class=dataVal> <DIV class=downtimeINACTIVE> NO </DIV></TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=dataVar>Last Update:</TD> <TD class=dataVal>06-29-2004 15:15:40</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P>as you see its the first attempt, so it must be in soft state but it is in hard state.</P> <P>so none of the three conditions above is used.</P> <P>another one is something like below:</P> <P> <TABLE border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD class=dataVar>Current Status:</TD> <TD class=dataVal> <DIV class=serviceCRITICAL> CRITICAL </DIV></TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=dataVar>Status Information:</TD> <TD class=dataVal>PING CRITICAL - Packet loss = 100%</TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=dataVar>Current Attempt:</TD> <TD class=dataVal>3/3</TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=dataVar>State Type:</TD> <TD class=dataVal>HARD</TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=dataVar>Last Check Type:</TD> <TD class=dataVal>ACTIVE</TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=dataVar>Last Check Time:</TD> <TD class=dataVal>06-29-2004 10:43:37</TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=dataVar>Status Data Age:</TD> <TD class=dataVal>0d 4h 49m 35s</TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=dataVar>Next Scheduled Active Check: </TD> <TD class=dataVal>06-29-2004 15:33:32</TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=dataVar>Latency:</TD> <TD class=dataVal>< 1 second</TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=dataVar>Check Duration:</TD> <TD class=dataVal>< 1 second</TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=dataVar>Last State Change:</TD> <TD class=dataVal>06-28-2004 13:26:01</TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=dataVar>Current State Duration:</TD> <TD class=dataVal>1d 2h 7m 11s</TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=dataVar>Last Service Notification:</TD> <TD class=dataVal>N/A</TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=dataVar>Current Notification Number:</TD> <TD class=dataVal>0</TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=dataVar>Is This Service Flapping?</TD> <TD class=dataVal>N/A</TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=dataVar>Percent State Change:</TD> <TD class=dataVal>N/A</TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=dataVar>In Scheduled Downtime?</TD> <TD class=dataVal> <DIV class=downtimeINACTIVE> NO </DIV></TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=dataVar>Last Update:</TD> <TD class=dataVal>06-29-2004 15:33:02</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></P> <P> </P> <P>this result is shown just after stopping and starting Nagios.</P> <P>although it is critical but since it is in HARD state feom the first notification,</P> <P>no event handlers can be done upon it.</P> <P>Thanks for any help.</P> <P>S.S</P><p> <hr size=1>Do you Yahoo!?<br> <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/50x/*http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail/static/efficiency.html">Yahoo! Mail</a> - 50x more storage than other providers!