<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.6.2"> </HEAD> <BODY> I've had passive checks working for several years in 1.x, with never a hitch. Unfortunately, that all changed when I upgraded to 2.0. Suddenly, freshness checks never occurred. Ever. I've re-read the docs several times, my config seems okay. My first problem seems to be that my "check_period" under 1.x was always "none", which worked fine. If I change it to "24x7", I start getting freshness checks. However, they seem to totally ignore freshness_threshold and use the normal_check_interval. If I comment out freshness_threshold and define normal_check_interval to what I want, I seem to get random values. i.e., a service set to 10 minutes tells me this: [1136344804] Warning: The results of service 'x' on host y are stale by 12 seconds (threshold=821 seconds). I'm forcing an immediate check of the service. Where'd 821 seconds come from? Worse, I have other services with nearly identical definitions that don't indicate they are stale or that a freshness check is being scheduled, but suddenly go critical: [1136344634] SERVICE ALERT: host;service;CRITICAL;HARD;1;CRITICAL: service success not reported The normal_check_interval is set to 2 hours, but it seems to go critical every ~10-15 minutes. I'm at a loss at this point, I can only "kinda" get passive checks working. It seems like I must be missing something obvious here in the 2.0 upgrade, but I'm befuddled. I've been using a template for all my passive services like this: define service { name passive-service active_checks_enabled 0 ; Active service checks are enabled passive_checks_enabled 1 ; Passive service checks are enabled/accepted parallelize_check 1 ; Active service checks should be parallelized obsess_over_service 1 ; We should obsess over this service (if necessary) check_freshness 1 ; Default is to NOT check service 'freshness' notifications_enabled 1 ; Service notifications are enabled event_handler_enabled 1 ; Service event handler is enabled flap_detection_enabled 1 ; Flap detection is enabled process_perf_data 1 ; Process performance data retain_status_information 1 ; Retain status information across program restarts retain_nonstatus_information 1 ; Retain non-status information across program restarts max_check_attempts 1 normal_check_interval 1560 ; 26 hours retry_check_interval 1 is_volatile 0 check_period 24x7 notification_interval 15 notification_period 24x7 notification_options w,c,r ; freshness_threshold 93600 ; 26 hours appears useless! register 0 } Any help would be appreciated! thanks! </BODY> </HTML>