<html><head><style type="text/css"></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hi Jonathan, Why not use check_by_ssh instead? Is there any pitfall (weakness) in using check_by_ssh compared agent like OCP? Thanks Sam <div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ---- From: Jonathan Call <jcall@verio.net> To: Sean McAvoy <smcavoy@ca.afilias.info>; nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 7:19:46 AM Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Distributed monitoring Freshness checkingfailing then recovering <div>Sean; I have a very large deployment so I use this tool: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.nagioscommunity.org/wiki/index.php/OCP_Daemon">http://www.nagioscommunity.org/wiki/index.php/OCP_Daemon</a> This daemon runs on each of the distributed servers while a normal ncsa daemon listens on the central server. Jonathan > -----Original Message----- > From: nagios-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users- > bounces@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Sean McAvoy > Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 12:09 PM > To: nagios-users@lists..sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Distributed monitoring Freshness > checkingfailing then recovering > > On further investigations it looks as though the problem is with the > time taken to submit the results back to nagios via send_nsca. > I have read about a couple different options for getting results back > quickly. One being a bulk system of transfer, a file containing the > results is sent via a send_nsca bulk transfer executed via cron. The > other being a system that makes use of the performance data output > option on the remote nagios systems and submits the results using a > custom daemon on both ends. > Does anybody know of any other options? Also, is there any guides to > setting up either of these options, most of what I have read is email > threads.. > Thanks. > > On 12-Oct-07, at 12:40 PM, Sean McAvoy wrote: > > > Hello, > > I have 1 central nagios system with 5 distributed servers. I have > > enabled freshness checking on both central and remote systems. I am > > constantly seeing services go to unknown status for 1-3 minutes and > > then recover. > > on the remotes I have: > > check_service_freshness=1 > > service_freshness_check_interval=10 > > check_host_freshness=1 > > host_freshness_check_interval=60 > > service_inter_check_delay_method=s > > max_service_check_spread=10 > > service_interleave_factor=1 > > host_inter_check_delay_method=s > > max_host_check_spread=30 > > max_concurrent_checks=0 > > > > It does appear as though checks are being run in parallel. I'm wonder > > how I can best determine where the problem is, with the execution of > > checks, submittal to the central system or other. > > Thanks. > > > > > > _sean > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a > > browser. > > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> <a target="_blank" href="http://get.splunk.com/">http://get.splunk.com/</a> > > _______________________________________________ > > Nagios-users mailing list > > Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > <a target="_blank" href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users</a> > > ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when > > reporting any issue. > > ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null > > Sean McAvoy > NOC Acting Team Lead > Afilias Canada > > P. 416.673.4194 > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> <a target="_blank" href="http://get.splunk.com/">http://get.splunk.com/</a> > _______________________________________________ > Nagios-users mailing list > Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > <a target="_blank" href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users</a> > ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when > reporting any issue. > ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> <a target="_blank" href="http://get.splunk.com/">http://get.splunk.com/</a> _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net <a target="_blank" href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users</a> ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null </div></div> </div></div></body></html>