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scottwilkerson wrote:

orani wrote:The thing is that now seems to be ok.

Now that is a mystery... Glad it is working now, but I honestly have no idea why.

also i dont have any idea why it is working but i keep that it is.

Thanks for your time. lock the thread if you want

Solved after rebooting the server. After reboot i received all mails (new and stacked)

I can not understand what it is going on. I rebooted the server and immediately after reboot i run the script you told me. The file was there. I checked the duration field at the GUI and it was saying the right time, not some minutes/seconds (reboot time). The weird thing is that i didnt change anyt...

There is no script deleting that file on cron.

Let me check rebooting the server and running the script you suggested

No, on service restart i do not lose the data. Only if i reboot the server itself.

Is there any way to test if on reboot i lose the /usr/local/nagios/var/retention.dat file?
Or a way to change it so not to lose that file??

I can see notifications being generated at the notifications tab. Also my notification commands seems to be ok. notify-host-by-email /usr/bin/printf "%b" "***** Nagios *****\n\nNotification Type: $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\nHost: $HOSTNAME$\nState: $HOSTSTATE$\nAddress: $HOSTADDRESS$\nInfo: $...

[root@nagios ~]# grep reta /usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg retain_state_information=1 # This file is used only if the retain_state_information # retention file. If you want to use retained program status use_retained_program_state=1 # This setting determines whether or not Nagios will retain # If y...

This is not happening at a single check but at all checks. Those are some of my definitions define host{ host_name Infra1 address 10.0.6.11 use host-pnp contacts nagiosadmin,systemadmin check_command check-host-alive max_check_attempts 5 check_interval 1 retry_interval 1 parents SMCSW check_period 2...

Those are my settings. I think that with those settings nagios should keep duration after restart but it does not.