Re: how to reset the state and attempt count
Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2017 12:18 pm
In Nagios, active checks involve spawning a child process (worker) and would leave behind zombie processes until they're reaped by the parent process (nagios).
Usually this happens very quickly but if nagios is blocking signals, say while in a handler for another signal, they'll stick around for a short while.
Also, if a script is being run by the Nagios process and it never exits, that could be another cause of the Defunct processes.
You may want to upgrade to the latest version of Nagios to see if that helps in the defunct processes.
Usually this happens very quickly but if nagios is blocking signals, say while in a handler for another signal, they'll stick around for a short while.
Also, if a script is being run by the Nagios process and it never exits, that could be another cause of the Defunct processes.
You may want to upgrade to the latest version of Nagios to see if that helps in the defunct processes.