Unable to find why XI is not paging

[fsbeaunix]

Our XI is configured to send alerts to two only addresses, 'eaunix@<company>.com' (e-mail only) and grp-eaunixpager@<company>.com (pager e-mail group). All notifications are sent as e-mails and our mail server routes the e-mail to the recipients whether it's an email recipient or text device. We simply email 'eaunix' for warmings and email 'grp-eaunixpager' for critical service alerts or when a host is down/unavailable.

For a long time, it's been working flawlessly. But for the last couple weeks, we receive alerts sent to 'eaunix' perfectly, but do not receive any alerts sent to 'grp-eaunixpager'. I am not aware of any changes in Nagios with regards to e-mail/alerts. I cannot find for the life of me why one address works fine while the other address is not working.

I've verified that postfix is working by sending mail from the command line. The server is pretty up to date with patches. Our e-mail team verified (as did tests) that grp-eaunixpager group is configured correctly. System Status is all Green, everything else seems to be working fine. I think it might be a config conflict buried somewhere where I don't see it.

System Info:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.7 (Santiago)
2.6.32-573.1.1.el6.x86_64
Nagiox XI: 5.2.3
(I've also attached a txt file with the full profile info)

Core Config:
# MODIFIED
admin_email=root@localhost
admin_pager=root@localhost
translate_passive_host_checks=1
log_event_handlers=0
use_large_installation_tweaks=1
enable_environment_macros=0


# NDOUtils module
broker_module=/usr/local/nagios/bin/ndomod.o config_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/ndomod.cfg


# PNP settings - bulk mode with NCPD
process_performance_data=1
# service performance data
service_perfdata_file=/usr/local/nagios/var/service-perfdata
service_perfdata_file_template=DATATYPE::SERVICEPERFDATA\tTIMET::$TIMET$\tHOSTNAME::$HOSTNAME$\tSERVICEDESC::$SERVICEDESC$\tSERVICEPERFDATA::$SERVICEPERFDATA$\tSERVICECHECKCOMMAND::$SERVICECHECKCOMMAND$\tHOSTSTATE::$HOSTSTATE$\tHOSTSTATETYPE::$HOSTSTATETYPE$\tSERVICESTATE::$SERVICESTATE$\tSERVICESTATETYPE::$SERVICESTATETYPE$\tSERVICEOUTPUT::$SERVICEOUTPUT$\tLONGSERVICEOUTPUT::$LONGSERVICEOUTPUT$
service_perfdata_file_mode=a
service_perfdata_file_processing_interval=15
service_perfdata_file_processing_command=process-service-perfdata-file-bulk
# host performance data
host_perfdata_file=/usr/local/nagios/var/host-perfdata
host_perfdata_file_template=DATATYPE::HOSTPERFDATA\tTIMET::$TIMET$\tHOSTNAME::$HOSTNAME$\tHOSTPERFDATA::$HOSTPERFDATA$\tHOSTCHECKCOMMAND::$HOSTCHECKCOMMAND$\tHOSTSTATE::$HOSTSTATE$\tHOSTSTATETYPE::$HOSTSTATETYPE$\tHOSTOUTPUT::$HOSTOUTPUT$\tLONGHOSTOUTPUT::$LONGHOSTOUTPUT$
host_perfdata_file_mode=a
host_perfdata_file_processing_interval=15
host_perfdata_file_processing_command=process-host-perfdata-file-bulk


# OBJECTS - UNMODIFIED
#cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/commands.cfg
#cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/contacts.cfg
#cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/localhost.cfg
#cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/templates.cfg
#cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/timeperiods.cfg


# STATIC OBJECT DEFINITIONS (THESE DON'T GET EXPORTED/IMPORTED BY NAGIOSQL)
cfg_dir=/usr/local/nagios/etc/static

# OBJECTS EXPORTED FROM NAGIOSQL
cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/contacttemplates.cfg
cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/contactgroups.cfg
cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/contacts.cfg
cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/timeperiods.cfg
cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/commands.cfg
cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/hostgroups.cfg
cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/servicegroups.cfg
cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/hosttemplates.cfg
cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/servicetemplates.cfg
cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/servicedependencies.cfg
cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/serviceescalations.cfg
cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/hostdependencies.cfg
cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/hostescalations.cfg
cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/hostextinfo.cfg
cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/serviceextinfo.cfg
cfg_dir=/usr/local/nagios/etc/hosts
cfg_dir=/usr/local/nagios/etc/services

# GLOBAL EVENT HANDLERS
global_host_event_handler=xi_host_event_handler
global_service_event_handler=xi_service_event_handler



# UNMODIFIED
accept_passive_host_checks=1
accept_passive_service_checks=1
additional_freshness_latency=15
auto_reschedule_checks=1
auto_rescheduling_interval=30
auto_rescheduling_window=45
bare_update_check=0
cached_host_check_horizon=15
cached_service_check_horizon=15
check_external_commands=1
check_for_orphaned_hosts=1
check_for_orphaned_services=1
check_for_updates=1
check_host_freshness=0
check_result_path=/usr/local/nagios/var/spool/checkresults
check_result_reaper_frequency=10
check_service_freshness=1
command_file=/usr/local/nagios/var/rw/nagios.cmd
daemon_dumps_core=0
date_format=us
debug_file=/usr/local/nagios/var/nagios.debug
debug_level=0
debug_verbosity=1
enable_event_handlers=1
enable_flap_detection=1
enable_notifications=1
enable_predictive_host_dependency_checks=1
enable_predictive_service_dependency_checks=1
event_broker_options=-1
event_handler_timeout=30
execute_host_checks=1
execute_service_checks=1
high_host_flap_threshold=20.0
high_service_flap_threshold=20.0
host_check_timeout=30
host_freshness_check_interval=60
host_inter_check_delay_method=s
illegal_macro_output_chars=`~$&|'"<>
illegal_object_name_chars=`~!$%^&*|'"<>?,()=
interval_length=60
lock_file=/usr/local/nagios/var/nagios.lock
log_archive_path=/usr/local/nagios/var/archives
log_external_commands=0
log_file=/usr/local/nagios/var/nagios.log
log_host_retries=1
log_initial_states=0
log_notifications=1
log_passive_checks=0
log_rotation_method=d
log_service_retries=1
low_host_flap_threshold=5.0
low_service_flap_threshold=5.0
max_check_result_file_age=3600
max_check_result_reaper_time=30
max_concurrent_checks=0
max_debug_file_size=1000000
max_host_check_spread=30
max_service_check_spread=30
nagios_group=nagios
nagios_user=nagios
notification_timeout=30
object_cache_file=/usr/local/nagios/var/objects.cache
obsess_over_hosts=0
obsess_over_services=0
ocsp_timeout=5
passive_host_checks_are_soft=0
perfdata_timeout=5
precached_object_file=/usr/local/nagios/var/objects.precache
resource_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/resource.cfg
retained_contact_host_attribute_mask=0
retained_contact_service_attribute_mask=0
retained_host_attribute_mask=0
retained_process_host_attribute_mask=0
retained_process_service_attribute_mask=0
retained_service_attribute_mask=0
retain_state_information=1
retention_update_interval=60
service_check_timeout=60
service_freshness_check_interval=60
service_inter_check_delay_method=s
service_interleave_factor=s
soft_state_dependencies=0
state_retention_file=/usr/local/nagios/var/retention.dat
status_file=/usr/local/nagios/var/status.dat
status_update_interval=10
temp_file=/usr/local/nagios/var/nagios.tmp
temp_path=/tmp
use_aggressive_host_checking=0
use_regexp_matching=0
use_retained_program_state=1
use_retained_scheduling_info=1
use_syslog=1
use_true_regexp_matching=0

CGI Config:
# MODIFIED
default_statusmap_layout=6


# UNMODIFIED
action_url_target=_blank
authorized_for_all_host_commands=nagiosadmin,nagiosadmin
authorized_for_all_hosts=nagiosadmin,nagiosadmin
authorized_for_all_service_commands=nagiosadmin,nagiosadmin
authorized_for_all_services=nagiosadmin,nagiosadmin
authorized_for_configuration_information=nagiosadmin,nagiosadmin
authorized_for_system_commands=nagiosadmin,nagiosadmin
authorized_for_system_information=nagiosadmin,nagiosadmin
default_statuswrl_layout=4
escape_html_tags=1
lock_author_names=1
main_config_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg
notes_url_target=_blank
physical_html_path=/usr/local/nagios/share
ping_syntax=/bin/ping -n -U -c 5 $HOSTADDRESS$
refresh_rate=90
show_context_help=0
url_html_path=/nagios
use_authentication=1
use_pending_states=1
use_ssl_authentication=0

[fsbeaunix]

Uploading the system config snapshot.

[rkennedy]

I removed your profile.zip as it may contain sensitive information.

When you looked at postfix logs, did you notice if the email alert to grp-eaunixpager is actually going out?

I'd like to figure out if it's something with your configs, or on the mail side.

[fsbeaunix]

It appears that our 'eaunixpager' ID/Contact might be corrupt? I created a new ID with the same configuration, directed the Host and Service Templates to use the new ID and everything is working.

[lmiltchev]

I created a new ID with the same configuration, directed the Host and Service Templates to use the new ID and everything is working.

I am glad your issue has been resolved! Is it OK if we lock this post?