SNMP Traps only report issues

[jriker1]

So I'm thinking of setting up SNMP to retrieve inbound messages of issues. Right now looking at doing this with my Dell's. Probably I see is in the event logs I see messages of issues and the prior state but never see a message once the problem is resolved. Just stops logging the issue. Is this unusual? If not, how do you ever clear events coming in?

Also when you set this up the way I've seen you compile all the MIB traps in one record for a device. Is there then usually one status that shows the last reported issue for any SNMP trap messages for that device?

Thanks.

JR

[tmcdonald]

Probably I see is in the event logs I see messages of issues and the prior state but never see a message once the problem is resolved. Just stops logging the issue. Is this unusual? If not, how do you ever clear events coming in?

This is normal behavior if the remote device does not also send a trap for recoveries - Nagios has no way of knowing (passively) if the issue is resolved, so the state will remain. You can set an active check with freshness checking to force the check back to an OK state after a period of time, otherwise you can submit a custom passive result to overwrite it.

Is there then usually one status that shows the last reported issue for any SNMP trap messages for that device?

This is correct. The last received trap/status is the one that will be displayed.