reminder notificaton once problem is acknowledged

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reminder notificaton once problem is acknowledged

Post by lyle »

In our case, once a service check transitions to Critical-Hard, it sends out a notification. The operator acknowledges the problem, and future notifications stop.

But say the problem doesn't clear for a long while. Is there any way to have Nagios send out a "reminder" alert even though there are no further state transitions?

Thanks...Lyle
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Re: reminder notificaton once problem is acknowledged

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I believe this is the information you are after...

When you click to "Acknowledge this problem", on the form there is a checkbox labeled "Sticky Acknowledgement".

If you want acknowledgement to continue notifications until the service recovers, uncheck the 'Sticky Acknowledgement' checkbox.

The notifications should re-notify based on the time set in
Service ->Configure Tab -> Re-configure this service -> Notifications Tab
Send a notification every 60 minutes until the problem is resolved.
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Re: reminder notificaton once problem is acknowledged

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Great. I think I've got it:

If you acknowledge a problem, but un-check the "sticky" box, regular notifications will go out at "notification_interval" even if the state doesn't change. If "sticky" is checked, no notifications after the first one, unless the state changes.

Correct? Thanks...Lyle
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Re: reminder notificaton once problem is acknowledged

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lyle wrote:Great. I think I've got it:

If you acknowledge a problem, but un-check the "sticky" box, regular notifications will go out at "notification_interval" even if the state doesn't change. If "sticky" is checked, no notifications after the first one, unless the state changes.

Correct? Thanks...Lyle
That should be correct.
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Re: reminder notificaton once problem is acknowledged

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Thanks....
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