Notification sent during host downtime

[misterdev]

Hello everybody

I am using Nagios in a professional environment, and I'm facing a problem. I tought that I understood how downtime works, but this problem shows that I don't...

Technical environment :
Nagios Core 3.4.1 on Ubuntu 8.04.

Here is my host configuration (and its template) :

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define host{
	host_name				HOST1
	use				TEMPLATE1
	alias			HOST1
	address			192.168.0.9
	max_check_attempts		3
	check_interval			1
	retry_interval			1
	passive_checks_enabled		0
	check_period			00h_-_24h_LMMJVSD
	contacts			CONTACT_SUPERVISION
	notification_interval		3
	notification_period		00h_-_24h_LMMJVSD
	notification_options		d,r,u,s
	notifications_enabled		1
}

define host{
	name			TEMPLATE1
	alias				TEMPLATE1
	check_command			check_host_alive_icmp!1500,100%!2000,100%
	max_check_attempts		1
	check_interval			2
	retry_interval			2
	active_checks_enabled		1
	passive_checks_enabled		0
	check_period			00h_-_24h_LMMJVSD
	notification_interval		0
	notification_period		00h_-_24h_LMMJVSD
	register			0
}

Scenario :
I've got a host : HOST1.
I shedule a downtime on this host : from 17/01/2013 04:00 to 19/01/2013 18:00.
I shut down this host on 17/01 around 20h.

Bug :
- I receive notification every 3 or 4 minutes.
- I see no log of these notifications in nagios.log

Following :
- Host1 is now up
- I remove the downtime
- I edit my nagios configuration : I remove "retry_interval" and "notification_interval"

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max_check_attempts		0
retry_interval			0
Remove line : notification_interval		3

- Restart nagios
- I shedule a downtime on this host : from 17/01/2013 21h17 to 19/01/2013 18:00.
- I receive a "DOWNTIME START" notification at 21h17 --> OK
- I shut down HOST1
- I wait till 21h23 --> no notification received.
- I launch a "FORCED HOST CHECK" --> no notification received.
- 21h26 : I edit the nagios configuration : "retry_interval = 2" and "notification_interval = 1"

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max_check_attempts		2
retry_interval			1
notification_interval		1

- Restart nagios
- 21h30, I receive a "HOST DOWN" notification

Conclusion : When i configure retry_interval and/or notification_interval, it seems to bypass the downtime configuration...

My question is :
Is this normal ? Are downtimes supposed to work like that ? Or is this some kind of bug ?

Information :
I found this in the nagios bugtracker :
http://tracker.nagios.org/view.php?id=294

Maybe it is related ?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Yours,

Misterdev.

[scottwilkerson]

There were several downtime related bugs that were addressed and fixed in 3.4.4

[misterdev]

Thanks for your reply (Sorry, I did not see it until today).

Well, I will try again with nagios 3.5.0 and I will post the results here.

[slansing]

Great, let us know if it recurs.

[misterdev]

It seems that all my problems are gone with nagios 3.5.0.

Thanks for your help.

[slansing]

Excellent, locking as resolved!