Re: [Nagios-devel] RFC: Downtime and flapping
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 10:59 pm
On 02/03/2011 07:53 PM, Ton Voon wrote:
>
> I think that if a host or service is in downtime, then the states
> should not be recorded in the state history (the last 21 states
> saved, used for the flapping calculation).
>
Sensible thinking.
>> From the code, I can see that Nagios does not record any soft
>> non-OK states in this state history. Any objections if I add "host
>> or service in downtime" to that exception?
>
None at all. In fact, +1 on doing so. This way, downtime makes all
effects of statechanges void and null, which makes perfect sense.
--
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Considering the successes of the wars on alcohol, poverty, drugs and
terror, I think we should give some serious thought to declaring war
on peace.
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>
> I think that if a host or service is in downtime, then the states
> should not be recorded in the state history (the last 21 states
> saved, used for the flapping calculation).
>
Sensible thinking.
>> From the code, I can see that Nagios does not record any soft
>> non-OK states in this state history. Any objections if I add "host
>> or service in downtime" to that exception?
>
None at all. In fact, +1 on doing so. This way, downtime makes all
effects of statechanges void and null, which makes perfect sense.
--
Andreas Ericsson [email protected]
OP5 AB www.op5.se
Tel: +46 8-230225 Fax: +46 8-230231
Considering the successes of the wars on alcohol, poverty, drugs and
terror, I think we should give some serious thought to declaring war
on peace.
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