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Hello (again),

We're using SNMP to monitor our systems, some of which are in very heavy use. During these high usage periods, SNMP will time out and generate a CRIT alert.

We would like this not to happen (the alerts, not the timeouts).

How do we modify timeout checks so that they don't send critical alerts?

-- Mike Beebe

In Configure -> Core Config Manager -> Core Configs, you can add an entry to nagios.cfg.
Which will set the state to Unknown. Then, in your SNMP checks, you can change the Notification Options under the Alert Settings tab, so that the service check only notifies on Warning and Critical.

Will that suit your needs?

mbellerue wrote:In Configure -> Core Config Manager -> Core Configs, you can add an entry to nagios.cfg.

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service_check_timeout_state=u

Which will set the state to Unknown. Then, in your SNMP checks, you can change the Notification Options under the Alert Settings tab, so that the service check only notifies on Warning and Critical.

Will that suit your needs?

That is perfect -- thanks!

Feel free to close,

-- Mike Beebe