How do I make Zabbix remind me of problems?

[dennisj]

Hi,
I'm trying to get Zabbix to keep sending notifications for problems in regular intervals but this seems to be harder than it should be.
What I've tried is to use the escalation mechanism by setting the interval to 86400 (i.e. "once per day") and then setting steps 1-30 to notify me. This works so far as it sends emails every 24h but the problem is that it also does this for the "ok" messages. So once I fixed a problem I keep getting that "ok" notification for the next 30 days which is not what I want.
Am I doing something wrong? This must be a rather common use-case so there must be some intuitive way to accomplish this?

Regards,
Dennis

[alixen]

Hi,

You should set

Trigger value = "PROBLEM"

in Conditions section so that PROBLEM events only are escalated, not OK events.

You may also use

Event Acknowleged = "Not Ack"

in Actions operation section so that you are reminded only for non acked events.

Regards,
Alixen