according to a post by alexei, the 'status' item only works if you have at least one 'zabbix agent' item. i only have 'zabbix agent (active)' items, so this wont work.
alexei then mentioned using the 'nodata' trigger function for this purpose, but according to the documentation, this function only works on 'trapper' items. i dont think i have that ability with the w32 agent, so this wont work.
do i have any other options? i was thinking of maybe using the 'count' function on an item to check the number of values recieved in the last 5 minutes. if the result of 'count' is 0, then i know the host is down. will this work? how is everyone else monitoring their 'active' hosts?
update: my last idea didnt seem to work, but now im wondering about the restrictions on some of these items. is there a technical reason why the zabbix server needs regular non-active checks to determine a value for the 'status' item? if data is being received from the agent, it is obviously available. and whats the purpose of making the 'nodata' trigger function only work with trapper items?
alexei then mentioned using the 'nodata' trigger function for this purpose, but according to the documentation, this function only works on 'trapper' items. i dont think i have that ability with the w32 agent, so this wont work.
do i have any other options? i was thinking of maybe using the 'count' function on an item to check the number of values recieved in the last 5 minutes. if the result of 'count' is 0, then i know the host is down. will this work? how is everyone else monitoring their 'active' hosts?
update: my last idea didnt seem to work, but now im wondering about the restrictions on some of these items. is there a technical reason why the zabbix server needs regular non-active checks to determine a value for the 'status' item? if data is being received from the agent, it is obviously available. and whats the purpose of making the 'nodata' trigger function only work with trapper items?