Question/problem with HOST.IP<1-9>

[Harris]

Greetings,

I'm trying to understand how {HOST.IP<1-9>} works.

Some servers that I'm monitoring, have multiple IP address
(For example and logs, I will replace the wan ip to 8.8.8.8 and vpn ip to 10.10.10.10)

- First IP is the main wan ip.
- Second IP is the vpn ip. (Not all servers have VPN)

I've created 2 different items to monitor the connection and the VPN.

First item for wan: icmppingsec[{HOST.IP1},,,,10000,]
Second item for vpn: icmppingsec[{HOST.IP2},,,,10000,]

The weird thing is that zabbix_proxy is resolving both macros to the main IP instead of the second ip listed at host configuration.

A quick sample of zabbix_proxy.log with debuglevel set to 4:

 25491:20130415:111834.364 In substitute_key_macros() data:'icmppingsec[{HOST.IP1},,,,10000,]'
 25491:20130415:111834.364 In substitute_simple_macros() data:'{HOST.IP1}'
 25491:20130415:111834.364 End substitute_simple_macros() data:'8.8.8.8'
 25491:20130415:111834.364 End of substitute_key_macros():SUCCEED data:'icmppingsec[8.8.8.8,,,,10000,]'

 25491:20130415:111836.418 In substitute_key_macros() data:'icmppingsec[{HOST.IP2},,,,10000,]'
 25491:20130415:111836.418 In substitute_simple_macros() data:'{HOST.IP2}'
 25491:20130415:111836.418 End substitute_simple_macros() data:'8.8.8.8'
 25491:20130415:111836.418 End of substitute_key_macros():SUCCEED data:'icmppingsec[8.8.8.8,,,,10000,]'

- what am I doing wrong here? Why HOST.IP2 doesn't returns 10.10.10.10?
- A second question would be: If HOST.IP3 doesn't exist, and I create an item 'icmppingsec[{HOST.IP3},,,,10000,]', would it return 0 or it will use the default ip?

edit: Zabbix Version 2.0.5
Thank you!

[Harris]

Hello,

Just as an update:

I've already solved this using host macros, so it's not a problem anymore on my side.

Now I'm just trying to understand how {HOST.IP<1-9>} should work and why both are returning only the main ip.

Any input on that?

Thanks

[MiZde]

Hello,

I found this answer in japanese forum (http://www.zabbix.jp/node/1953)

I think like icmpping and "simple check", the item "Zabbix agent (active)" and, and were not available

https://www.zabbix.com/documentation...acros/supporte ...

> [2] Since 2.0.3 HOST. * Macros supported in item keys will only work for item types that have interfaces.
> Eg they will not work for types "Zabbix agent (active)", "Calculated" etc.

[zalex_ua]

FYI - https://support.zabbix.com/browse/ZBX-6737