Trigger not working

[lmonasterio]

Hi everyone!
I have an issue with a trigger prototype added to the VMware Template. Here the configuration:



Latest data is 4.881:



And the threshold is:



The trigger should be in PROBLEM state (4.8 < 5), but it is OK...

Do you have an idea?
Thanks!

[MRedbourne]

You don't specify a Zabbix version, so I'm assuming your dashboard is equivalent to mine.

If so, the first column under your Trigger Prototype should be "Create Enabled". Create Enabled is the flag that allows the trigger to create a problem in your dashboard. Flip that from "Disabled" to "Enabled". See below for examples of custom prototype triggers (functional in my environment, Zabbix 6.4.9)


Edit:

Re: The documentation I linked for Create Enabled. This is the party you should've read:

[lmonasterio]

Thanks MRedbourne! I really appreciate your time!
Mi Zabbix version is 6.0.23.
The point is, even if the trigger is disabled, you should see his value as a PROBLEM. For sure, you need to enable to really have a problem, but i want to evaluate the state before enabling it.

[MRedbourne]

That's not true, not unless one of us is getting terminology mixed up. To my knowledge you cannot have a problem without having an associated trigger. Problems (in Monitoring -> Problems) are generated when a trigger evaluates to true.

1 Trigger event generation (zabbix.com).
Problem events
A problem event is created:

• when a trigger expression evaluates to TRUE if the trigger is in OK state;
• each time a trigger expression evaluates to TRUE if multiple problem event generation is enabled for the trigger.

Also see

2 Problems (zabbix.com)
Problems are those triggers that are in the "Problem" state.

[lmonasterio]

I understand that, but im not talking about the PROBLEM itself, im talking about TRIGGER Value:



As i undesrtand and see in other cases, that value is independent from Enable/Disable status. It only evaluates the condition.

[lmonasterio]

I just made a test. You need to create the trigger ENABLED to see the value updated. I thought that the value itself was independent and that i could see the condition BEFORE Enabling/Disabling it.
It would be nice to have that info before enabling a trigger prototype.
Thanks again MRedbourne for your time!

[MRedbourne]

Ah, I hadn't understood you were attempting to look at the value part, not the actual problem trigger. Glad you got it sorted.

Cheers!