Problems with action and template

[Torre]

Hi all,
I have a problem with Zabbix configuration with icmpping, trigger and action.
I want to receive an email alert when a host is down (i.e. ping not works).
I have configured Zabbix, fping and media correctly and, when I define a single host with its trigger, the email action is executed correctly.

The problem is when I define a template with the same trigger and associate some servers at it. The triggers work but no action is processed. So with the web frontend I can see Hosts down, but no notification is sent.

In zabbix log nothing is strange... I have no idea how to solve this problem...

I am using Zabbix 1.1.6 running on a Gentoo Linux Box.

[James Wells]

Greetings,

The problem is when I define a template with the same trigger and associate some servers at it. The triggers work but no action is processed. So with the web frontend I can see Hosts down, but no notification is sent.

Right off the bat, it sounds like your action is set up for only the original trigger. Double check the action configuration to ensure that it is not set specific to the initial ping.

If it is a general action, your best bet would be to remove it and re-create it. There was a bug at one time that could cause something like this, but that was resolve back in 1.1.3.

[Torre]

Solved

I solved the problem.
I was the problem.
I do not understand how action works.
The Host was always unreachable so the trigger never switchs the status. Actions, instead, are triggered when status changes.
So I have no notification from Zabbix only because it was doing right its job!
Once cleared how action works... Everything goes fine.

Thanks a lot.