Retesting triggers/items
Once in a while zabbix triggers false alarms because of timeout simple tests. This results in our case in people getting called out of bed with SMS text messages.
We resolved these issues by adding conditions like
{template:item.last(0)} & {template:item.last(#2)}
in a lot of triggers.
And also delay the actions with escalations.
It would be a very nice and helpful feature if zabbix would support retesting like Nagios. For example before firing a trigger based on some items values, doing an extra test within a couple of seconds of the items within the trigger and checking to see if it still meets the conditions for the trigger.
We resolved these issues by adding conditions like
{template:item.last(0)} & {template:item.last(#2)}
in a lot of triggers.
And also delay the actions with escalations.
It would be a very nice and helpful feature if zabbix would support retesting like Nagios. For example before firing a trigger based on some items values, doing an extra test within a couple of seconds of the items within the trigger and checking to see if it still meets the conditions for the trigger.