agent.ping should return 0 if unreachable

[tof233]

Hello,

I'm trying to monitor host availability in Zabbix Agent (passive).
I use the agent.ping item with the trigger {HOSTNAME:agent.ping.nodata(120)}=1 .
The problem is that if the Zabbix Server becomes a little bit overloaded, the item may be treated later. So the alarm will set off although the host is in fact reachable?

Isn't it possible that the agent.ping returns 0 in case of unreachable? (so nodata will only be because server hasn't yet proceeded the item).

[richlv]

not really. correct solution would be to fix the zabbix server so it's not overloaded (or make triggers less sensitive).

[tof233]

Thank you richlv but why can't we implement it?

[richlv]

that would be of limited use. for example, it would not work with active agents at all...