Dependency problem using templates

[remi]

Hi there,

I'm looking into Zabbix 1.1.2 at the moment. It looks very promising :-) Thanks very much for the hard work!

I have some trouble at the moment setting up dependencies.

This is what I did:
I created a template called 'generic'.
Then I added two items and also two triggers. Both are simple checks: icmpping and ssh.

Expressions used:
{generic:icmpping.max(120)}<1
{generic:ssh.max(120)}<1

SSH depends on PING. (when we cannot ping the host, no need to send ssh-is-down warnings)

Then I created some hosts which all are linked with the 'generic' template.
In the monitoring overviews I see all hosts being monitored both PING and SSH. This works very well.

When a host goes completely down (I used a test host and pulled the utp-cable), I see both the PING and SSH red-blinking indicating a problem.

I setup an action to send an email. I'm getting two warnings: both PING and SSH are down. I'd expect to reveive a notification for PING only, since SSH depends on it. Or am I mistaken?

Probably it has something to do with templating. I created another host with no template and added the two items and triggers to the host directly. This works well. But I'd rather work with templates, since I need to monitor around 40-50 hosts..

Any tips? Thanks in advance for your time!

grtx,remi

[den_crane]

Hi there,

...
{generic:icmpping.max(120)}<1
{generic:ssh.max(120)}<1
.....
grtx,remi

way 1:
trigger {generic:icmpping.max(120)}<1 Severity: Info
trigger {generic:ssh.max(120)}<1 Severity: Disaster
Action Condition Severity: Disaster >= Warning --> email

But better way create one trigger:
{generic:icmpping.max(120)}<1&{generic:ssh.max(120)}<1

[remi]

Thanks a lot, this works great :-)

It took some time to try this.. I've been busy with other projects but am now working on Zabbix again!

But better way create one trigger:
{generic:icmpping.max(120)}<1&{generic:ssh.max(120)}<1