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When installing the Nagios EventLog agent on Windows 2003 I get a couple of errors about registering DLLs. The application runs and the test NSCA Daemon button works

nagios: EXTERNAL COMMAND: PROCESS_SERVICE_CHECK_RESULT;AS7;Test;0;This is a test message generated by NagEvLog agent
nagios: Warning: Passive check result was received for service 'Test' on host 'AS7', but the service could not be found!

but when I run the generate test event, I don't get anything in syslog or Nagios.

services.cfg

define service{
use generic-service
service_description Application
active_checks_enabled 0
passive_checks_enabled 1
flap_detection_enabled 0
register 0
is_volatile 0
check_period 24x7
max_check_attempts 1
normal_check_interval 5
retry_check_interval 1
check_freshness 1
freshness_threshold 1500
contact_groups admins
notification_interval 120
notification_period 24x7
notification_options w,u,c,r
stalking_options w,c,u
name Application
}

define service{
use Application
service_description System EventLog
host_name AS7
check_command check_dummy!0
}


Any ideas?

The 'registering DLLs' issue is a known problem, and you can ignore it. It only affects the message formatting of eventlog messages generated by NagEventLog.

The test NSCA message got through OK so this shows the link is working.

When you generate a test eventlog message it injects a test entry into the eventlog. This may (or may not) trigger one of the filters you've already defined. If it does, it will send an alert to Nagios (provided you have not defined the action for that filter to be 'ignore'). If you set the debugmode flags, then you will get additional application eventlog entries detailing the filter matching tests.

My guess is that you do not have a filter defined that matches your test eventlog message.

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Steve Shipway
UNIX Systems, ITSS, University of Auckland, NZ
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