[Nagiosplug-help] Tracking down pthread/check_dns problem on CentOS4 w/ 1.4.2 plugins.

[John P. Rouillard]

In message <9DBE7E39-F406-4A19-868D-70CF179A7866 at altinity.com>,
Ton Voon writes:

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>On 29 Nov 2005, at 16:40, John P. Rouillard wrote:
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>>> Are you saying that if you run it 10 times, it is 100% successful?
>>
>> If I run "run_tests 10" 10 times, I get a 2 of the 10 element runs
>> to fail on avergae, but I have had a run of 15 error free. I am just
>> guessing, but it may be load related. If I pause between the runs, it
>> seems less likely to happen. However I never had a run of 1000 pass.
>> [... run details deleted]
>> Not sure if the data is of any use, but more runs seems to be better.
>
>I agree this is a pain to detect. If there are any ideas on a better  
>test, I'm all ears.
>
>What about running 100 x iterations of 10? If there is any failure,  
>break out and apply fix. If all 100 are okay, then assume system is  
>okay.

Sounds reasonable. Running small batches also has the advantage that
it doesn't look like the configure has stalled.

				-- rouilj
John Rouillard
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