Trigger events are generated whenever a trigger changes state. A trigger can be in one of the following states:
- OK: The normal state, when the trigger expression evaluates to false
- PROBLEM: A problem state, when the trigger expression evaluates to true
- UNKNOWN: A state when Zabbix cannot evaluate the trigger expression, usually when there is missing data
Refer to
Chapter 20,
Zabbix Maintenance, for information on how to get notifications about triggers becoming
UNKNOWN.
No matter whether a trigger goes from OK to PROBLEM, UNKNOWN, or any other state, an event is generated.
There is also a way to customize this with the PROBLEM events generation mode multiple option in the trigger properties. We will ...