Right, I think that is precisely my problem. I'm using the SNMP service on HOST1 to check SERVICE1, SERVICE2, and SERVICE3. If SNMP fail I'm going to get notices for all four.
Is it possible to define a second host HOST1-SNMP withjj the same IP and set internal dependencies that way ? Matthew Joyce 02 9382 0051 | 0412 309745 | IT Manager > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Eli Stair > Sent: Friday, 17 March 2006 12:48 PM > To: Nagios Users Mailinglist > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Service dependencies > > > To be fair, one situation where these wildcard template > dependencies don't work is when you want to define a number > of dependent services that rely on a service on the same host > (i.e. not a number of separate services on different hosts > that rely on a single (or wildcardable) host/service). > > I re-wrote my entire config tree with templates at one point, > only to find it was wasted effort (in my situation) as I have > large numbers of hosts/services all relying on others within > the same host, not a single point elsewhere... so they aren't > expressible that way. So I've still got megabytes of config > files to generate when there's a change, vs. the idea of > changing a simple template and having it propagate :( > > /eli > > Hugo van der Kooij wrote: > > On Thu, 16 Mar 2006, Matthew Joyce wrote: > > > > > >>I check a lot of window services from linux via snmp. > >>One service is SNMP, if this fails or stops, others will fail. > >> > >>An I going to get a heap of notification for each service ? > >> > >>I've looked at the service dependency section in the docs, > and it looks > >>like I need to define a dependency for each service, for each host. > >>That's a lot of defining. > > > > > > Not at all. Read the archives for samples of how to use the > wildcards in > > your dependencies definitions. > > > > Hugo. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking > scripting language > that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend > the live webcast > and join the prime developer group breaking into this new > coding territory! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&; > dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Nagios-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users > ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS > when reporting any issue. > ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0944&bid$1720&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null
