> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:nagios-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chaudhry, Zaeem > Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 1:23 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Nagios-users] Find out which device failed first - Help > > > My apologies... The spell check in Windows changed the word "Nagios" to > Anglos. > > Hello, > > I have a bunch of devices that I monitor using Nagios 2.0. All the > devices in my network are connected to each other in one way or the > other, which means that if one device in the network fails, it impacts > the other devices as well. I want to know if there is a way to find out > which device in the network failed "first" and caused disruption in > service. That way, I will not have to deal with the devices that are > dependant on that "first" device to get their service. > > Is there any plug-in/software available to monitor that? Pinging the > device through Nagios to find out if the it is up and running, does not > always help! > > Please advise.
Use the 'parents' directive... That's probably what you're looking for. http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/2_0/networkreachability.html -- Marc ------------------------------------------------------- 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
