[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> hey guys- >>> i have a problem that i wanted to put an entire computer lab (24 >>> PCs) under one host in nagios, and have a ping command for each >>> machine as a service of the host. i wrote a new ping command that >>> uses the $SERVICEDESC$ variable, and then i just use the hostname of >>> the PC for the service description. >>> >>> anyway, the issue is that when a notification gets sent out, i get a >>> notice that the host (lab) is DOWN, as opposed to what i want which >>> would be it to say '$SERVICEDESC$ is down' >>> or something of the sort. >>> should i just disable notifications for the host? >>> >>> any suggestions would be helpful. thanks >> >> If you're getting a host down notification then whatever you're using >> for the host's check_command is failing. Try changing that to >> something that will return ok even if one of the PC's is down. (I >> would think check_ping on the router or switch that acts as the >> gateway to the lab might be a good choice in this case.) >> > the host doesnt complain unless one of its services (lab pcs) are > down. it is normally in an OK state if all computers are also up.
That's because Nagios only performs the host check if it receives a WARNING or CRITICAL on one of the services attached to the host. Andrew _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net 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
