On 10/11/07, Marc Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:nagios-users- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Terry > > Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 10:54 AM > > To: Nagios Users mailinglist > > Subject: [Nagios-users] host checking logic > > > > Hello, > > > > I have a host that will not be reachable via icmp (check-host-alive). > > However, it will have services that are, check_tcp for example. > > > > I always assumed (ya, i know) that nagios assumed the host was up if > > it had services that were OK. Obviously I am wrong or have something > > misconfigured. How can I get around this issue? > > It will assume the host is up if the very first check of a service on > that host is successful. After that, there are no further assumptions. > It would appear that you have had a service change state at some point, > forcing nagios to perform the failing host check. The service recovered > and nagios re-ran the host check to show proper host state, which again > failed. You end up with the service UP, host DOWN state. > > Your best option is to just change the host check_command to something > that does work, at least enough for you to be reasonably confident that > the host is up given your circumstances. check_tcp to a port you know to > be very reliable would be sufficient. Other options might be to use > check_dummy as the host check_command so that the state is always OK or > even to not perform host checks at all for this host. > > -- > Marc
Thanks for your reply. Why is nagios even checking it given the configuration: ? check_interval=0 check_host_freshness=0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ 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
