Hugo Canalli wrote: > Hello, > I need to monitor to see if hosts are UP or DOWN, but my hosts are > network devices that can not be installed any plugin for nagios as the > NCSA. > What we need is that the nagios track every time and let a message > (sends a message by email or cell phone) if the host is down (without > using any type of plugin for the device monitored. On the server > management can be installed plugins nagios if necessary.) > Do it possible with nagios? > > Version used: 3.0.6 nagios > > -- > -t- The only difference between host and service checks are that host checks are not schedule and are only execed when a service check fails. In the end, generic-host-alive will still be using check_ping.
Just define a single check_ping service check for each device with a max_check_attempts of 1 and you'll get what you want. -- Sean McAfee System Engineer Collaborative Fusion, Inc. smca...@collaborativefusion.com 412-422-3463 x 4025 5849 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15217 **************************************************************** IMPORTANT: This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If the reader of this message is not an intended recipient (or the individual responsible for the delivery of this message to an intended recipient), please be advised that any re-use, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is prohibited. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. **************************************************************** IMPORTANT: This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If the reader of this message is not an intended recipient (or the individual responsible for the delivery of this message to an intended recipient), please be advised that any re-use, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is prohibited. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ 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
