On Nov 27, 2009, at 10:12 PM, D G Teed wrote: > > > On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 4:28 PM, Marc Powell <m...@ena.com> wrote: >> >> Different problem. If you're just wanting to ping them, the only purpose of >> the hostgroup would just be to group them for display in the GUI. You do >> need them in a hostgroup for that. They should be in a hostgroup anyway >> though, it's just better in the long-run. > > As mentioned, a script can generate such config files. But would they work? > Has anyone tried listing 400+ hosts in a hostgroup?
Yes, sure. My largest current hostgroup has 726 members. I have had them listed out as members in the hostgroup 'members' line in the past (nagios-1.x) but adding them to the hostgroup from the host{} definition is more convenient. -- Marc ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ 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