* Eli Stair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-05-22 12:49]: > HOST check mode is initiated once the service reaches the HARD state, which > comes on the last allowed check as defined by max_check_attempts for that > service. Ergo, if you set your service checks max to 15, after 15 minutes > (assuming your delay is 60 seconds) your service will hit a HARD CRITICAL, > and host checks will fire.
That's not correct, host checks are performed as soon as a service check returns some non-OK status. > On 5/22/06 12:45 PM, "Kyle Tucker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > According to the docs, "Nagios checks the status of a host is when a service > > check results in a non-OK status.". Is that when it reaches a HARD state > > after all iterations of max_check_attempts are done or as soon as it goes to > > non-OK (SOFT) state? If the latter, which seems to be when it's kicking off > > host checks, I don't see how increasing the service checks will help. True, the `max_check_attempts' and `retry_check_interval' settings for the service won't affect your problem. Holger -- PGP fingerprint: F1F0 9071 8084 A426 DD59 9839 59D3 F3A1 B8B5 D3DE ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ 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