Host checks are not actively scheduled in normal operation. You could go months without requiring a host check, and the status age of the host check will show something like 81 days for example.
If you see recent host checks, then that means there was a service problem and Nagios wanted to be sure it wasn't the host. Perhaps if you thought of "host check" as "network link status", it would make the distinction more clear. > -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Shellam (Mailing Lists) > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 11:56 AM > To: Sloane, Robert Raymond > Cc: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Using Nagios to monitor > "service-less" hosts > > > Sloane, Robert Raymond wrote: > >> Last Check Time: 08-11-2006 19:34:40 > >> Next Scheduled Active Check: N/A > >> > > > > Interesting. Nagios thinks the last check was run over a month ago. > > > > > No, thankfully! That date is the 8th November (British format.) > > You wouldn't see anything about hosts in the scheduling queue. Host > > checks are run immediately, not through the queue. That is > why it is > > best to not use them. > > > > I did when the check_interval was set to 1 in the hosts - it > showed the > host name and a blank service column. > I'd mentioned this only to prove the point that the checks do > not seem > to be scheduled any more, so I cannot figure out why it's > still running > the host checks at (seemingly) regular intervals. > > There are no hosts under that machine (or indeed above it), and all > services checks are up and have been for a good 6-8 hours. > > I'm stumped! > > Andy. > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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