...same does not apply for 3.x... :(
On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 4:09 AM, Jon Angliss <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 09:05:02 -0500, Sean McAfee > <[email protected]> wrote: > > >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. > > Are you sure this is still the case? I'm pretty sure 3.x does host > checks on a scheduled basis now. At least I'm seeing pings to all my > hosts every minute. I believe that theory might have been correct for > 2.x, but from what I have read the same does not apply for 3.x (see 17 > in the what's new for v3). > > -- > Jon Angliss > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- -t-
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