Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios Host Check Behaviour

2011-06-23 Thread Erik Sejr
Thanks Daniel - on demand checks was exactly what I was looking for. Regards, Erik On 06/23/2011 05:20 PM, Daniel Tuecks wrote: > Hello, > > sounds like you want 'on demand host checks'. > > "Regularly scheduled host checks are optional. If you set the > check_interval option in your host defin

Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios Host Check Behaviour

2011-06-23 Thread Daniel Tuecks
Hello, sounds like you want 'on demand host checks'. "Regularly scheduled host checks are optional. If you set the check_interval option in your host definition to zero (0), Nagios will not perform checks of the hosts on a regular basis. It will, however, still perform on-demand checks of the hos

[Nagios-users] Nagios Host Check Behaviour

2011-06-23 Thread Erik Sejr
Hi, I have a question for the list regarding the behaviour of host checks in Nagios. My understanding was that host checks only took place if a service changed state, otherwise the state of the host was assumed based on the state of the services that host provides. We have a number of hosts, each

Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios host check retry interval inconsistent

2010-11-11 Thread Andreas Ericsson
On 11/11/2010 01:13 PM, Yu Watanabe wrote: >> Not that it fails to reschedule it. Just that failing service checks always >> force a hostcheck to occur. That's by design. The change was, afair, to >> make sure Nagios doesn't reschedule the hostcheck when a forced hostcheck >> happens, and also to n

Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios host check retry interval inconsistent

2010-11-11 Thread Yu Watanabe
>Not that it fails to reschedule it. Just that failing service checks always >force a hostcheck to occur. That's by design. The change was, afair, to >make sure Nagios doesn't reschedule the hostcheck when a forced hostcheck >happens, and also to not increment the check attempt variable. Sorry m

Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios host check retry interval inconsistent

2010-11-11 Thread Andreas Ericsson
On 11/11/2010 12:21 PM, Yu Watanabe wrote: > Hello Andreas. > > Thank you for the reply. > >> Failing service checks trigger host checks. I think there was some >> patch to make forced hostchecks not count as an attempt. I might >> be mistaken though, but if you upgrade your Nagios you should see

Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios host check retry interval inconsistent

2010-11-11 Thread Yu Watanabe
Hello Andreas. Thank you for the reply. >Failing service checks trigger host checks. I think there was some >patch to make forced hostchecks not count as an attempt. I might >be mistaken though, but if you upgrade your Nagios you should see >it behave differently. So in old version there are s

Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios host check retry interval inconsistent

2010-11-11 Thread Andreas Ericsson
On 11/11/2010 11:06 AM, Yu Watanabe wrote: > Hello all. > > I would like to ask a regarding to the host check retry interval. > This is about nagios 3.0.6 , little bit old. > > I have set the interval length as 30 and the host check retry interval as > default , 1. > > However, the interval see

[Nagios-users] Nagios host check retry interval inconsistent

2010-11-11 Thread Yu Watanabe
Hello all. I would like to ask a regarding to the host check retry interval. This is about nagios 3.0.6 , little bit old. I have set the interval length as 30 and the host check retry interval as default , 1. However, the interval seems to be not always 40 which includes the reaper interval.

RE: [Nagios-users] Nagios Host Check

2006-05-17 Thread Marc Powell
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:nagios-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James E. Pratt > Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 7:25 AM > To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Nagios Host Check > > [chop] >

RE: [Nagios-users] Nagios Host Check

2006-05-17 Thread Marc Powell
May 16, 2006 6:17 PM > To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Nagios Host Check > > > OK I accept that but if it is something like an external router or > similar where there is nothing else I need to check or can check, I jus > want to know if it

RE: [Nagios-users] Nagios Host Check

2006-05-17 Thread James E. Pratt
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marc Powell Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 5:25 PM To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Nagios Host Check > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:

Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios Host Check

2006-05-16 Thread Jason Martin
On Wed, May 17, 2006 at 11:17:03AM +1200, Ron Wilson wrote: > OK I accept that but if it is something like an external router or > similar where there is nothing else I need to check or can check, I jus > want to know if it is down, what service can I define so that it keeps > Nagios happy. Can I d

RE: [Nagios-users] Nagios Host Check

2006-05-16 Thread Ron Wilson
ers] Nagios Host Check > > I have several hosts that I just want to check connectivity nothing else. > If I put the hosts in the hosts file Nagios complains that there are no > services defined for this hosts. It still works but I want to get rid of > the error message. Do I need to c

Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios Host Check

2006-05-16 Thread Jason Martin
On Wed, May 17, 2006 at 09:11:43AM +1200, Ron Wilson wrote: > I have several hosts that I just want to check connectivity nothing > else. If I put the hosts in the hosts file Nagios complains that there > are no services defined for this hosts. It still works but I want to get FAQ: http://www.nagio

RE: [Nagios-users] Nagios Host Check

2006-05-16 Thread Marc Powell
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:nagios-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ron Wilson > Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 4:12 PM > To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [Nagios-users] Nagios Host Check > > I have several hosts t

[Nagios-users] Nagios Host Check

2006-05-16 Thread Ron Wilson
Title: Nagios Host Check I have several hosts that I just want to check connectivity nothing else. If I put the hosts in the hosts file Nagios complains that there are no services defined for this hosts. It still works but I want to get rid of the error message. Do I need to create some form