Marc Powell wrote:
> Yes, they are very similar... hostdependencies give you more
> flexibility about when it's valid and under what conditions though.
> Like you, I'm hard-pressed to come up with an example of when it's
> actually interesting... I guess the best example I can think of based
On Jun 1, 2009, at 2:24 PM, Andrew Davis wrote:
> Double-checking the docs I think I just realized this...
>
> If I understand this right, the "parents" option is used for Nagios
> itself (prehaps better re-worded as "internally") to define the
> network topology for the core host check. If t
On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 3:43 PM, Max Hetrick wrote:
>
> Host dependencies aren't to be confused with parent/child relationships.
> Parent/child relationships are what actually define the network topology.
>
> Host dependencies are just for defining a dependency from host "A" to
> from host "B" and
Andrew Davis wrote:
> Double-checking the docs I think I just realized this...
>
> If I understand this right, the "parents" option is used for Nagios
> itself (prehaps better re-worded as "internally") to define the network
> topology for the core host check. If the switch is down, it won't mar
Andrew Davis wrote:
> The bulk of my systems are behind one of three switches. I just went
> through my hosts.cfg file and added the "parents" line and appropriate
> switch name for each, but the host dependencies aren't showing up. I do
> use a host template for most of the servers and then other
Double-checking the docs I think I just realized this...
If I understand this right, the "parents" option is used for Nagios
itself (prehaps better re-worded as "internally") to define the network
topology for the core host check. If the switch is down, it won't mark a
host as Down, only as Un
On Jun 1, 2009, at 1:46 PM, Andrew Davis wrote:
> The bulk of my systems are behind one of three switches. I just went
> through my hosts.cfg file and added the "parents" line and
> appropriate switch name for each, but the host dependencies aren't
> showing up.
Parents and host dependenci
