Circular path...
Rafael F Suguiura
rafaelbsb at terra.com.br
Sat Nov 23 23:34:50 CET 2002
Mike,
Thanks the explanation. I got it...
But at least I want to remove those serials from map, because they appear
directly connected to the nagios process, what is not the true...
I´m attaching a screenshot of my map, with some annotations.
It is possible?
Thanks again,
Rafael.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike McClure" <mmcclure at pneservices.com>
To: "Rafael F Suguiura" <rafaelbsb at terra.com.br>
Cc: "Nagios users" <nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 2:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Circular path...
> Hi Rafael,
>
> I would not worry about the router2-router3 relationship. Only worry
about
> dependencies, from the point of view of the Nagios server.
>
> Think about it this way:
>
> If router2 dies, what happens? What systems are you going to lose contact
with?
> Assuming you have everything configured correctly, only router2 and the
LAN behind
> it. Same thing with router3, you only lose that router and the LAN.
>
> *UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES* the only dependent parent for those routers
is router1.
> The only time that router2 becomes a parent is if the router1-router3
link is down.
>
> I personally would not worry about that condition, because the whole point
of having
> the parents and dependencies is to keep from getting notified about
something that
> depends on something else that you've already been notified for. It
doesn't have to
> be a perfect representation of your topology.
>
> - Mike
>
> > Hi fellows !
> >
> > I´m with a little problem.
> > My network topology is composed by three LANs with one router in each
one,
> > and each router with two serial ports (it´s becoming fun...)
> > All the routers have a PPP link with each other, what bring a full
meshed
> > configuration.
> > But when I tried to configure all the parents in hosts.cfg I got a
"ERROR:
> > There is a circular parent/child that exists for host"
> > But the Router2 is parent for Router3, and vice versa...
> > I´m trying to make the impossible happens or is there a way???
> >
> > There is my topology in a terrible ASCII art (art???)
> >
> > Nagios Server
> > !
> > ----------
> > !
> > Router1
> > /\
> > / \
> > / \
> > Router2-------Router3
> > ! !
> > ------- ------
> > ! !
> > Clients Clients
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Rafael
> > Brasilia, Brasil.
> >
> >
> >
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