Host Check Clarification

[Bishop, Dean]

i am away from my docs right now but here is how it works.


if the a service check, any service check (this would include the first of
many) returns a Non-OK status, then the host is checked.

if the host checks OK, then the services are scheduled for check using the
service's check_retry_interval.  If the service stays Non-OK until
max_attempts, then the service notification is sent.

if the host check is Non-OK, then the host is pounded.  If it stays Non-OK
until max_attempts (for the host) then the host notification is sent.

under both of these circumstances the service is now rescheduled at its
normal_check_interval.

the difference is that if the host is down, then service notifications are
squelched.



later,
dean


-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Miller
To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
Sent: 10/21/2002 4:14 PM
Subject: [Nagios-users] Host Check Clarification

Looking for some clarification on Nagios Host checking.  I am monitoring
the SSH service on multiple hosts, from what I understand when the SSH
service check has problems, Nagios then tries to do a Host check.  
 
>From the documentation
"One instance where Nagios checks the status of a host is when a service
check results in a non-OK status. Nagios checks the host to decide
whether or not the host is up, down, or unreachable. If the first host
check returns a non-OK state, Nagios will keep pounding out checks of
the host until either (a) the maximum number of host checks (specified
by the max_attempts option in the host definition) is reached or (b) a
host check results in an OK state. "
 
The documentation states that Nagios dedicates all resources to checking
this host and then sends a notification that the host is down.  The part
that seems a little strange to me is that often I will get a Host Down
notification while Nagios is still doing test 1 out of 3 for the SSH
service.  I have my max_attempts set to 10 for each host, what is the
interval between these attempts?.  Is there anyway to tell Nagios to
perform host checks that are a certain interval apart (just like in
service checks) before sending a notification?  
 
 
Thanks
 
  
 
 


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