3 e-mails per host in DOWN state

[Subhendu Ghosh]

Which version of Nagios are you running?

-sg

On Fri, 19 Dec 2003, Patrick Webster wrote:

> Hi Guys,
> 
> I'm running Nagios with about 100 clients at the moment. As the clients
> are on a VPN, I want to be alerted ONCE, whenever a host goes DOWN, only
> during WORKHOURS.
> 
> Currently my hosts.cfg file contains;
> ---------------------------------
> # Generic host definition template
> define host{
>         name                            generic-host    ; The name of
> this host template - referenced in other host definitions, used for
> template recursion/resolution
>         notifications_enabled           1       ; Host notifications are
> enabled
>         event_handler_enabled           1       ; Host event handler is
> enabled
>         flap_detection_enabled          1       ; Flap detection is
> enabled
>         process_perf_data               1       ; Process performance
> data
>         notification_interval           0       ; one alert
>         retain_status_information       1       ; Retain status
> information across program restarts
>         retain_nonstatus_information    1       ; Retain non-status
> information across program restarts
> 
>         register                        0       ; DONT REGISTER THIS
> DEFINITION - ITS NOT A REAL HOST, JUST A TEMPLATE!
>         }
> 
> define host{
>         use                     generic-host            ; Name of host
> template to use
> 
>         host_name               vpn-client
>         alias                   VPN Client
>         address                 192.168.111.111
>         check_command           check-host-alive
>         max_check_attempts      10
>         notification_period     workhours
>         notification_options    d
>         parents                 router2
>         }
> ----------------------------------
> 
> Despite this, whenever a host goes down I am sent 3 e-mails for the same
> issue anywhere between 1 minute to 10 minutes apart.
> 
> I have looked for anything obvious and have come up empty. I may be
> missing something but don't know what that is.
> 
> Cheers,
> -Patrick
> 
> 
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