Hosts without services

[Collins, Steve]

I have a few hosts which have no services per se.  Soon, after some firewall changes, I'll be able to ping them.  However, in the meantime, they are causing blocking outages (they host multiple web sites on multiple IPs) which is causing consternation among management.  What I'd like to do is have them seen as up (I know they are, because their hosted sites work).  I've tried setting the Host Check Command to check_dummy (which does a check_dummy 0), but it doesn't seem to make a difference in the web interface, thus:

define host {
86:     use    generic-host
87:     host_name    animal
88:     alias    Multi-site server for older sites
89:     address    172.16.x.x
90:     parents    MCT_Internet_Zone
91:     check_command    check_dummy
92:     max_check_attempts    3
93:     notification_interval    60
94:     notification_period    24x7
95:     notification_options    d,u,r
96: }

Any guidance appreciated.  TIA.

Steve
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Stephen Collins
Web Development Section
eBusiness Division
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