[patch] Workaround for 'Host DOWN' false-positives

[Joerg Linge]

Hi Jan,
the other way is to use "on-demand Macros" like check_cluster does.
Have a look on http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/2_0/clusters.html

An Example:

Every Host has an Service called "Connectivity" witch reflects the Host State.
This Services is executed periodicaly every 2 minutes.

The Host check_command is defined in this way:

define command{
        command_name    check-host-adaptive
        command_line    $USER1$/check_dummy $ARG1$ "$ARG2$"
        }

The command in your hosts.cfg looks like

define host{
.....
        check_command           check-host-adaptive!$SERVICESTATEID:server1:Connectivity$!$SERVICEOUTPUT:server1:Connectivity
        host_name              server1
        alias                   server1
        address                 172.0.0.1
.....
}

In this way the host check_command produces the same state as the "Connectivity" Service on the same Host.
This is done by the "on-demand" Macros.

This ist still a quick hack, but it works ;-)
This is IMHO the fastest way without parsing status.dat.

Greets from Germany
Jörg Linge


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