checking host alive or service ping check

Marc Powell marc at ena.com
Wed May 6 14:52:07 CEST 2009


On May 6, 2009, at 5:30 AM, Felipe Ferreira wrote:

> Hello all,
> What is the difference between checking a host is alive with a check  
> in
> the host template (check_command check-host-alive), witch I have  
> defined
> as a PING.
> And creating a ping service applied to the host ?

Host checks are necessary for determining status and reachability of  
network hosts (through parenting) as well as suppression of all  
SERVICE notifications on hosts that are down; a single HOST  
notification would go out instead.

--
Marc


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