Checking Clients Online before other checks

[Macleod, Chris]

Hello,

You need to configure service dependencies like below. 

}

define servicedependency {
       dependent_host_name                      server1
       dependent_service_description            CPU Usage,DNS
Server,Drive C: Disk Usage,Drive D: Disk Usage,IIS Web Server,Logon
Errors,Memory Usage,Page File Usage,Server Work Queues,SQL Server,Uptime
       host_name                                TAISQL1
       service_description                     Ping
       inherits_parent                          1
       execution_failure_criteria               w,u,c
       notification_failure_criteria            w,u,c
       dependency_period                        24x7

} 

I create one for each host this way if ping fails the other services
will be checked but no alerts will be generated.

Thanks
Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Laird [mailto:danieljlaird at hotmail.com] 
Sent: 17 November 2010 14:49
To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [Nagios-users] Checking Clients Online before other checks


All,

I am new to nagios and am trying something I suspect has been done
before - but I am struggling and was wondering if you can help?

I have a server that is online 24x7
I haev a group of machines (upto 50) that are on and offline (desktop
machines)

I want to have the server check if a client is online (ping will do for
now) If the ping is successful I want to run a number of checks (apt,
disks, load etc) If the ping is unsuccessful I don't want any errors at
all - as this is perfectly possible.

I have created a HostGroup with all my desktop machines I have also
created a service group of the checks I want to run once a host is
determined as being there.
I know I can make the service group dependent on the ping test.

Can anyone give me any hints as to what I have to do next and how I make
sure that if a ping fails I dont get an error at all?

Cheers
Dan
 		 	   		  
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