hostgroup escalations + service escalations

[Carroll, Jim P [Contractor]]

It'll do what you want.  Sort of:

http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/1_0/escalations.html

Bear in mind that service escalations and host escalations are two
completely different animals (not unlike the definitions for each).  Here's
how it'll work (as I understand it):

- check for service escalation
  - if service escalation doesn't exist, use contact group in service
definition

And on a relatively different path:

- check for host escalation
  - if host escalation doesn't exist, use contact group in host definition

Think about this for a sec.  If Oracle is down, you want the DBA paged, not
the sysadmin.  And if the host is down, paging the DBA isn't really going to
do much good, unless the DBA is also the sysadmin.

So if you have an Oracle service escalation defined for a specific host's
Oracle service, then follow that.  Otherwise, follow the one defined for
that specific service.

Similarly, if a mouse decided to feast on the host's CAT5 cable, page the
sysadmin defined in the host's escalation, otherwise notify the contact
group as defined in the host definition.

As for the hostgroup vs. host escalation, I don't quite recall, but I
believe that nagios will squawk at you when you do a "service nagios
restart" as the result of having a conflict of definitions.  You define the
host in a hostgroup escalation, or you define it outside of the hostgroup
escalation (on its own).  Both cannot exist.

Someone may want to correct me on this.

jc


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Edge [mailto:martinedge at kbs.net.au]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 4:48 PM
> To: nagios-users at sourceforge.net
> Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] hostgroup escalations + service 
> escalations
> 
> 
> I am using Nagios 1.0, on Slackware, however, I don't see 
> that relevant
> to my issue :-)
> 
> I'll resend it as it appears it was routed to /dev/null or 
> something ..
> 
> Does anyone know whether the escalations section will ever 
> work as below
> :-
> 
> > I guess what I need it to do, is check for a service 
> escalation, if it
> > doesn't exist, look for a host escalation, if it doesn't 
> > exist, look for
> > a hostgroup escalation, if that doesn't exist, use the 
> > contact-groups as
> > defined in the service. 
> > 
> > Is there anyway to have Nagios work with this behaviour? Or is it
> > something someone has to hack into the source code?
> 
> Martin.
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net 
> > [mailto:nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf 
> > Of Martin Edge
> > Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 1:12 PM
> > To: nagios-users at sourceforge.net
> > Subject: [Nagios-users] hostgroup escalations + service escalations
> > 
> > 
> > Hey Guys,
> > 
> > I'm settig up nagios to do some monitoring (surprise?:P)
> > 
> > However, I've gotten to the point of doing escalations for 
> > all machines.
> > However, when there is a service issue, the escalations 
> > section requires
> > me to do a specific service escalation for each service. 
> > 
> > I guess what I need it to do, is check for a service 
> escalation, if it
> > doesn't exist, look for a host escalation, if it doesn't 
> > exist, look for
> > a hostgroup escalation, if that doesn't exist, use the 
> > contact-groups as
> > defined in the service. 
> > 
> > Is there anyway to have Nagios work with this behaviour? Or is it
> > something someone has to hack into the source code?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Martin Edge
> > Software/Network Engineer
> > KBS Internet
> > 
> > Phone: 1300 727 205
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