Not reporting on hosts with no services

[Marc Powell]

No, the check host alive command is _never_ executed unless a service
for that host has failed a check. You must define at least one service
check for each host, even if it's a redundant check_ping.

marc

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don Schultz [mailto:don_schultz at panvera.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 3:03 PM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Not reporting on hosts with no services
> 
> Yes, but if there's no services defined, doesn't the check_host_alive
> command definition at least give the nagios process the state of the
> host whether it is up or down?
> 
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> Don Schultz          | Panvera Corporation
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> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Van Zee, Timothy [mailto:T-VANZEE at govst.edu]
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 2:49 PM
> > To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> > Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Not reporting on hosts with no services
> >
> >
> > You must have a service for each host.
> >
> >
> > Tim Van Zee
> > ITS Network Specialist
> > Governors State University
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Don Schultz [mailto:don_schultz at panvera.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 2:29 PM
> > To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> > Subject: [Nagios-users] Not reporting on hosts with no services
> >
> >
> > I started with a fresh install of nagios and have everything set up
> > right. It will check all services and assume host states. But
> > the hosts
> > that don't have services associated with them are always stuck on
> > pending and they never seem to get checked. Anyone have an idea
what's
> > up?
> >
> > --
> > Don Schultz          | Panvera Corporation
> > Unix Administrator   |  501 Charmany Drive
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