check-host-alive doesn't work for 2 devices

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Hi,
Replying to my own query, I found a silly workaround for this problem.
Add a service (fictional or otherwise - my ESR switches don't have any
services on them) for the host and suddenly it starts to do the
check-host-alive check and comes up fine.

Now I have a service that needs to be disabled for it to work!

Rgds,
Paraic
www.host.ie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <lists-nagios at host.ie>
To: <Nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 3:58 PM
Subject: check-host-alive doesn't work for 2 devices


> Hi,
> I have the following host definitions in my hosts.cfg and for some reason
it
> maintains a PENDING status for these 2 hosts while it has worked perfectly
> for the other 17 host definitions I have in hosts.cfg. I cut and pasted
the
> definitions from working ones to minimise syntax error.
> # 'esr1' host definition
> define host{
>         use                     generic-host            ; Name of host
> template to use
>
>         host_name               esr1
>         alias                   Marconi ESR Layer 3 switch
>         address                 172.16.8.5
>         check_command           check-host-alive
>         max_check_attempts      10
>         notification_interval   120
>         notification_period     24x7
>         notification_options    d,u,r
>         }
>
> I did a
> nagios:/usr/local/nagios/etc# ../libexec/check_ping -H 172.16.8.5 -w
> 3000.0,80% -c 5000.0,100% -p 5
> PING OK - Packet loss = 0%, RTA = 0.30 ms
>
> for the hosts in question and it obviously works.
> The hosts are switches as noted above - that shouldn't make any
difference,
> right?
>
> any ideas?
>
> Paraic
> www.host.ie
>



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