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[Marc Powell]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frank Gadot [mailto:frank.gadot at epscorp.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 11:19 AM
> To: Marc Powell
> Cc: Nagios-Users
> 
> Hi !
> 
> This is actually what I did:
> I have a contact group called ADMIN-EMAIL and another contact group
> called ADMIN-PAGER .
> 
> 
> On the hostgroups.cfg file, I defined a hostgroup with for contact
group
> ADMIN-EMAIL,ADMIN-PAGER
> 
> What is this going to do ?
> 
> Now, if I go to services.cfg, I have for example a host which has for
> contact_group ADMIN-EMAIL
> If that computer is down, I receive an Email AND pager anyway..
> 
> Is there a link with the hostgroups.cfg file ?

Yes, there is a link. Anyone that's listed as a contact for the
hostgroup will get notified by whatever method is specified _in
addition_ to the person specified in the host contact_groups.

I have mine set up with no contacts for hostgroups and individual
contacts for hosts and services ala --

# Service definition
define service{
        use                             generic-service         ; Name
of service template to use

        host_name                       nateng-filt1-davidson-tn
        service_description             OVER-FILTERING
        retry_check_interval            3
        contact_groups                  nateng-oncall-network-apps
        check_command                   check_overfilt
        }


# Service definition
define service{
        use                             generic-service         ; Name
of service template to use

        host_name                       nateng-gwiis01-davidson-tn
        service_description             UPTIME
        retry_check_interval            3
        contact_groups                  nateng-oncall-servers
        check_command                   check_nt_uptime
        }


# 'nateng-oncall-network-apps' contact group definition
define contactgroup{
        contactgroup_name       nateng-oncall-network-apps
        alias                   ENA NETWORK NOTIFIES
        members                 nateng-network-apps
        }


# 'nateng-oncall-servers' contact group definition
define contactgroup{
        contactgroup_name       nateng-oncall-servers
        alias                   ENA NETWORK NOTIFIES
        members                 nateng-servers
        }

# 'nateng-network-apps' contact definition
define contact{
        contact_name                    nateng-network-apps
        alias                           Network Apps On Call
        service_notification_period     24x7
        host_notification_period        24x7
        service_notification_options    c,r
        host_notification_options       d,r
        service_notification_commands   service-notify-by-email
        host_notification_commands      host-notify-by-email
        email                           email at address.org
        }

# 'nateng-servers' contact definition
define contact{
        contact_name                    nateng-servers
        alias                           Servers On Call
        service_notification_period     24x7
        host_notification_period        24x7
        service_notification_options    c,r
        host_notification_options       d,r
        service_notification_commands   service-notify-by-email
        host_notification_commands      host-notify-by-email
        email                           email at address.org
        }


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