Re(2): Need help with the concept of network objects

[Robert Snyder]

Thanks Barry,

The link from the FAQ to "Determining Status and Reachability of Network
Hosts" section of the manual (page 69 of the printed docs) lays it out
for me. I must have been nodding off when I read that section. That's
the problem with reading in bed. 

Cheers.

Robert

On Mon, Jul 24, 2006, Curr, Barry wrote:

>This should help you I think:
>http://www.nagios.org/faqs/viewfaq.php?faq_id=145 
>
>Regards
>Barry 
>
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>Subject: [Nagios-users] Need help with the concept of network objects
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>Hi,
>
>I have read through most, if not all, of the 258 pages of the Nagios 2.0
>documentation and have been running a Nagios install for about four
>months. At this point I am monitoring about 45 hosts and around 100
>services. My question is about network objects.
>
>I understand that I explicitly define host and service objects. What I
>don't get is how a network object is defined or determined by Nagios. Is
>this just determined by creating parent-child relationships, or is there
>some other way in which an object is defined as a network object, and
>hence it's unavailability is reported as a network outage on the Tac and
>network outages screens?
>
>I am sorry if this a silly question, but I am just not getting this
>piece of the puzzle. 
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Robert
>
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E-mail: rsnyder at psu.edu



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