Find out which device failed first - Help

[Hugo van der Kooij]

On Mon, 27 Mar 2006, Chaudhry, Zaeem wrote:

> My apologies... The spell check in Windows changed the word "Nagios" to
> Anglos.

That makes 1001 reasons why I dislike windows.

> I have a bunch of devices that I monitor using Nagios 2.0. All the
> devices in my network are connected to each other in one way or the
> other, which means that if one device in the network fails, it impacts
> the other devices as well. I want to know if there is a way to find out
> which device in the network failed "first" and caused disruption in
> service. That way, I will not have to deal with the devices that are
> dependant on that "first" device to get their service.

And just how will you nagios know unless you define your dependencies?

Unfortunatly you have to define dependencies from Nagios point of view. So
placing Nagios at the proper spot in your network is crucial in this.

Finding a problem by looking for the first host to go missing in Nagios
means you must poll just about every second. That will put quite a strain
on your setup and will still not be as effective as you might think.

Hugo.

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