Host check command interval

[Morris, Patrick]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-
> bounces at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Kevin Menard
> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 7:47 AM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Nagios-users] Host check command interval
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Apologies for the overly simple question, but how does one control the
> interval at which host command check attempts are executed?  I'm
> working
> on a plugin that will power-on a host if the check command fails.
> Unfortunately, it looks like each attempt occurs 3 seconds after the
> previous one.  Given how long it may take to power on a host, I exceed
> the max attempts before the machine is restored, resulting in a HARD
> state that shouldn't occur.
> 
> For what it's worth, the plugin is non-blocking.  So, even if it takes
> the machine several minutes to power-up, the script execution will
only
> be about 5 seconds.  I presume this may be part of my problem.

Host checks will basically happen as fast as they can, and that's not
configurable in Nagios 2.x.

http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/2_0/checkscheduling.html#host_checks





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