Checking host up without ping

[Andy Shellam]

It's probably a bit late for this, but one of my servers used to be with 
a host that blocked pings, so I used check_ssh instead - if the SSH 
service responded, the server was up :)

Andy.

Johnston, Mike J wrote:
> I guess I should have thought my question through before I asked...
> Thanks for the suggestions and avoiding any attempt to pick on me... lol
> Thanks all!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patrick Morris [mailto:patrick.morris at hp.com] 
> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 4:29 PM
> To: Johnston, Mike J
> Cc: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Checking host up without ping
>
> On Fri, 23 Mar 2007, Michael Johnston wrote:
>
>   
>> I swear I've seen a way to do this this before but I just can't
>>     
> remember where and I can't seem to find it.  Isn't there a way to check
> to see if a host is up without having to ping it?  I have a switch that
> we don't allow ICMP return but I'd still like to have nagios tell me if
> it's up.  Thanks!
>
> Just use a host check that *can* determine whether the host is up or
> not. There's no rule that says a host check must be an ICMP ping.
>
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