NAGIOS Notifications Problems

[Livio Zanol Puppim]

The Notifications are "HOST DOWN", not unreachable. Here is an example of
the configuration....

As you can see, UNREACHABLE Notifications aren't send

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define host{
        name                            generic-host
        notifications_enabled           1
    active_checks_enabled            1
        event_handler_enabled           1
    flap_detection_enabled          0
        process_perf_data               1
        retain_status_information       1
        retain_nonstatus_information    1
        check_command               check-host-alive
       checks_enabled             1
        max_check_attempts                 1
        notification_interval       0
        notification_period         24x7
        notification_options         d
       contact_groups            cg-ServiceDesk
    check_period            24x7
        register                        0               ; DONT REGISTER THIS
DEFINITION - ITS NOT A REAL
}



define host{
        name                            generic-host-wans-passive
        notifications_enabled           1
        active_checks_enabled           0
      passive_checks_enabled            1
        event_handler_enabled           1
        flap_detection_enabled          0
        check_freshness                 1
        freshness_threshold             86400
        process_perf_data               1
        retain_status_information       1
        retain_nonstatus_information    1
        check_command                   check-host-alive
        checks_enabled                  1
        max_check_attempts              1
        notification_interval           0
        notification_period             24x7
        notification_options            d
        contact_groups                  cg-ServiceDesk
        register                        0                   ; DONT REGISTER
THIS DEFINITION - ITS NOT A REAL
}

define host{
        use                     generic-host
        host_name               PARENT
        address                 192.168.192.168
        }

define host{
        use                     generic-host
        host_name           RT1
        address                192.168.192.167
        parents                PARENT
        }

define host{
        use                     generic-host
        host_name           RT2
        address                192.168.192.166
        parents                PARENT
        }

define host{
        use                     generic-host-wans-passive
        host_name           RT3
        address                192.168.192.165
        parents                RT1
        }
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Thx,
Lívio Zanol Puppim


2007/10/5, Marc Powell <marc at ena.com>:
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-
> > bounces at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Livio Zanol Puppim
> > Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 9:45 AM
> > To: Nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> > Subject: [Nagios-users] NAGIOS Notifications Problems
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm looking for help in notifications. If anyone could answer this i'd
> be
> > pleased.
> >
> > My Nagios has some hosts configured with parents settings, so when a
> host
> > is down, Nagios checks out his parent to see if it is down too.
> > OK, I think this is working. But When the notifications comes into
> place,
> > I receive notifications for parents and ALSO for his children like
> this:
> >
> > *PARENT*     CRITICAL - Plugin Timed out after 3 seconds
> > *RT1*            CRITICAL - Plugin Timed out after 3 seconds
> > *RT2*            CRITICAL - Plugin Timed out after 3 seconds
> > *RT3*            CRITICAL - Plugin Timed out after 3 seconds
> >
>
> Are the RT* notifications DOWN or UNREACHABLE notifications? There is a
> difference.
>
> > I want to receive a notification only for the parent host. How can
> this be
> > done?
> >
> > Is there something wrong?
>
> Sounds like it. Post a complete host definition for RT1 and PARENT so we
> can see if there is.
>
> --
> Marc
>
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