Host Dependencies

[Michael Jewett]

Can I do something like this?

define hostdependency{
         host_name               2380-hh-1
         notification_failure_criteria   d,u
         dependent_hostgroup     Access-Points
}

Instead of listing each AP out separately?

Michael



On 2007-10-26 12:28 PM, Cook, Garry wrote:
> Host Dependencies. Make each AP dependent upon the WLC or Management Switch. Make the parent the actual switch that the AP connects to.
> 
> Thanks,
> Garry
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Michael Jewett
> Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 9:25 AM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Nagios-users] Host Dependencies
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm starting to monitor my Access Points with Nagios.  The problem is
> they have "multiple" parents.  Each AP is connected to the parent
> switch, which is simple, just a parent line in the APs host definition.
>   If the switch goes down I don't get alerted about the 15 APs behind.
> 
> The problem is these are thin APs, so they tunnel all their traffic back
> to a "Management Switch".  If this "Management Switch" goes down then
> the APs reboot continually until they can re-establish their connection
> back to that "Management Switch".
> 
> I thought about having multiple parents in the host definition, but this
> only suppresses warnings if both parents go down, not it only one goes down.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Michael
> 
> 
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