Hello all. A question/quandary for you all

[Marc Powell]

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> From: nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-
> bounces at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of
Jim.Melin at co.hennepin.mn.us
> Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 10:10 AM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Nagios-users] Hello all. A question/quandary for you all
> 
> 
> Can anyone shed some light on the possible reasons that Nagios sends
> notifications as I expect it to for a host down event but not for a
> service check
> event. When a service goes warning or critical the only group that
seems
> to get a notification is 'admins'.
> 
> Here's the relevant configuration elements as I have them. I'm hoping
> someone can see what I cannot because I just don't 'get it'. It should
> work
> based on all the documentation that I've read.
> 
> define host{
>         name                            zlinux-server
>         use                             generic-host
>         check_period                    24x7
>         max_check_attempts              10
>         check_command                   check-host-alive
>         notification_period             24x7
>         notification_interval           120
>         notification_options            d,u,r
>         contact_groups                  admins, operators, techsrv,
zlinux
>         register                        0
>         }

Host{} contact_groups have no relation to service contact_groups and
notifications. These are groups that are notified when there are host
problems only.

You need to look at the contact_groups specified in the service{}
definition.

--
Marc

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