Host dependencies not being picked up...

[Glen Barber]

On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 3:43 PM, Max Hetrick <maxhetrick at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> Host dependencies aren't to be confused with parent/child relationships.
> Parent/child relationships are what actually define the network topology.
>
> Host dependencies are just for defining a dependency from host "A" to
> from host "B" and so on. I'm not sure the usefulness of this, but I'm
> sure someone uses it.
>
> http://www.nagios.org/faqs/viewfaq.php?faq_id=145
>
> Regards,
> Max
>

I could see the usefulness for remote sites, checking that a router is
on a network, before scanning servers/clients inside the network.
Obviously if the router is unreachable, you don't want to continue
scanning that part of the network.

Regards,

-- 
Glen Barber
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