<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <TITLE></TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2716.2200" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> Can someone explain this to me?? <DIV> why in the world is the service for testserver01.tcdsb.org being checked after the host has been determined down? also why is the host being checked before the service?? </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> [root@NMS var]# tail nagios.log -n 3000 |grep testserver01 [1034266896] HOST ALERT: testserver01.tcdsb.org;UP;HARD;1;(Host assumed to be up) [1034266896] SERVICE ALERT: testserver01.tcdsb.org;Misc Servers - Port Check 135;OK;HARD;1;TCP OK - 0 second response time on port 135 [1034267924] HOST ALERT: testserver01.tcdsb.org;DOWN;SOFT;1;CRITICAL - Plugin timed out after 8 seconds [1034267933] HOST ALERT: testserver01.tcdsb.org;DOWN;HARD;2;CRITICAL - Plugin timed out after 8 seconds [1034267933] HOST NOTIFICATION:nagiosadmin;testserver01.tcdsb.org;DOWN;host-notify-by-email;CRITICAL - Plugin timed out after 8 seconds [1034267934] HOST NOTIFICATION:Keith;testserver01.tcdsb.org;DOWN;host-notify-by-email;CRITICAL - Plugin timed out after 8 seconds [1034267934] SERVICE ALERT: testserver01.tcdsb.org;Misc Servers - Port Check 135;CRITICAL;HARD;1;Socket timeout after 2 seconds [1034268938] HOST ALERT: testserver01.tcdsb.org;UP;HARD;1;PING OK - Packet loss = 0%, RTA = 0.61 ms [1034268938] HOST NOTIFICATION:nagiosadmin;testserver01.tcdsb.org;UP;host-notify-by-email;PING OK - Packet loss = 0%, RTA = 0.61 ms [1034268938] HOST NOTIFICATION:Keith;testserver01.tcdsb.org;UP;host-notify-by-email;PING OK - Packet loss = 0%, RTA = 0.61 ms [1034268938] SERVICE ALERT: testserver01.tcdsb.org;Misc Servers - Port Check 135;OK;HARD;1;TCP OK - 0 second response time on port 135 [root@NMS var]# </BODY></HTML>