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<DIV><SPAN class=163191018-02122002><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080
size=2>Why not create a host check for this 'host' which uses /bin/true as the
check? That way, it'll always be 'up'. :) Ditto a mock service
on that 'host'.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=163191018-02122002><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080
size=2>jc</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Patrick Amirian
[mailto:pamirian@calculus.ca]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, December 02, 2002 7:32
AM<BR><B>To:</B> nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net<BR><B>Subject:</B>
[Nagios-users] parent and children<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Hi <SPAN
class=SpellE>guys</SPAN>,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN lang=EN-CA
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA">I’m trying to create
parent/children relationship in my status map<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN lang=EN-CA
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN lang=EN-CA
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA">Ex: live site with many
immediate child hosts.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN lang=EN-CA
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN lang=EN-CA
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA">The problem is that I don’t
want <SPAN class=SpellE>nagios</SPAN> to check this parent. I want it to be a
simple text not a host I don’t want it to be marked as down because <SPAN
class=SpellE>nagios</SPAN> can’t ping it. It’s not a real host it just a …
separator between live and test hosts.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN lang=EN-CA
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN lang=EN-CA
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA">Thanks.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN lang=EN-CA
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