<html> <head> </head> <body> I just gave in and did it that way. Maybe something to keep in mind for future Nagios features - Time based command/arguments. Russell Subhendu Ghosh wrote: <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:Pine.LNX.4.44.0302041557120.22628-100000@calcutta.sghosh.org"> <pre wrap="">not easy in the current setup. easiest would be to write a wrapper which checks localtime and calls check_load with the approriate args... -sg On Tue, 4 Feb 2003, Russell Scibetti wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">I want to have a service defined that runs a different command depending on the timeperiod. Example: define service{ use GenericService host_name backup_host service_description Load check_command check_load!6,6,6!8,8,8 check_period backup_times } define service{ use GenericService host_name backup_host service_description Load check_command check_load!2,2,2!4,4,4 check_period nonbackup_times } However, Nagios yells about there being 2 services with the same name. I tried renaming the first one to backupLoad, which works except that if the service is critical at the end of the timeperiod, it continues to display a critical after the backup_times timeperiod is over. Is there anyway around this? Ideally I would like them to have the same name, so that during one timeperiod, one set of args is used and during the other timeperiod, the different set is used. Any help would be appreciated. Russell Scibetti </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> </pre> </blockquote> <pre class="moz-signature" cols="$mailwrapcol">-- Russell Scibetti Quadrix Solutions, Inc. <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.quadrix.com">http://www.quadrix.com</a> (732) 235-2335, ext. 7038 </pre> </body> </html>