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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I’ve got Distributed Monitoring to work properly. <span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I’ve also turned on the freshness
checking options for the services on the central server. <span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>However, the <span class=SpellE>active_checks_enabled</span>
option does not work.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span
class=GramE>Its</span> checking my service-is-stale script and sending out down
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the passive notifications.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>If I
turn off active checks from the <span class=SpellE>nagios.cfg</span> file, the
checks stop, but I need to check local hosts from the central server.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Anyone else having this problem?<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=SpellE><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Services.cfg</span></font></span><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <span
class=GramE>file</span> on Central Server:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>define</span></font></span><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span
class=GramE>use</span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span><span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>generic-service<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span
class=SpellE><span class=GramE>host_name</span></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span><span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>server<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span
class=SpellE><span class=GramE>service_description</span></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>check-host-alive<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span
class=SpellE>is_volatile</span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span><span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>0<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span
class=SpellE>active_checks_enabled</span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span
style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>0<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span
class=SpellE><span class=GramE>check_period</span></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>24x7<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span
class=SpellE>max_check_attempts</span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>3<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span
class=SpellE>normal_check_interval</span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>5<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span
class=SpellE>retry_check_interval</span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>1<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span
class=SpellE><span class=GramE>contact_groups</span></span><span
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</span><span class=SpellE>architel</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span
class=SpellE>notification_interval</span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>120<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span
class=SpellE><span class=GramE>notification_period</span></span><span
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</span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>24x7<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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class=SpellE><span class=GramE>check_command</span></span><span
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</span>service-is-stale<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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