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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=984584816-27072004>I am setting up
notification escalations for downed hosts and they are not working like they
should.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=984584816-27072004>I currently have
service notification escalations setup and they are working perfectly.
</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=984584816-27072004>I know that my host
is reading the escalation file each time I change it because when testing, I
change who is getting notified (i.e.. level1, level2 ) and nagios properly
reflects the changes. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=984584816-27072004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=984584816-27072004>The problem is
that only the first notification in the definitions is being sent
out. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=984584816-27072004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=984584816-27072004>The host is not
recovering so there is no reason for the next notifications to not be
sent.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=984584816-27072004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=984584816-27072004>define
hostgroupescalation{<BR>
hostgroup_name production-servers<BR>
first_notification
1<BR>
last_notification
3<BR>
contact_groups level1<BR>
notification_interval 1<BR>
}</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=984584816-27072004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=984584816-27072004>This definition
states that level1 contact group should get 3 emails over 3 minutes but by
looking at the notification logs for the host only the first email is being
sent. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=984584816-27072004><SPAN
class=984584816-27072004></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=984584816-27072004><SPAN
class=984584816-27072004>define
hostgroupescalation{<BR>
hostgroup_name production-servers<BR>
first_notification
1<BR>
last_notification 1<BR>
contact_groups level1<BR>
notification_interval 1<BR>
}</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=984584816-27072004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=984584816-27072004>define
hostgroupescalation{<BR>
hostgroup_name production-servers<BR>
first_notification
2<BR>
last_notification 2<BR>
contact_groups level2<BR>
notification_interval 1<BR>
}</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=984584816-27072004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=984584816-27072004><SPAN
class=984584816-27072004>Looking at the notification logs for the host only the
first email is being sent for these definitions as well. </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=984584816-27072004></SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2>Matt Case</FONT></DIV>
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