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<DIV><SPAN class=869574022-17042007><FONT face=Arial 
size=2>Hi:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=869574022-17042007>    <FONT face=Arial 
size=2>Does anyone know how to make a service dependency work globally?  
For example I want to do this but it doesn't seem to work (at least in <U><FONT 
face="Times New Roman" color=#810081 
size=3>3.0a3)</FONT></U></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=869574022-17042007><U><FONT 
color=#810081></FONT></U></SPAN> </DIV><SPAN class=869574022-17042007>
<DIV><FONT size=2>define servicedependency {<BR><SPAN 
class=869574022-17042007> </SPAN> hostgroups       2003-servers<SPAN 
class=869574022-17042007>, 200-servers, XP-servers</SPAN><BR><SPAN 
class=869574022-17042007> </SPAN> service_description    NT_Stats_Port<BR><SPAN 
class=869574022-17042007> </SPAN> dependent_service_description UPTIME<BR><SPAN 
class=869574022-17042007> </SPAN> notification_failure_criteria 
w,c,u,p<BR>}</FONT><BR></DIV><FONT color=#810081></FONT>
<DIV><STRONG>W<SPAN class=869574022-17042007>ITH</SPAN></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><U><SPAN class=869574022-17042007></SPAN></U> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=869574022-17042007>define service{<BR>   
hostgroup_name                
2003-servers, 2000-servers, XP-servers<BR>   
service_description           
UPTIME<BR>   
check_command                 
check_nt_uptime<BR>   use 
         generic-service<BR>}</SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=869574022-17042007><FONT face=Arial 
size=2><STRONG>AND</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=869574022-17042007><FONT face=Arial size=2>define 
service{<BR>   
hostgroup_name                
2003-servers, 2000-servers, XP-servers<BR>   
service_description           
NT_Stats_Port<BR>   
check_command                 
check_tcp!1248<BR>   use 
         generic-service<BR>}</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=869574022-17042007><FONT face=Arial 
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=869574022-17042007><FONT face=Arial size=2>I get 2 
errors:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=869574022-17042007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Error: A circular 
notification dependency (which could result in a deadlock) exists for service 
'NT_Stats_Port' on host 'hosta'!<BR>Error: A circular notification dependency 
(which could result in a deadlock) exists for service 'UPTIME' on host 
'hosta'!<BR></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=869574022-17042007><FONT face=Arial 
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=869574022-17042007><FONT face=Arial 
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=869574022-17042007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks in 
advance</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=869574022-17042007><FONT face=Arial 
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><STRONG>    Mike 
Merrett</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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