The Notifications are "HOST DOWN", not unreachable. Here is an example of the configuration.... As you can see, UNREACHABLE Notifications aren't send ------------------------------------------------------------ CFG ----------------------------------------------------------------- define host{ name generic-host notifications_enabled 1 active_checks_enabled 1 event_handler_enabled 1 flap_detection_enabled 0 process_perf_data 1 retain_status_information 1 retain_nonstatus_information 1 check_command check-host-alive checks_enabled 1 max_check_attempts 1 notification_interval 0 notification_period 24x7 notification_options d contact_groups cg-ServiceDesk check_period 24x7 register 0 ; DONT REGISTER THIS DEFINITION - ITS NOT A REAL } define host{ name generic-host-wans-passive notifications_enabled 1 active_checks_enabled 0 passive_checks_enabled 1 event_handler_enabled 1 flap_detection_enabled 0 check_freshness 1 freshness_threshold 86400 process_perf_data 1 retain_status_information 1 retain_nonstatus_information 1 check_command check-host-alive checks_enabled 1 max_check_attempts 1 notification_interval 0 notification_period 24x7 notification_options d contact_groups cg-ServiceDesk register 0 ; DONT REGISTER THIS DEFINITION - ITS NOT A REAL } define host{ use generic-host host_name PARENT address <a href="http://192.168.192.168">192.168.192.168</a> } define host{ use generic-host host_name RT1 address <a href="http://192.168.192.167">192.168.192.167</a> parents PARENT } define host{ use generic-host host_name RT2 address <a href="http://192.168.192.166">192.168.192.166</a> parents PARENT } define host{ use generic-host-wans-passive host_name RT3 address <a href="http://192.168.192.165">192.168.192.165</a> parents RT1 } ------------------------------------------------------------ CFG ----------------------------------------------------------------- Thx, Lívio Zanol Puppim <div>2007/10/5, Marc Powell <<a href="mailto:marc@ena.com">marc@ena.com</a>>: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> > -----Original Message----- > From: <a href="mailto:nagios-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net"> nagios-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:nagios-users-">nagios-users-</a> > <a href="mailto:bounces@lists.sourceforge.net">bounces@lists.sourceforge.net</a>] On Behalf Of Livio Zanol Puppim > Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 9:45 AM > To: <a href="mailto:Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net">Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net</a> > Subject: [Nagios-users] NAGIOS Notifications Problems > > Hello, > > I'm looking for help in notifications. If anyone could answer this i'd be > pleased. > > My Nagios has some hosts configured with parents settings, so when a host > is down, Nagios checks out his parent to see if it is down too. > OK, I think this is working. But When the notifications comes into place, > I receive notifications for parents and ALSO for his children like this: > > *PARENT* CRITICAL - Plugin Timed out after 3 seconds > *RT1* CRITICAL - Plugin Timed out after 3 seconds > *RT2* CRITICAL - Plugin Timed out after 3 seconds > *RT3* CRITICAL - Plugin Timed out after 3 seconds > Are the RT* notifications DOWN or UNREACHABLE notifications? There is a difference. > I want to receive a notification only for the parent host. How can this be > done? > > Is there something wrong? Sounds like it. Post a complete host definition for RT1 and PARENT so we can see if there is. -- Marc ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> <a href="http://get.splunk.com/">http://get.splunk.com/</a> _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list <a href="mailto:Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net">Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net </a> <a href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users</a> ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null </blockquote></div>