Background: Due to management requirements we are using NagiosQL as a configuration manager for our Nagios install. NagiosQL defaults to active checks enabled for hosts so this is how it's been done until now. We have the alerts coming as we want them. We are adding more hosts and services weekly. I know that active host checks are not a good thing to have going forward as they are unnecessary. Please advise on the best way to explain this to the boss who is, at this moment, convinced that if we turn off the option in the config file then the host will never be checked even if a service is down. I can't find a good place in the documentation to point this out and would like to get these turned off in the near future so we don't run into issues later on down the road. Any help in pointing me in the right direction would be appreciated. Here is a sample host cfg from our environment: define host { host_name plapwnd01 alias plapwnd01 address 10.1.254.253 parents 10.1.254-Parent check_command check-host-alive max_check_attempts 3 check_interval 15 active_checks_enabled 1 passive_checks_enabled 1 check_period 24x7 obsess_over_host 0 check_freshness 0 event_handler_enabled 1 flap_detection_enabled 1 process_perf_data 1 retain_status_information 1 retain_nonstatus_information 1 contact_groups sysalertstest notification_interval 15 notification_period 24x7 notification_options d,u notifications_enabled 1 register 1 } Best Regards, Mark L. Potter Systems Engineer Academy Sports & Outdoors 1800 N. Mason Rd Katy, Texas 77449 Office: 281-646-5857 Cell: 281-734-6965