<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Exchange Server">  <style>.EmailQuote { margin-left: 1pt; padding-left: 4pt; border-left: #800000 2px solid; }</style> </head> <body> <font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> <div>Good morning List</div> <div> </div> <div>Apologies for posting such a dumb question but I cannot seem to find a definitve answer:</div> <div> </div> <div>I am monitoring sip connections from a session border controller to our various providers.</div> <div> </div> <div>The normal check times are too short and causing us to receive an excessive amounts of “critical” alerts.</div> <div> </div> <div>I would like to change the following but am unsure as to wether or not the times are seconds or minutes.</div> <div> </div> <ul style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; "> <li>The time between checks should be 30 minutes</li><li>State should change to critical after the 3<font size="1"><sup>rd</sup></font> failed check</li><li>Notifications should be only sent after the 3<font size="1"><sup>rd</sup></font> failed check (as above)</li><li></li></ul> <div>Apologies once again but I am a newbie to nagios.</div> <div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="2"> </font></div> <div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="2">Many thanks.</font></div> <div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="2"> </font></div> <div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="2">Tom</font></div> <div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="2"> </font></div> </font> <SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face=Arial> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face=Verdana size=1>This electronic communication and the attached file(s) are subject to a disclaimer which can be accessed on the following link: </FONT><A href="http://www.mweb.co.za/disclaimer"><FONT face=Verdana size=1>Disclaimer</FONT></A><FONT face=Verdana size=1> - or copy the following URL into your browser - </FONT><A href="http://www.mweb.co.za/disclaimer"><FONT face=Verdana size=1>http://www.mweb.co.za/disclaimer</FONT></A><FONT face=Verdana size=1>. If you are unable to view the disclaimer, please contact </FONT><A href="mailto:abuse@mweb.com"><FONT face=Verdana size=1>abuse@mweb.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Verdana size=1> for a copy.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P> </body> </html>