notification question

[Volker.Aust at premiere.de]

Hi Todd,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: todd.jones at weirslurry.com [mailto:todd.jones at weirslurry.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 10:28 PM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Nagios-users] notification question
> 
> 
> I asked this question a few days ago without response, so, I'm trying
> again.
> 
> I would like to run this by the group and see if I understand 
> notification
> periods correctly.
> 
> I have a host with a notification period of 24x7 and checking 
> two services,
> both with a notification period of 9-5, but different contact groups.
> 
> I understand that if a service goes down from 9-5, then 
> everybody in the
> contact group is notified for that particular service.  I 
> also understand
> that if a service goes down and it does not fall into the 
> time period for
> that service, no contacts are sent out.
> 
> I do not understand the notification_period parameter in 
> hosts.cfg.  If the
> host goes down, who receives notification, since it isn't 
> defined anywhere?
> Do both groups defined at the service level receive 
> notification even if it
> is outside of 9-5?

The host is member of (minimum) one hostgroup and in a hostgroup you have to
define one or more 'contact_groups'. The members of these contact_groups (of
all hostgroups the host is member in) receives the notification if the
host-check is fail.
 
> Also, if the service is 24x7, but the host is 9-5, does the host take
> precedence over the service and would the contact group still receive
> notification if the time was outside of 9-5?

IMHO the notification_periods of the host and the services defined for this
host are complete separate.

> 
> Regards,
> 
> Todd Jones
> Network Administrator
> Weir Slurry
> 608-221-5805 phone
> 608-221-5807 fax

Hope this helps.

-vol


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