host check through 2 isps simultaneously

[Ethan Galstad]

You can't use arguments in host check command like you can in service 
check commands (this will likely change in future versions).  Using 
the $HOSTADDRESS$ macro in the host check command definition should 
do the trick though.



On 19 Nov 2002 at 10:47, Atul Gosain wrote:

> 
> Yes , I have allready made a script that takes 2 ip addresses and then 
> returns status based on the status of checks through both addresses. But 
> when i tried to give the arguements from check_comand in host definition
> (check_multiple_ips!192.168.1.100,192.168.1.2), it gave errors and 
> nagios did not start. Only after i put the arguements in checkcomand 
> definition of that command ,it worked.
> Cant we give arguements from the checkcommand in host definition whereas 
> we can give them in service definitions.
> 
> Ethan Galstad wrote:
> 
> >Actually, Nagios doesn't care what kind of address you specify for 
> >the host.  Nagios simply treats it as a string and passes it off the 
> >plugins for their use.  There's nothing stopping anyone from putting 
> >a MAC address in that field, multiple IP addresses, GPS coordinates, 
> >or text directions on where to find the server. :-)  
> >
> >You could set the address field to be "192.168.1.2,192.168.0.5" to 
> >indicate that the host had two IPs.  Your host check command (and 
> >service plugins) would then have to properly parse the address field 
> >to pick out the individual addresses to be checked.
> >
> >
> >
> >On 17 Nov 2002 at 23:14, Sean Knox wrote:
> >
> >>Currently, you can only define (1) IP address per host definition. To 
> >>sastify your situation, you can define two hosts with the two IPs you 
> >>want to monitor (one for each ISP). Then define host and service 
> >>dependencies for each host and ping service to be dependent on the 
> >>corresponding IP address/host.
> >>
> >>Sean
> >>
> >>Atul Gosain wrote:
> >>
> >>>Hi
> >>>
> >>>I have the network of my company thats connected through two isp's. I 
> >>>m monitoring an online server which has three  public ip addresses. 
> >>>Now, till presently, i had 2 services of ping to check that 
> >>>(check_ping_isp1 & check_ping_isp2) and routing was defined for them 
> >>>ie. check_ping_isp1 uses one ip address which uses isp1 to check that 
> >>>host and other service uses isp2 to check that host. But the check 
> >>>command for the host can only monitor it through one isp only at a time.
> >>>Because of this the host is shown down if that isp has a problem 
> >>>(through which host check is being done).
> >>>Can this be done, that the host is declared as down only when both 
> >>>ping services are down or host can be checked through both interfaces 
> >>>and declared as down only when both isps are down.
> >>>
> >>>Thanks
> >>>Atul.
> >>>
> >>
> >>
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