Service Dependency Question

[Andy]

What I ended up having to do, similar situation.  NT checks using the NS
Client - about 120 NT Servers with anywhere from 5-15 checks on each
box.  Obviously, if the Netsaint Client dies, all of the checks go down
the tubes.

I wrote a php script that looks for the commands that start with
check_nt and then parses the host_names or the hostgroup_names and then
writes out to a file that has all of the dependencies in it.

I can send you the script if you'd like.  However, I'm no programmer. I
only write things for the specific situation.  But it's pretty simple.

Andy

-----Original Message-----
From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net
[mailto:nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Russell
Scibetti
Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 11:50 AM
To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [Nagios-users] Service Dependency Question

I'm trying to set up a specific type of service dependency and was 
wondering if there was an easy way of doing it that I'm missing.

I have one nagios instances that does lots of check_by_ssh checks to 
other hosts in the environment.  However, when ssh on a box slows down 
to much, I get notified about lots of services being down, even though 
its only ssh.  So, I'm adding a service definition for every host to do 
a check_ssh call to make sure that ssh is up and doesn't timeout.

Now I have about 15 hosts on the nagios instance, each with anywhere 
from 5 to 15 different checks that use check_by_ssh.  So I need to set 
up a service dependency where every check_by_ssh service for a host is 
dependent on the check_ssh service for that host.  

Is there any other way of doing it besides setting up 5 to 15 
dependencies for each host that uses check_by_ssh?  I know there are 
some dependency shortcuts, like being able to give multiple host names. 
 But when you give multiple host names, doesn't that mean the service is

now dependent on multiple hosts?  Any help is appreciated.  Thanks.

-Russell Scibetti

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Russell Scibetti
Quadrix Solutions, Inc.
http://www.quadrix.com
(732) 235-2335, ext. 7038




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