3 e-mails per host in DOWN state

[Patrick Webster]

Hi Guys,

I'm running Nagios with about 100 clients at the moment. As the clients
are on a VPN, I want to be alerted ONCE, whenever a host goes DOWN, only
during WORKHOURS.

Currently my hosts.cfg file contains;
---------------------------------
# Generic host definition template
define host{
        name                            generic-host    ; The name of
this host template - referenced in other host definitions, used for
template recursion/resolution
        notifications_enabled           1       ; Host notifications are
enabled
        event_handler_enabled           1       ; Host event handler is
enabled
        flap_detection_enabled          1       ; Flap detection is
enabled
        process_perf_data               1       ; Process performance
data
        notification_interval           0       ; one alert
        retain_status_information       1       ; Retain status
information across program restarts
        retain_nonstatus_information    1       ; Retain non-status
information across program restarts

        register                        0       ; DONT REGISTER THIS
DEFINITION - ITS NOT A REAL HOST, JUST A TEMPLATE!
        }

define host{
        use                     generic-host            ; Name of host
template to use

        host_name               vpn-client
        alias                   VPN Client
        address                 192.168.111.111
        check_command           check-host-alive
        max_check_attempts      10
        notification_period     workhours
        notification_options    d
        parents                 router2
        }
----------------------------------

Despite this, whenever a host goes down I am sent 3 e-mails for the same
issue anywhere between 1 minute to 10 minutes apart.

I have looked for anything obvious and have come up empty. I may be
missing something but don't know what that is.

Cheers,
-Patrick


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