Not reporting on hosts with no services

[Darren.Gamble at sjrb.ca]

Good day,

> Yes, but if there's no services defined, doesn't the check_host_alive
> command definition at least give the nagios process the state of the
> host whether it is up or down?

No.  The check_host_alive command is only run when a service check fails.
As such you need to define at least once service check per host.

This is explicitly covered in the FAQ.

http://www.nagios.org/faqs/viewfaq.php?faq_id=39&expand=true&showdesc=true

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Darren Gamble
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Shaw Cablesystems GP
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