Is there a way to delay UP;HARD checks?

[Sto Rage®]

Well, isn't that the point of your monitoring? Each host has a purpose
(service) on your network, so if its not serving that purpose (service not
running) then shouldn't you consider that host as being down?
E.g. I have a Win2k Fax Server, if its not running the fax service I
consider the host as down, even if I am able to ping it, and other services
are running.
So in your case, if its not critical for you if a card is down, then why
monitor that card in the first place?
-G

"Douglas E. Warner" <dwarner at ctinetworks.com> wrote in message
news:200309191750.11062.dwarner at ctinetworks.com...
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On Wednesday 10 September 2003 19:53, Sto Rage! wrote:
> Define Service Dependency and make ping and other services dependent on
the
> service that starts last.

Unfortunately, that won't always work; what if that service just stays down?
Then the whole box is considered 'down' just because that service failed to
start.

I think what Josh is looking for is a way to suppress notifications for a
certain period after a box becomes up for certain services.  I know I have
the exact same problem with some dialup equipment I maintain;  The modems
take about 2 minutes longer to boot than the ethernet card, so the box is
'up' about two minutes before the cards become okay.  But if one of the
cards
is dead, and I make the ping check dependant on that card, then the whole
pop
is down, when really I just have one card to fix.

Any ideas on what could be done in these instances?

- -Doug

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Douglas E. Warner    <dwarner at ctinetworks.com>     Network Engineer
CTI/PAdotNET         http://ctinetworks.com        +1 717 975 9000
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