notification storm

[Cook, Garry]

nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net wrote:
> I recently set up a dedicated nagios server on a network "A"
> to montior
> a rack of servers on network "B".  Unfortunately, network "A" is a
> little flaky and goes offline periodically for 10-15 minutes
> at a time.
> After one of these events i get a flood of problem notifications,
> followed by a flood of recovery notifications.
> 
> I suspect there is a reasonably straightforward way to tell
> nagios not
> to generate notifications if its own network is down but my google-fu
> wasn't strong enough to find it (is there a particular
> terminology for
> the situation I've described?)  If anyone can point me in the right
> direction I'd greatly appreciate it.  Thanks - Jason
> 
http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/1_0/networkreachability.html
Read the section on Remote Hosts, paying particular attention to the
'parent' options.

Garry W. Cook, CCNA
Network Infrastructure Manager
MACTEC, Inc. - http://www.mactec.com/
303.308.6228 (Office) - 720.220.1862 (Mobile)


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