Hosts checks when host can't be pinged.

[D.S.]

I have several hosts behind a firewall that does not allow pings and
would like to only monitor their status only by services and not via
hosts.cfg.  To this end I've added this generic in hosts:

define host{
        name                            generic-d    ; The name of this
host template - referenced in other host
        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
        retain_status_information       1       ; Retain status
information across program restarts
        retain_nonstatus_information    1       ; Retain non-status
information
across program restarts

        check_command           dummy
        parents                 rw-pix
        max_check_attempts      10
#        check_interval         0
        notification_interval   120
        notification_period     24x7
        notification_options    d,u,r

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

The "dummy" check command is defined as:

define command{
        command_name    dummy
        command_line    $USER1$/check-dummy 1
        }

But I'm getting:
[05-25-2005 16:06:04] HOST ALERT: dns1;DOWN;HARD;10;(No output!)
Host Down[05-25-2005 16:06:04] HOST ALERT: dns1;DOWN;SOFT;9;(No output!)
Host Down[05-25-2005 16:06:04] HOST ALERT: dns1;DOWN;SOFT;8;(No output!)
Host Down[05-25-2005 16:06:04] HOST ALERT: dns1;DOWN;SOFT;7;(No output!)
Host Down[05-25-2005 16:06:04] HOST ALERT: dns1;DOWN;SOFT;6;(No output!)
Host Down[05-25-2005 16:06:04] HOST ALERT: dns1;DOWN;SOFT;5;(No output!)
Host Down[05-25-2005 16:06:04] HOST ALERT: dns1;DOWN;SOFT;4;(No output!)
Host Down[05-25-2005 16:06:04] HOST ALERT: dns1;DOWN;SOFT;3;(No output!)
Host Down[05-25-2005 16:06:04] HOST ALERT: dns1;DOWN;SOFT;2;(No output!)
Host Down[05-25-2005 16:06:04] HOST ALERT: dns1;DOWN;SOFT;1;(No output!)

... How can the dummy script time out?  Am I doing something wrong?  Is
there a way I can just turn off host checks and rely on service checks? 
let me know :)

--David





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