host checks - ping service

[Marc Powell]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-
> admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Terry
> Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 4:10 PM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Nagios-users] host checks - ping service
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I think I am confusing myself here as I migrate to 2.0.  It is
> pointless to have a ping service for a host that has a host
> check_command specified (assuming its check-host-alive), correct?

If that host has other services associated with it, then you are
correct. If the PING service is the only service associated with the
host then you still need it. You _could_ schedule regular checks of the
host but it's not recommended at this point.

> Nagios will, in my case, ping the host if a service check fails
> anyways, right?

Yes.

--
Marc


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