Re(2): Need help with the concept of network objects

Robert Snyder rns3 at psu.edu
Mon Jul 24 17:02:11 CEST 2006


Thanks Barry,

The link from the FAQ to "Determining Status and Reachability of Network
Hosts" section of the manual (page 69 of the printed docs) lays it out
for me. I must have been nodding off when I read that section. That's
the problem with reading in bed. 

Cheers.

Robert

On Mon, Jul 24, 2006, Curr, Barry wrote:

>This should help you I think:
>http://www.nagios.org/faqs/viewfaq.php?faq_id=145 
>
>Regards
>Barry 
>
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>Subject: [Nagios-users] Need help with the concept of network objects
>
>Hi,
>
>I have read through most, if not all, of the 258 pages of the Nagios 2.0
>documentation and have been running a Nagios install for about four
>months. At this point I am monitoring about 45 hosts and around 100
>services. My question is about network objects.
>
>I understand that I explicitly define host and service objects. What I
>don't get is how a network object is defined or determined by Nagios. Is
>this just determined by creating parent-child relationships, or is there
>some other way in which an object is defined as a network object, and
>hence it's unavailability is reported as a network outage on the Tac and
>network outages screens?
>
>I am sorry if this a silly question, but I am just not getting this
>piece of the puzzle. 
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Robert
>
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