dont want notification when machine reboots

[Marc Powell]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-
> bounces at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Lalita Drolia
> Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 2:56 AM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Nagios-users] dont want notification when machine reboots
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have nagios configured for our lab here. But the problem I am facing
is
> that every time a user reboots his machine for some practical
purposes,
> 
> We get a down and subsequent up mail.
> 
> I would not like to receive these mails.
> 
> But I have not found a way where nagios would wait for 5 minutes after
a
> machine goes down and then send out a notification,
> 
> Is it possible?

Don't perform host checks for those hosts. Add a PING service check. Set
the retry_check_interval for services on that host to 5 minutes set max
check attempts to 2. I think that'll do it for you.

--
Marc

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