Service Checks while Host down

[Axel Schmalowsky]

Hi list,

is there a way to temporarily disable service checks on hosts while 
they're down? That's is, how can I configure nagios to not conducting 
service checks for any hosts it recognizes in a DOWN-state?

I'm running nagios in a distributed environment with 15 distributed 
servers and one central server. Now, I got the problem that if one 
monitored host is down, the distributed server monitoring that 
particular host recognizes it's state to be DOWN (within 30s), but the 
central server does not. It seems that the central server does just one 
host check.
nagios does not conduct a second host check (but it's configured to do 
so) and neither sends out any host notification(s) ...


[central server]
active host checks enabled
retry interval 1
max check attempts 2
check interval 60

As far as I understand it, nagios should check any hosts in a not-UP 
state (at least) 2x within ~60sec and should send out a notifications if 
the host is still DOWN..
What am I missing?

Any help would be appreciated.

~axel

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