Service dependencies

[Marc Powell]

On Dec 25, 2009, at 5:28 AM, Brandino Andreas wrote:

> Hi all and happy holidays!
> 
> Lets assume that a host has three service checks (ping, uptime and cpu). If for some reason
> connection fails, a mail for each service is being sent (with random
> order).
> Is any way when "uptime" or "cpu" check fails (not when is critical), to
> force a "ping service" check and finally send a notification only for that
> service??
> 
> This behavior can be achieved somehow? With services dependencies can
> I force a check to be performed at specific points?

No service dependencies needed. Get rid of the ping service check and make it the host check. If a service on a host fails, the host is checked. If the host check returns non-OK, notifications for services are suppressed and only the host down notification is sent.

--
Marc


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