[Help] Behaviour of on-demand function for host check

[Yu Watanabe]

Hello all.

I have attached the actual view that I am talking about.
Nagios I am using is v3.0.6.

Thank you!
Yu Watanabe

Yu Watanabe さんは書きました:
>Hello all.
>
>I would like to get some help with the on-demand ability for host check.
>In the manual it says , 
>
>"Regularly scheduled host checks are optional. If you set the check_interval option in your host definition to zero (0), Nagios will not perform checks 
>of the hosts on a regular basis. It will, however, still perform on-demand checks of the host as needed for other parts of the monitoring logic. "
>
>I thought if the 'check_interval' parameter was not specified , 
>the host check would become as on-demand check.
>
>However, I have a following definition on a certain host 
>but the check interval is '5 min'.
>
>* I have the time unit as the defualt value.
>
># host object definition
>define host {
>        host_name                       elangen
>        alias                           elangen
>        address                         192.168.1.154
>        parents                         localhost
>        hostgroups                      linux-servers
>        check_command                   check-host-alive
>        use                             generic-host
>        register                        1
>        }
>
># host template object definition
>define host {
>       name                                     generic-host
>       check_command                            check-host-alive
>       max_check_attempts                       3
>       retry_interval                           1
>       check_period                             24x7
>       event_handler_enabled                    1
>       flap_detection_enabled                   1
>       process_perf_data                        1
>       retain_status_information                1
>       retain_nonstatus_information             1
>       contacts                                 nagiosadmin
>       contact_groups                           admins
>       notification_period                      24x7
>       notification_options                     d,u,r,f
>       notifications_enabled                    1
>       action_url                               /pnp4nagios/index.php/graph?host=$HOSTNAME$&srv=_HOST_
>       failure_prediction_enabled               1
>       register                                 0
>
>}
>
>Do I have to set the actual 'check_interval' as 0 in order to use the on-demand ability?
>
>Thank you
>Yu Watanabe
>
>
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