Macro Expansion Problem

[Terry Carmen]

I'm trying to setup a more-or-less generic host file, but am having  
problems with the %HOSTNAME% macro

If I use this, everything is fine:

define host{
         host_name               mymachine
         hostgroups              MyGroup
         alias                   mymachine
         address                 10.1.2.100
         max_check_attempts      5
         contact_groups          admins
         check_command           check-host-alive
         }

define service{
         use generic-service
         host_name       mymachine
         service_description             PING
         check_command                   check_ping!100.0,20%!500.0,60%
         }

If I use this, I get "Error: Could not find any host matching '$HOSTALIAS$'"

define host{
         host_name               mymachine
         hostgroups              MyGroup
         alias                   mymachine
         address                 10.1.2.100
         max_check_attempts      5
         contact_groups          admins
         check_command           check-host-alive
         }

define service{
         use generic-service
         host_name       %HOSTNAME%
         service_description             PING
         check_command                   check_ping!100.0,20%!500.0,60%
         }

I'm probably doing something wrong with the macro, but can't seem to  
figure out what.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

Terry


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