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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hi All,</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I'm having a problem with host dependencies.</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>As an example I have the server </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>test</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1 dependent
on navgw1.</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>define hostdependency{ </span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> dependent_host_name
</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>test</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>1</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> host_name
navgw1</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> notification_failure_criteria
d,u,o</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>}</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>As a </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>test</span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> I brought down
host navgw1 and </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>test</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1 to simulate a failure.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>For some reason, I do not get notified that navgw1 or </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>test</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1 went down.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>If I comment out the define hostdependency lines,
notifications work properly but I get notified for both servers.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Does anyone have any idea? Here is an example of my cfg
files.</span></font></p>
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12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Joe</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>define host{</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> name
generic-host</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> check_command
check-host-alive</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> max_check_attempts
5</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> notification_interval
240</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> notification_period
24x7</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> notification_options
d,u,r</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> notifications_enabled
1 ; Host notifications are enabled</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> event_handler_enabled
1 ; Host event handler is enabled</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> flap_detection_enabled
1 ; Flap detection is enabled</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> process_perf_data
1 ; Process performance data</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> retain_status_information
1 ; Retain status information across
program restarts</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> retain_nonstatus_information
1 ; Retain non-status information across program
restarts</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> register
0 ; DONT REGISTER THIS DEFINITION - ITS NOT
A REAL HOST, JUST A TEMPLATE!</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> }</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>define host{</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> use
generic-host</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> host_name
</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>test</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>1</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> alias
</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>test</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>1</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> address
10.10.10.10</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> parents
navgw1</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>}</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
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