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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><a
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:windowtext;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:windowtext'> nagios-users-admin@lists.sourceforge.net
[mailto:nagios-users-admin@lists.sourceforge.net] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Tim Stoddard<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, August 05, 2004
11:10 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> Jason Martin<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Nagios-users]
Automatic Host Checks</span></font><font color=black><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3 color=black
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>I
have a check command defined in my template used by all hosts. Is the
host status "(Host assumed to be up)" normal? <br>
<br>
Here is a paste from my anyone of my host status pages. <br>
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color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Host</span></font></st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> Information<o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>Host Status:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> UP <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Status Information:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>(Host assumed to be up)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Last Status Check:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>08-05-2004 09:59:26<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Status Data Age:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>0d 0h 58m 12s<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> Change:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>07-09-2004 16:41:37<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Current</span></font></st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> Duration:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>26d 18h 16m 1s<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Last Host Notification:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>N/A<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>0 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Is This Host Flapping?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> NO <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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