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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=421424211-07092005>hi,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=421424211-07092005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=421424211-07092005>I am very
new to nagios and try to explore as much I can appreciate with limited
knowledge.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=421424211-07092005>I use 2.04b and it
works perfect.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=421424211-07092005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=421424211-07092005>Specially the
hostgroups feature that it is possible to define services for entire
hostgroup is fantastic.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=421424211-07092005>It makes possible
monitor whole network with reasonable small config files.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=421424211-07092005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=421424211-07092005>What I miss is a
possibility to define servicegroups with hostgroup members.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=421424211-07092005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=421424211-07092005>For
example:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=421424211-07092005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=421424211-07092005>define
hostgroup{<BR> hostgroup_name
polarhome<BR>
alias Polarhome
Servers<BR>
members
redhat,debian,freebsd,netbsd,openbsd,vax,alpha,qnx,tru64,qnx,solaris,hpux,irix,aix<BR>
}</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
class=421424211-07092005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=421424211-07092005>define
service{<BR>
use
generic-service<BR>
hostgroup_name polarhome<BR>
service_description SMTP<BR>
contact_groups polarhome-admins<BR>
check_command check_smtp</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
class=421424211-07092005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
class=421424211-07092005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=421424211-07092005><SPAN
class=421424211-07092005>Now I would like to define (and it would be very useful
to see) a servicegroup like:</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=421424211-07092005><SPAN
class=421424211-07092005></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=421424211-07092005><SPAN
class=421424211-07092005>#define
servicegroup{<BR>servicegroup_name
smtp-services<BR>
alias SMTP
Services<BR>
members polarhome,SMTP,gate,SMTP</SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT
face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=421424211-07092005><SPAN
class=421424211-07092005> <BR>
}</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=421424211-07092005><SPAN
class=421424211-07092005></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=421424211-07092005><SPAN
class=421424211-07092005>Unfortunately, this is not
possible:</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=421424211-07092005><SPAN
class=421424211-07092005>Error: Could not find a service matching host name
'polarhome' and description 'SMTP'<BR>Error: Could not expand member services
specified in servicegroup (config file
'/usr/local/nagios/etc/servicegroups.cfg', starting on line
1)<BR></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=421424211-07092005><SPAN
class=421424211-07092005></DIV></SPAN></SPAN></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=421424211-07092005><SPAN
class=421424211-07092005>Am I doing something wrong - or this is not implemented
at all.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=421424211-07092005><SPAN
class=421424211-07092005></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=421424211-07092005><SPAN
class=421424211-07092005>Thank you very much in
advance.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=421424211-07092005><SPAN
class=421424211-07092005></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=421424211-07092005><SPAN
class=421424211-07092005>Best regards, </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=421424211-07092005><SPAN
class=421424211-07092005>Z</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>