<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1522" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=220285910-06012006><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi, </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=220285910-06012006><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=220285910-06012006><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have setup dependencies which all seem to work fine to a point. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=220285910-06012006><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=220285910-06012006><FONT face=Arial size=2>Example : I have 1 host with 3 services </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=220285910-06012006><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=220285910-06012006> <FONT face=Arial size=2>HOST A </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=220285910-06012006> <FONT face=Arial size=2>| </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=220285910-06012006> Service A (master service) </SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=220285910-06012006> |</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=220285910-06012006> -------------------</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=220285910-06012006> | | </SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=220285910-06012006> Service B Service C </SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=220285910-06012006><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=220285910-06012006><FONT face=Arial size=2>If service A fails, checks and notifications are suppressed for Service B and Service C which is fine. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=220285910-06012006><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=220285910-06012006><FONT face=Arial size=2>However, i've had a couple of situations where Service B or Service C may fail first, generate an alert AND then Service A fails which also generates an alert. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=220285910-06012006><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is there a way in Nagios that can flip over to only alerting for Service A in this situation and supress anything for Service B and Service C until recovery occurs. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=220285910-06012006><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=220285910-06012006><FONT face=Arial size=2>Do I need to define further service dependencies or use inheritance of parent ? I've read the docs (several times) but can't seem to find the answers there. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=220285910-06012006> </SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=220285910-06012006><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm using Nagios 2.0b4 / Suse 9.2. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=220285910-06012006><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=220285910-06012006><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any help, pointers to docs that can help, or even a padded cell would be much appreciated! </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=220285910-06012006><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=220285910-06012006><FONT face=Arial size=2>regards,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=220285910-06012006><FONT face=Arial size=2>deborah </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;"><SPAN STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:'Arial';FONT-SIZE:8pt;">************************************************************************ </SPAN> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;"><SPAN STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:'Arial';FONT-SIZE:8pt;">This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and </SPAN> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;"><SPAN STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:'Arial';FONT-SIZE:8pt;">intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they </SPAN> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;"><SPAN STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:'Arial';FONT-SIZE:8pt;">are addressed. 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