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<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)">Hi All,</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)">After s</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)">p</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)">ending some time configuring new objects in Nagios</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)">(version 1.2) I came to the following</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)">conclusions</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)"></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)">about</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)">object</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)"> inheritance and hostgroups</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)"> configuration</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)">. Can someone confirm that these two points are</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)">correct?</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)"> I wasn</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)">'</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)">t able to find a specific</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)">reference</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)"> in the documentation.</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)">Object Inheritance</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)">There can only be one template</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)">use within an object</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)">configuration</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)">. Nagios uses a</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)">hierarchy</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)"></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)">of inheritance, but does not support multiple object inheritance.</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)">I.e</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)">. you can</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)">not have multiple</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)">"</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)">use</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)">"</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)"> variables in an object</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)">'</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)">s</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)"> configuration.</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)">Hostgroups Configuration</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)">The nesting of</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)">h</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)">ostgroups is not supported.</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)">I.e</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)">. you cannot add</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)">the</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)">"</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)">hostgroup_name</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)">"</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)"> of a hostgroup object</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)"> to the</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)">"</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)">members</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)">"</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)"> variable of a</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)">nother</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)"> hostgroup</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)"> object.</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial (W1)">Thank you your time and assistance.</FONT></P>
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