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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Okidoki.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">So, I created a simple command using 'check_host_alive', and the check is showing</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">me the host is up/alive. So far so good. I'm using a test server. I rebooted the test</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">server, but Nagios told me that the server was up during the whole reboot process.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I never received a change in status that the server was down during the reboot.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Pun intended ... what's up with that ?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Why didn't Nagios tell me that the host was down ?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Thanks,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Jay.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">Jay Brunker</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">Unix Systems Administrator</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">Texas Workforce Commission</FONT>
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