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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#17365D'>So you have ServerA ServerB and ServerC as part of Hostgroup1.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#17365D'>You have services defined for the Hostgroup, but you want to
exclude ServerC from that one service.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#17365D'>In the service command, exclude ServerC by putting a ! in front
of it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:#17365D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

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color:#17365D'>Example:<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:#17365D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#17365D'>define service{<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:#17365D'>          use                                           local-service        
<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:#17365D'>          hostgroup_name                          Hostgroup1<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#17365D'>          host_name                                 !ServerC<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#17365D'>          service_description                       SSH<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#17365D'>          check_command                          check_ssh<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:#17365D'>          max_check_attempts                    2<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#17365D'>          check_interval                             10<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#17365D'>          retry_interval                              5<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:#17365D'>          check_period                               24x7<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#17365D'>          notification_interval                      60<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:#17365D'>          first_notification_delay                  0<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#17365D'>          notification_period                        24x7<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#17365D'>          contacts                                     nagiosadmin<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#17365D'>          notification_options                       c,w,r<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#17365D'>          }<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#17365D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#17365D'>All hosts in Hostgroup1 get checked for ssh except ServerC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#17365D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

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color:#17365D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Arnar Þórarinsson
[mailto:art@flugstodir.is] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, December 12, 2008 12:51 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nagios-users] question about hostgroups<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>hi all,</span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Say I have a
hostgroup defined that has serveral services attached to it, like a typical
linux server so its easy to add a server, just assigned it to this hostgroup
and all the basic stuff come in automaticly.</span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Now lets say
that I'm adding a new host and I want him to have all the same services as
every other linux server except for one services, can I somehow tell nagios not
to apply that services check to this host ?</span> <br>
<br>
<tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Thanks in advance for any help you may
provide.</span></tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>
<br>
<tt>Cheers</tt></span> <br>
<br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Arnar</span> <o:p></o:p></p>

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