Maybe the "is_volatile" option is something for you (see: <a href=http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/volatileservices.html>http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/volatileservices.html) Met vriendelijke groet/with kind regards, Ludse Verhoeven AIX System Engineer T: +31 10 400 2440 F: +31 10 400 2891 E: ludse.verhoeven@vopak.com Vopak Information Services B.V. Trade Register (or local equivalent): 24146892 Visit Address: Westerlaan 10, 3016 CK Rotterdam Postal Address: P.O. Box 863, 3000 AW Rotterdam The Netherlands <a href=http://www.vopak.com/>http://www.vopak.com A Royal Vopak company </a> <table width=100%> <tr valign=top> <td width=40%>Marc Haber <mh+nagios-users@zugschlus.de> 22/01/2009 16:17 <td width=59%> <table width=100%> <tr valign=top> <td> <div align=right>To</div> <td>nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net <tr valign=top> <td> <div align=right>cc</div> <td> <tr valign=top> <td> <div align=right>Subject</div> <td>[Nagios-users] re-execute an event handler just in case the service stays DOWN</table> <table> <tr valign=top> <td> <td></table> </table> <tt>Hi, I would like one event handler to be re-executed just in case it failed for the first time. The docs (</tt><a href=http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/eventhandlers.html><tt>http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/eventhandlers.html) say "you don't want that", but I am fairly confident that I want it in this case. I have a nagios host in a unattended site which generally gets its internet access from the site network. In case of a site network failure, the host needs to dial in to the Internet via modem to be reachable for debugging purposes. The nagios installation monitors a host on the Internet and has an event handler connected with this host which will initiate the dial-up when the "Internet host" goes into a HARD DOWN state. I would like this event handler to be re-executed in case the dial-up connection doesn't come up or goes down _before_ nagios has detected that the "Internet host" is UP again. Is there any way to accomplish this or am I better of with a cronjob which will initiate the dial-up from outside nagios? Any hints will be appreciated., Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 3221 2323190 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. </tt><a href="http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword"><tt>http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net </tt><a href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users"><tt>https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null </tt></a></a></a> </a>