<html><DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>YUP - that's just what I needed - thanks, Guy!</FONT></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Guy Waugh [mailto:guidosh@gmail.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, July 14, 2009 01:45 PM<BR><B>To:</B> 'Natalie Aloi'<BR><B>Cc:</B> 'Nagios Users Mail-list'<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Nagios-users] Host Checks & Service Checks<BR><BR></FONT>
<DIV>Hi Natalie,</DIV>
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<DIV>You might need a 'check_command' for each of your hosts... like this:</DIV>
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<DIV> check_command check-host-alive</DIV>
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<DIV>The 'check-host-alive' check command would have to be defined, probably in your commands.cfg file. The default nagios configuration defines this command (I think).</DIV>
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<DIV>This is where it's handy to use templates -- in this case, a host template. You would define stuff common to every host in your host template (which you might call 'generic-host'), and have a 'use generic-host' line in each of your host definitions. That way, you wouldn't have to redefine the same stuff over and over again for each of your hosts.</DIV>
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<DIV>It might be worth spending an hour or two reading the official nagios documentation at this point -- it could save you lots of time. The official doc table of contents is at:</DIV>
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<DIV>Cheers,<BR>Guy.<BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 6:34 PM, Natalie Aloi <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:naloi@experisdatacenters.com" target=_blank mce_href="mailto:naloi@experisdatacenters.com">naloi@experisdatacenters.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Im not sure where I am missing ...but HOST CHECKS are not being performed but service checks are...any idea of what configuration file I need to look in? I have a total of 18 hosts, when I view hosts detail page in gui I only see pending (except for local host)...below are stats capture & my hosts.cfg file</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Statistics[root@dns objects]# more hosts.cfg<BR>define host{<BR> host_name localhost<BR> alias Local_host<BR> address 127.0.0.1<BR> max_check_attempts 5<BR> check_period 24x7<BR> contact_groups admins<BR> notification_interval 30<BR> notification_period 24x7<BR> notification_options d,r<BR> }<BR>define host{<BR> host_name MT-Core-Switch-1<BR> alias Cisco-6509-CR3<BR> address 10.1.100.253<BR> max_check_attempts 5<BR> check_period 24x7<BR> contact_groups admins<BR> notification_interval 30<BR> notification_period 24x7<BR> notification_options d,u,r<BR> }</DIV>
<DIV>define host{<BR> host_name MT-Core-Switch-2<BR> alias Cisco-6509-CR3<BR> address 10.1.100.252<BR> max_check_attempts 5<BR> check_period 24x7<BR> contact_groups admins<BR> notification_interval 30<BR> notification_period 24x7<BR> notification_options d,u,r<BR> }<BR>define host{<BR> host_name Ext3560-1<BR> alias Cisco-3560-POP<BR> address 10.1.100.5<BR> max_check_attempts 5<BR> check_period 24x7<BR> contact_groups admins<BR> notification_interval 30<BR> notification_period 24x7<BR> notification_options d,u,r<BR> }<BR>define host{<BR> host_name Ext3560-2<BR> alias Cisco-3560-POP<BR> address 10.1.100.7<BR> max_check_attempts 5<BR> check_period 24x7<BR> contact_groups admins<BR> notification_interval 30<BR> notification_period 24x7<BR> notification_options d,u,r<BR> }<BR>define host{<BR> host_name Core-RTR2-MiddleT<BR> alias Cisco-3560-POP<BR> address 208.214.xxx.xxx<BR> max_check_attempts 5<BR> check_period 24x7<BR> contact_groups admins<BR> notification_interval 30<BR> notification_period 24x7<BR> notification_options d,u,r<BR> }</DIV>
<DIV>define host{<BR> host_name Core-RTR1-MiddleT<BR> alias Cisco-3560-POP<BR> address 157.130.xxx.xxx<BR> max_check_attempts 5<BR> check_period 24x7<BR> contact_groups admins<BR> notification_interval 30<BR> notification_period 24x7<BR> notification_options d,u,r<BR> }</DIV>
<DIV>define host{<BR> host_name ASA-2<BR> alias Cisco-ASA-POP<BR> address 10.1.100.3<BR> max_check_attempts 5<BR> check_period 24x7<BR> contact_groups admins<BR> notification_interval 30<BR> notification_period 24x7<BR> notification_options d,u,r<BR> }<BR>define host{<BR> host_name ASA-1<BR> alias Cisco-ASA-POP<BR> address 10.1.100.2<BR> max_check_attempts 5<BR> check_period 24x7<BR> contact_groups admins<BR> notification_interval 30<BR> notification_period 24x7<BR> notification_options d,u,r<BR> }<BR>define host{<BR> host_name win2k3<BR> alias Windows Server<BR> address 10.1.102.22<BR> max_check_attempts 5<BR> check_period 24x7<BR> contact_groups admins<BR> notification_interval 30<BR> notification_period 24x7<BR> notification_options d,u,r<BR> }<BR>define host{<BR> host_name security_server_214<BR> alias security Panel 1<BR> address 65.205.xxx.xxx<BR> max_check_attempts 5<BR> check_period 24x7<BR> contact_groups mep-admins<BR> notification_interval 30<BR> notification_period 24x7<BR> notification_options d,u,r<BR> }<BR>define host{<BR> host_name security_server_215<BR> alias security Panel 2<BR> address 65.205.xxx.xxx<BR> max_check_attempts 5<BR> check_period 24x7<BR> contact_groups mep-admins<BR> notification_interval 30<BR> notification_period 24x7<BR> notification_options d,u,r<BR> }<BR>define host{<BR> host_name security_server_216<BR> alias security Panel 3<BR> address 65.205.xxx.xxx<BR> max_check_attempts 5<BR> check_period 24x7<BR> contact_groups mep-admins<BR> notification_interval 30<BR> notification_period 24x7<BR> notification_options d,u,r<BR> }<BR>define host{<BR> host_name security_server<BR> alias security server<BR> address 65.205.xxx.xxx<BR> max_check_attempts 5<BR> check_period 24x7<BR> contact_groups mep-admins<BR> notification_interval 30<BR> notification_period 24x7<BR> notification_options d,u,r<BR> }<BR>define host{<BR> host_name carrier_208<BR> alias carrier control box rm15<BR> address 65.205.xxx.xxx<BR> max_check_attempts 5<BR> check_period 24x7<BR> contact_groups mep-admins<BR> notification_interval 30<BR> notification_period 24x7<BR> notification_options d,u,r<BR> }<BR>define host{<BR> host_name carrier_209<BR> alias carrier control box 2 rm15<BR> address 65.205.xxx.xxx<BR> max_check_attempts 5<BR> check_period 24x7<BR> contact_groups mep-admins<BR> notification_interval 30<BR> notification_period 24x7<BR> notification_options d,u,r<BR> }<BR>define host{<BR> host_name carrier_210<BR> alias carrier server<BR> address 65.205.xxx.xxx<BR> max_check_attempts 5<BR> check_period 24x7<BR> contact_groups mep-admins<BR> notification_interval 30<BR> notification_period 24x7<BR> notification_options d,u,r<BR> }<BR>define host{<BR> host_name lieberts<BR> alias lieberts NIC<BR> address 10.1.102.40<BR> max_check_attempts 5<BR> check_period 24x7<BR> contact_groups mep-admins<BR> notification_interval 30<BR> notification_period 24x7<BR> notification_options d,u,r<BR> }<BR>define host{<BR> host_name cr3sensor<BR> alias CR3 Sensor<BR> address 10.1.103.100<BR> max_check_attempts 5<BR> check_period 24x7<BR> contact_groups sensor-admins<BR> notification_interval 30<BR> notification_period 24x7<BR> notification_options d,u,r<BR> }<BR>[root@dns objects]#<BR>:</DIV></TD>
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<TH class="">Last 1 Min</TH>
<TH class="">Last 5 Min</TH>
<TH class="">Last 15 Min</TH></TR>
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<TD class="">Active Scheduled Host Checks</TD>
<TD class="">0</TD>
<TD class="">0</TD>
<TD class="">0</TD></TR>
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<TD class="">Active On-Demand Host Checks</TD>
<TD class="">1</TD>
<TD class="">6</TD>
<TD class="">27</TD></TR>
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<TD class="">Parallel Host Checks</TD>
<TD class="">0</TD>
<TD class="">0</TD>
<TD class="">0</TD></TR>
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<TD class="">Serial Host Checks</TD>
<TD class="">0</TD>
<TD class="">0</TD>
<TD class="">0</TD></TR>
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<TD class="">Cached Host Checks</TD>
<TD class="">1</TD>
<TD class="">6</TD>
<TD class="">27</TD></TR>
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<TD class="">Passive Host Checks</TD>
<TD class="">0</TD>
<TD class="">0</TD>
<TD class="">1</TD></TR>
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<TD class="">Active Scheduled Service Checks</TD>
<TD class="">4</TD>
<TD class="">49</TD>
<TD class="">193</TD></TR>
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<TD class="">Active On-Demand Service Checks</TD>
<TD class="">0</TD>
<TD class="">0</TD>
<TD class="">0</TD></TR>
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<TD class="">Cached Service Checks</TD>
<TD class="">0</TD>
<TD class="">0</TD>
<TD class="">0</TD></TR>
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<TD class="">Passive Service Checks</TD>
<TD class="">0</TD>
<TD class="">0</TD>
<TD class="">0</TD></TR>
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