define it this way instead...<br><br>define host {<br> host_name VIO_server<br> address 172.16.165.41<br> ...<br>}<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 6:43 AM, Brian O'Mahony <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:brian.omahony@curamsoftware.com">brian.omahony@curamsoftware.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have a number of machines that cannot be looked up by
hostname, however I don’t want them listed in nagios as IPs. So I have:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">host_name 172.16.165.41</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">alias VIO_server</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">However this still comes up as the IP.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">How do I get it to recognize the alias?</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">B</p>
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