[Nagiosplug-help] check_ping service not generating alerts.

[Marc Powell]

On Jul 7, 2010, at 6:33 PM, Nadeem Mushtaq wrote:

> Hi all,
> I have defined a service for PING in Nagios as follows:
>  
> define service{
>    use                                      generic-service
>    host_name                      example.net
>    service_description     PING
>    check_command          check_ping!1600.0,40%!3000.0,60%
> }
>  
> Problem is when I down the host it sends alerts for all other services but none for “PING service”. PING alert is sent out for Host after specified max_check_attempts. I want to be notified for the PING service (defined above) as well. I noticed that service state changes to Hard to Soft and then immediately to Hard bypassing the max_check_attemps and does not generate any alert. Am I missing something or is it a bug?

If so, the bug would be that you receive any service alerts at all. When any service on a host returns a non-OK result, nagios immediately checks the host. When a host check returns a non-OK result, all notifications for services on that host are suppressed.

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Marc