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We also notice that if we create a contact that is not listed in our ldap server and give it a different (from our company) email address such as [email protected], it does not seem to send it. It will send it to a real ldap user within our domain.

The version is:

Latest Available Version: 2012R2.0
Installed Version: 2012R2.0
Last Update Check: 2013-05-22 12:00:59

Which is the latest version.

What is the difference of using the generic-contact vs xi_contact_generic?

We are also using the latest version of sendmail

I have removed the actual config files off the server, but everytime I update things via the GUI on NagiosXI, it magically reapears. So that method is sort of a dead end.

It does use a database to store it info and it must be in there somewhere.

For some reason someone at the company create a server called "something" and one called "something ". The Nagios server now creates two config files: "something.cfg" and "something .cfg" and then goes on to complain about there being duplicate entries. I have...

Well, I called him over at OnServe support and he was able to talk me through the problem. So I am all set now.

I just finished upgrading to the latest version and saw the new pic about your tech service. The guy you have doing your phone tech support is very handsome, but I noticed that he also seems to work for some other companies such as: http://computers4business.com/it-infrastructure-support/ http://www...

Thanks. I did find it, but I am sort of confused on how it works. This is what I want to do at the simplest level. 1. Services goes critical, alert the primary person. 2. No ack after 10 mins by the primary person. Alert the secondary person. Also redo primary person. 3. No ack by either after 10 mi...

How can I find this "Escalation Wizard" to make my life easier?

Great. I will give it a read and let you know if I have any issues.

I do not know why, but I am having a hard time figuring out how to get NagiosXI to do something on an alert other than sending email. Basically I would like Nagios to send the alert, but also for example restart the service that died or run a script that performs certain actions. How do I configure ...