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We're currently a bit stumped on this one at the moment. The NRDS dev it out until next Monday, so we may have to wait for his wisdom until then.

Do you have notifications working on this system? It seems like this could be an issue with mail configuration.

Take a look at the following document to see how user permissions work with XI. What you're describing is the default behavior for an advanced user in XI.
http://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagi ... gement.php

If this is for Nagios XI, there's a custom column component that allows you to add notes for a host.
http://exchange.nagios.org/directory/Ad ... nt/details

We also have a custom column component that can be used as a starter if you wanted to add some sort of extra information for a host. It could require some code modifications, but if you've got someone there who doesn't mind that it could be a possibility for you. http://exchange.nagios.org/directory...

Good deal, glad it's working for you!

We have some Dev training material that we use internally to explain dashlet development. We don't have it posted anywhere, but you're welcome to take a look at it. http://assets.nagios.com/training/dashlet_training/dashlet_training.mp4 http://assets.nagios.com/training/dashlet_training/dashlet_trai...

With the nature of Nagios checking doing intermittent polling every X number of minutes, I don't know of a way to do that without diving into the code of that plugin. However, I have come across a different method for monitoring VMware that might be worth looking at. http://exchange.nagios.org/direc...

If you acknowledge the problem for that host it will hide it from the Operations screen pages, as well as the unhandled problem pages. However, using this method you'll want to tell BPI to ingore scheduled downtime and acknowledged problems in the group logic. This can be set from the Admin->Manage ...

Are they receiving duplicate notifications, or persistent notifications at a regular interval?

Can you try running Apply Configuration and make sure all of your configs are up to date with the CCM?