When testing a new notification technique or even just adding a new person to the list, it can be useful to ask nagios to do an on-demand test notification.
Is this possible?
Forcing a notification
Re: Forcing a notification
You might find the following two commands useful:
SEND_CUSTOM_HOST_NOTIFICATION
SEND_CUSTOM_SVC_NOTIFICATION
SEND_CUSTOM_HOST_NOTIFICATION
SEND_CUSTOM_SVC_NOTIFICATION
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