passive and active checks

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benhank
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passive and active checks

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guys does it make sense to have active and passive checks enabled on a device at the same time?
we are using the
EMC CLARiiON
Monitor an EMC CLARiiON SAN.
Version: 2011-07-18, Author: Troy Lea aka Box293
plugin and have passive and active checks enabled.
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Re: passive and active checks

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Sure, quite normal.
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Re: passive and active checks

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It does make sense in many occasions. You may be monitoring a device actively in Nagios XI but you may have passive checks setup on the device, so data will be sent to the nagios server in case of an event (security, etc.). Under these circumstances, you would have both, the active and passive checks enabled.

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Re: passive and active checks

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dang i have been schooled. I never thought of that Thanks guys!
Proudly running:
NagiosXI 5.4.12 2 node Prod Env 2500 hosts, 13,000 services
Nagiosxi 5.5.7(test env) 2500 hosts, 13,000 services
Nagios Logserver 2 node Prod Env 500 objects sending
Nagios Network Analyser
Nagios Fusion
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