I sent this on this list a couple of weeks ago, but nobody responded.
How/Where should bug reports be submitted, and is this a known
issue/already corrected?
> As best I can tell, this is an undocumented bug.
>
> Host escalations do not support hostgroup_name in template
> definitions. Read on for an explanation.
>
> When defining a serviceescalation, you can use a host_name or a
> hostgroup_name to specify which host(s) the escalation applies to. If you
> define a template (register 0) and then "use" it in a serviceescalation,
> it works with either a host_name or a hostgroup_name in the template
> definition.
>
> When defining a hostescalation, you can use a host_name or a
> hostgroup_name as well, to specify the host(s) it applies to. When
> you use a template, if you specify host_name in the template,
> everything works. If you use hostgroup_name, nagios complains
> about the host_name parameter being Null.
>
> Confirmed with Nagios 1.0 and 1.2.
Darren White
InterStar Inc.
530-224-6866 x 103
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