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Hi Thank you for response.

Does it mean, I can use parent directive for host to host or service to service not with host to service or service to host. If yes, please help me with any other work around since I do not want to open specific port on device(switch) just for this parent check as service.



Regards,
Gaurang

parents can only be used on a service to service or host to host relationship.

Service dependency can be used instead to do what you're looking for. https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nag ... dependency. You'd need to set up a service that checks to see if the host is up and then make the snmp service check dependent on it. Something like:

define service{
host_name 1001101004
service_description checkhost
check_command check-host-alive
max_check_attempts 1
retry_interval 1
check_interval 1
check_period 24x7
}

define servicedependency{
dependent_host_name 1001101004
dependent_service_description Firmware Version
host_name 1001101004
service_description checkhost
execution_failure_criteria c
}