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The staff here is trained to keep an eye on the "Unhandled Problems" on the=
Tactical Overview page. Passive services do not appear in that view. The q=
uery shown is, for example:
Display Filters:
Host Status Types: Pending | Up
Host Properties: Any
Service Status Types: Critical
Service Properties: Not In Scheduled Downtime & Has Not Been Acknowledged =
& Active Checks Enabled

I think that the last part of the query "& Active Checks Enabled" is not su=
ch a useful interface for those of us that have devices that are only monit=
ored passively, for example by SNMP traps.

I've found I can work around this to make passive-only service appear in th=
e list like so, but I would be nice to get this changed:

define service{
use generic-service
name some_service
service_description Some service description
active_checks_enabled 1 ; Active service check=
s are enabled
passive_checks_enabled 1 ; Passive service chec=
ks are enabled/accepted
--> check_command check_dummy ; Just returns "OK"
normal_check_interval 60
notification_interval 60
max_check_attempts 1
retry_check_interval 1
notification_options w,c
--> check_period none ; "none" shown below..=
..
servicegroups fw_logs
register 0
}

# 'none' timeperiod definition
define timeperiod{
timeperiod_name none
alias No Time Is A Good Time
}





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