Improving service notification

[paulol]

is it possible to have nagios check for host down before a service failure is sent? if a host is down or rebooted we get a lot of service notifications but just need the 1 host down..

[jolson]

If you're rebooting a server, it's recommended to put the host into temporary downtime:

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This will stop the host (and the services) from generating alerts throughout the course of its downtime.

By default, Nagios only alerts on service failures if it thinks the host is up - is this not your experience? If you'd like to read more, there is a good write-up here: http://sites.box293.com/nagios/guides/c ... -intervals

[paulol]

Thx Jolson, this article resolved my problem, I'll set up the check_interval, retry_interval and max_check_attempts of my service and hosts in order to warn me right. And remember to put the host into temporary downtime before reboot

[jolson]

Sounds good, I'm glad I could help! I'll lock the thread, feel free to open new ones for additional questions.