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define service{
        name                            passive-service 	; The 'name' of this service template
        active_checks_enabled           0       		; Active service checks are enabled
        passive_checks_enabled          1    		   	; Passive service checks are enabled/accepted
        parallelize_check               1       		; Active service checks should be parallelized (disabling this can lead to major performance problems)
        obsess_over_service             1       		; We should obsess over this service (if necessary)
        check_freshness                 1       		; Default is to NOT check service 'freshness'
        notifications_enabled           1       		; Service notifications are enabled
        event_handler_enabled           1       		; Service event handler is enabled
        flap_detection_enabled          1       		; Flap detection is enabled
        failure_prediction_enabled      1       		; Failure prediction is enabled
        process_perf_data               1       		; Process performance data
        retain_status_information       1       		; Retain status information across program restarts
        retain_nonstatus_information    1       		; Retain non-status information across program restarts
        is_volatile                     0       		; The service is not volatile
        check_period                    24x7			; The service can be checked at any time of the day
        max_check_attempts              3			; Re-check the service up to 3 times in order to determine its final (hard) state
        normal_check_interval           10			; Check the service every 10 minutes under normal conditions
        retry_check_interval            2			; Re-check the service every two minutes until a hard state can be determined
#        contact_groups                  admins			; Notifications get sent out to everyone in the 'admins' group
	notification_options		w,u,c,r			; Send notifications about warning, unknown, critical, and recovery events
        notification_interval           60			; Re-notify about service problems every hour
        notification_period             24x7			; Notifications can be sent out at any time
	check_command			check_dummy!2!"Service has not checked in"
         register                        0       		; DONT REGISTER THIS DEFINITION - ITS NOT A REAL SERVICE, JUST A TEMPLATE!
        }

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define service{
	use			passive-service
	host_name		PSVMDB07
	service_description	DYNCUSTOM Mirror
	freshness_threshold	600
	notification_period	24x7_except_sql_maint
	}

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cat /usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg|grep freshness

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check_command	 no-backup-report	; this command is run only if the service results are "stale"

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[jdalrymple@jrd-cent66-2 ~]$ grep object_cache_file /usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg
object_cache_file=/usr/local/nagios/var/objects.cache

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grep -Pzo "(?s)^define\s?(host|service)?\s?{.*?(DYNCUSTOM Mirror).*?}" /usr/local/nagios/var/objects.cache | tac | grep -Pzo "(?s)^.?}.*?(DYNCUSTOM Mirror).*?\{" | tac