disable checks for PSU and fan for specific devices

[DOkuwa]

I have a group of devices with various checks using Nagios core on Linux(Ubuntu)
I just want to disable fan and PSU for specific devices which are part of that group

[npolovenko]

Hello, @DOkuwa. If you open these service checks in Core Configurations manager you can uncheck the "Active" box to disable them.

[DOkuwa]

Thanks
no
I use Nagios core
it is from the command line I am talking about

[npolovenko]

@DOkuwa, In this case, you can manually delete the fan and the PSU service check definitions from the config files. Have you tried that?

[DOkuwa]

if you do that you delete the whole check_psu and check_fans it affects the whole devices which are relying/using this service check

[npolovenko]

@DOkuwa, I need to see how you have these services defined. Can you upload the commands and service definitions?

[DOkuwa]

service definition

define service{
name alcatel-fans
service_description Alcatel_Fans
use generic-service
check_command check_alcatel_fans
contact_groups Core_Team
register 0


host definition

efine host{
host_name ukldn-vhdc-rr01
use core-host
alias ukldn-vhdc-rr01
address xxxxxxx
hostgroups Core_Equipment

[DOkuwa]

efine command{
command_name check_alcatel_fans
command_line $USER1$/check_alcatel_fans.pl -C $_HOSTSNMPCOMMUNITY$ -H $HOSTADDRESS$

[lmiltchev]

I just want to disable fan and PSU for specific devices which are part of that group

I don't see a host_name or a hostgroup_name directive in your service definition... I would assume that the "Alcatel_Fans" service is added to a hostgroup (via a template?), so basically you would like to exclude *some* hosts, members of this hostgroup. Please correct me if I am wrong.

If you have a service, that is added to multiple hosts or a hostgroup, and you would like to exclude some hosts/hostgroups, you could use something like this:

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define service {
    host_name                 HOST1,HOST2,!HOST3,!HOST4,...,HOSTN
    hostgroup_name            HOSTGROUP1,HOSTGROUP2,!HOSTGROUP3,!HOSTGROUP4,...,HOSTGROUPN
    service_description       SOMESERVICE
    other service directives ...
}

For more information on "time-saving tricks for object definitions", see our official Nagios Core documentation here:

https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagioscore/docs/nagioscore/4/en/objecttricks.html