# Heartbeat Ping

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/heartbeat-ping/324132
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** heartbeat
**Created:** [January 27, 2023, 6:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/heartbeat-ping/324132 "2023-01-27T18:03:12Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Ankita\_Pachauri](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ankita_pachauri/32/61469_2.png) [@Ankita\_Pachauri](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ankita_Pachauri)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2023, 6:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/heartbeat-ping/324132/1 "2023-01-27T18:03:12Z")

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Hi Team,  
I have installed heartbeat on few VMs to monitor icmp. However, if the agent stops the data stops coming from the node. However, i want to get notified that the host is down. How can i achieve the same?

Kindly assist.

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### Author: ![Venkata\_Raja](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/venkata_raja/32/114264_2.png) [@Venkata\_Raja](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Venkata_Raja)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2023, 5:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/heartbeat-ping/324132/2 "2023-01-31T05:22:57Z")

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Hi Ankita,

Can you elaborate what does that mean by **Agent stops the data**

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2023, 5:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/heartbeat-ping/324132/3 "2023-02-28T05:23:32Z")

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