> -----Messaggio originale----- > Da: Andreas Ericsson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Inviato: giovedì 18 ottobre 2007 18.44 > A: Marco Borsani > Cc: [email protected] > Oggetto: Re: [Nagios-users] Steps Upgrade from Nagios 1.4 to > Nagios 2.9-1 > > Marco Borsani wrote: > > Hi all > > > > I have to definy the rules (and if it is possible) to migrate my 1.4.1 > > installation (with 400 hosts an 1000 services) to the lastest stable > > release, 2.9-1. > > > > It's indeed possible.
OK > > 1) > > We can't loose the history and statistics of our monitoring ... is it > > possible with the migration ? > > > > Well, yes and no. You should make backups and make sure that > your current nagios keeps running while you install the new > one in a new place. > I can not install in new system, I need to upgrade Nagios on same server. Isn't it possible or is it "just" dungerous? Perhaps I could find a test system with a Nagios 1.4.1 on it, with a little configuration to test .. > > 2) > > I find only the documentation to upgrade from 2.x to 3.x .. where I > > can find the doc regarding upgrade from 1.x to 2.x ? > > > > Basically, just upgrade the software, and then run the two > commandline PHP scripts at oss.op5.org/nagios (they're called > nagios12to20-something.php, I > think) on the appropriate files. You may have to do some > reading of the source to find out how to use them. It was a > long time since I wrote them, and I'm not sure I added help-messages. > > Get back to me on-list if the scripts don't work (or if they > do, for that matter). Like I said, they're very old, and > iirc, they were written for nagios 1.2. > Only similar name file found is "12to20comments.php.gz". It is used to mantain the comments after upgrade. > > 3) > > Anyone can tell me if this upgrade is necessary to improve features? > > Actually only problem that I have is that sometime (I don't know why) > > Nagios freeeze, stop to perform checks , but the interface does not > > crash (so it is not so immediate to recognize!) > > > > It's worth a shot then, isn't it? :) > I don't know .. We use basic features (no escalation, no passive checks, no nsca, no volatile). If I remember correctly, main new features with nagios 2.x will be the service groups, isn't it ? I could create many problems if something should go in the wrong way during/after upgrade :( > -- > Andreas Ericsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > OP5 AB www.op5.se > Tel: +46 8-230225 Fax: +46 8-230231 Marco ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null
