Marco Borsani wrote: > > >> -----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 :( >
Then don't upgrade. If you don't need any features and Nagios 1.x is working for you, stick with it. -- Andreas Ericsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] OP5 AB www.op5.se Tel: +46 8-230225 Fax: +46 8-230231 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
