Upgrading from Nagios 1 to Nagios 3 will likely break your config. I wouldn't take a chance on the rpm package to do all of the needed changes to make it compatible with nagios 3.2. So doing a backup before upgrading is a wise idea. If your rpm doesn't update your config, please have a look at the following two links:
http://support.nagios.com/knowledgebase/faqs/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=52&catid=35&faq_id=407&expand=false&showdesc=true http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/upgrading.html#nagios2x Daniel 2010/11/13 Sunny Jaisinghani <sunny_jaisingh...@symantec.com>: > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andreas Ericsson [mailto:a...@op5.se] > Sent: 12 November 2010 17:34 > To: Nagios Users List > Cc: Sunny Jaisinghani > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] upgrade nagios 1.4.1 to nagios 3.2.3 > > On 11/12/2010 10:02 AM, Sunny Jaisinghani wrote: >> Hi, >> >> >> >> Can someone describe steps to upgrade nagios 1.4.1 to nagios 3.2.3. >> >> Currently i am monitoring over 500 hosts and 3000 services using > nagios >> 1.4.1 >> >> I am also using nsca and ocsp for nagios failover. >> >> >> >> Nagios 1.4.1 is installed using rpms >> >> >> >> nagios-plugins-1.3.1-10.rhel3.dag >> >> nagios-plugins-nrpe-2.0-3.rhel3.dag >> >> nagios-nrpe-2.0-3.rhel3.dag >> >> nagios-nsca-2.4-2.rhel3.dag >> >> nagios-1.4.1-1.el3.rf >> >> >> >> I wish to install the newer version using rpm. These are the rpms i >> found >> >> >> >> nagios-3.2.3-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm >> >> nagios-devel-3.2.3-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm >> > > RPM packages quite often contain trigger-scripts that handle > everything automagically. That might not be the case if you go > from rhel3 to rhel5 packages though. > > Make backups before you try anything. > > -- > Andreas Ericsson andreas.erics...@op5.se > OP5 AB www.op5.se > Tel: +46 8-230225 Fax: +46 8-230231 > > Considering the successes of the wars on alcohol, poverty, drugs and > terror, I think we should give some serious thought to declaring war > on peace. > > > Hey Andreas, > > Going to rhel 5 from rhel 3 is also in my to do list. > May be, i'll upgrade to rhel 5 before i upgrade nagios to 3.2.3 > > So, since i am gonna use the rpm, you suggest taking backups and just > upgrading the nagios packages. Right? > > Anything apart from this that i need to take care of? > > Thanks > Sunny > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Centralized Desktop Delivery: Dell and VMware Reference Architecture > Simplifying enterprise desktop deployment and management using > Dell EqualLogic storage and VMware View: A highly scalable, end-to-end > client virtualization framework. Read more! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/dell-eql-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Nagios-users mailing list > Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Centralized Desktop Delivery: Dell and VMware Reference Architecture Simplifying enterprise desktop deployment and management using Dell EqualLogic storage and VMware View: A highly scalable, end-to-end client virtualization framework. Read more! http://p.sf.net/sfu/dell-eql-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net 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