Nagios Updated a host but old host is still pinged

[Andreas Ericsson]

Jim B wrote:
> I have a nagios item which is a switch that I have changed the IP on in 
> hosts.cfg but the old host keeps getting pinged insted.
> 

You'll need to restart nagios for changes to take effect, naturally. 
Reboot the machine if it doesn't seem to take effect.

> Is hosts.cfg the correct file to edit to update an item when the IP has 
> changed.
> 

Normally, yes.

> Also Nagios is installed on Red Hat and I would like to migrate it to 
> Debian, I have tried to copy the required files but the versions in Nagios 
> are too different to accept the nagios.cfg file, what would be the best way 
> to migrate a Nagios install from Red Hat to Debian?
>  

re-compile the same version of Nagios on the new host with the same 
./configure options and copy the files. Make sure you create the proper 
users and such on the target host so that permissions and such will work 
properly.

-- 
Andreas Ericsson                   andreas.ericsson at op5.se
OP5 AB                             www.op5.se
Lead Developer


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