suggestions for upgrading Nagios

[Matthew Agle]

Thanks to you all for the suggestions!  I will try to get this rolling
and see what happens (but just in case I am building it on my machine
first and then I'll go from there...).  Thanks again!

Sincerely,
 
Matthew Agle - MCP, MCSA
Network Engineer
CACDHH Information Technology
Phone:  (810)239-3112 ext. 233
Email:  magle at cacdhh.org


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From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net
[mailto:nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Andreas
Ericsson
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 2:53 AM
To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] suggestions for upgrading Nagios

Fred wrote:
> I believe there are a number of changed configuration variables that
> will be obvious when you try to start a 1.2 config under 2.0b*, I know
> there were a number of syntax errors when I upgraded.
> 

Don't forget the macros in the notification commands, or we'll be 
answering that particular question for the 16033rd time tomorrow.

> -FredC
> 
> --- Greg Vickers <g.vickers at qut.edu.au> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Matt,
>>
>>Matthew Agle wrote:
>>
>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>            I have currently running Nagios version 1.2 and looking
to 
>>>upgrade to 2.04b.  Has anyone done this and/or performed a upgrade
and 
>>>if so what suggestions/tips would you have?  Is it easier to upgrade
or 
>>>simply install to a different location and point the config files 
>>>there?  Thanks in advance for any feedback!
>>
>>RTFM is your friend. I would very carefully read what is new in
version 
>>2.0, in the "What's new in this version" section of the online manual.
>>
>>http://www.nagios.org, Support, Online Documentation, v2.x HTML, Table

>>of Contents, What's new in this version....
>>
>>If I were you, I would pay special attention to the Hostgroup changes.
>>
>>Take a copy of your 1.x config and run the 2.x binary against it, see 
>>what is broken, that will give you a good starting point.
>>
>>HTH,
>>
>>[p.s.] OK, ok, the only change you *have* to make is moving the new 
>>location of the contact_groups directive... but there's so much other 
>>new and better stuff in v2.x, have a look and see what is applicable
to 
>>your situation.
>>
>>-- 
>>Greg Vickers
>>Project Manager, IT Security
>>Information Technology Services
>>Queensland University of Technology
>>L12, 126 Margaret St, Brisbane
>>
>>Phone: (07) 3864 9536
>>Email: g.vickers at qut.edu.au
>>IT Security web site: http://www.its.qut.edu.au/itsecurity/
>>
>>CRICOS No. 00213J
>>
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