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by smccambly
Wed Feb 17, 2021 2:18 pm
Forum: Nagios XI
Topic: The Deploy Agent function in an Offline environment
Replies: 1
Views: 466

The Deploy Agent function in an Offline environment

Hello Support, I just started looking into the NCPA Agent Deployment feature prior to us doing a large scale Nagios XI install and was disappointed to see that one of the requirements is that all target systems must have internet access to download the agent code. We are in an "Offline" en...
by smccambly
Mon Nov 16, 2020 3:23 pm
Forum: Nagios XI
Topic: Can multi-tenant users create their own hosts & services?
Replies: 1
Views: 150

Can multi-tenant users create their own hosts & services?

Hello, I have another Nagios XI newb question. I have read the docs on multi-tenancy support but they seem to be limited to what non-admin users can see once the objects are defined in Nagios. We would like to create an environment in our Nagios server where two separate SysAdmin teams can not only ...
by smccambly
Tue Oct 06, 2020 7:55 am
Forum: Nagios XI
Topic: Need Help migrating NagiosXI to new server and version
Replies: 3
Views: 568

Re: Need Help migrating NagiosXI to new server and version

Hello, Thanks for your reply, however I have a couple more concerns/questions. As we are not yet set up to have a stand-by environment I was hoping to leave the current prod server unaffected, but if upgrading it first to the latest level is the proper path then so be it. I still am not clear on how...
by smccambly
Fri Oct 02, 2020 9:55 am
Forum: Nagios XI
Topic: Need Help migrating NagiosXI to new server and version
Replies: 3
Views: 568

Need Help migrating NagiosXI to new server and version

Hello Forum Folks, I am looking for guidance as to how to best do an upgrade and migration. We want to move our production Nagios XI 5.5.4 environment from an OVA installation to a newly installed Nagios XI 5.7.3 manual installation on a RHEL 7.8 server. I understand that the standard backup/restore...
by smccambly
Wed Sep 02, 2020 2:25 pm
Forum: Nagios XI
Topic: Need help defining a single contact for multiple users
Replies: 3
Views: 557

Re: Need help defining a single contact for multiple users

Hello again, I have read those documents and I understand the basic concepts, but again they talk mostly about extending the notifications to more users, not limiting it. Here is my main question/concern. From the documentation: 1) A user is typically "connected" to a contact for the purpo...
by smccambly
Mon Aug 31, 2020 7:59 am
Forum: Nagios XI
Topic: Need help defining a single contact for multiple users
Replies: 3
Views: 557

Need help defining a single contact for multiple users

Hello Nagios experts! I have had a request from one of our SysAdmin teams that they want to use a single group email account for notifications for their hosts and services, however we still want them to be defined as individual users for the purpose of logging-in to Nagios and managing services, etc...
by smccambly
Tue Jun 23, 2020 10:20 am
Forum: Nagios XI
Topic: Looking for guidance on migrating from IBM Tivoli Monitoring
Replies: 3
Views: 1400

Re: Looking for guidance on migrating from IBM Tivoli Monito

Hello Ben,

That is very helpful, thank you.
I will get started on that and submit a separate post on the custom agent conversion if I still have questions in a few days.

Thanks again.
Scott
by smccambly
Mon Jun 22, 2020 8:43 am
Forum: Nagios XI
Topic: Looking for guidance on migrating from IBM Tivoli Monitoring
Replies: 3
Views: 1400

Looking for guidance on migrating from IBM Tivoli Monitoring

Hello support folks, I am new to Nagios but have been using monitoring tools for many years and specifically IBM Tivoli Monitoring. We will soon be migrating a large ITM environment to Nagios XI and I am trying to get up to speed on Nagios but finding it challenging to figure out the best approach t...