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Yep, that was it.

(What a weird error expression. I would never have found that based on the error message...)

Thanks so much!!

The Delete/Write/Verify cycle went fine.

Sent a PM regarding contents of import directory.

Thanks!

When I try to Apply changes in CCM, it fails with this error: Error: Could not find a service matching host name '[server name]' and description 'HTTP' (config file '/usr/local/nagios/etc/servicegroups.cfg', starting on line 35) Error: Could not expand members specified in servicegroup 'sla-uptime-a...

I deleted and re-added the website with the wizard, and it works properly now. Thanks for the assist!

As another option, you could also get the information by passing &servicegroup=SERVICEGROUPNAME to the XI API SLA endpoint and parse it how you'd like, see here on your system: that's also a promising avenue, thanks. I hadn't previously worked with the API. Is there a way to get the verbose out...

Well, it looks like *a* solution for my need, at least. And it should not be all that laborious once it's set up! This is cool. and a whole area in Nagios I hadn't really explored, so thanks for the pointer!

Ok, I think I'm getting a feel for this. Create a BPI group consisting of the essential services for the platform. "These X things must all be up to call the platform up". Create BPI checks to monitor the status of each BPI group. Put all those checks into a service group, and run the SLA ...

Or, is the notion that I set up a BPI for each platform, then put all the BPI objects into a hostgroup and run an SLA report against that?

Do the Dummy BPI hosts consume a license?

Possibly. I'm not familiar with it, though at first glance of the documentation, I'm not sure how it gets me where I want to be, reports wise.

We are wanting to provide SLA overviews based on our Nagios data. We have various different sets of service platforms. I know I can use a servicegroup to create set of services to monitor for SLA purposes for each one, and provide a topline number of availability. Is it possible to create a report t...