moving nagiosxi from one system to another

[zaji_nms]

Dear Expert,

would like to know if we move nagiosXI from one system to another what all things are required step by step ?

objective is to have test disaster recovery site ready and tested if in case primary site where nagios is seating in case isolated.

your prompt reply will be highly appreciated.

regards

[rkennedy]

To help assist you, can you please answer a few questions -
1. What XI version are you currently running? How was it installed? What OS?
2. Do you have any proxies in place?
3. Will the new server be assigned the same IP as the previous server? Do you run many checks that use an agent?

[zaji_nms]

1. What XI version are you currently running? How was it installed? What OS? ---- > 2014R2.6 manually installed cent os ---- > but we will plan new xi upgrade if stable without any bug kindly suggest new version ?
2. Do you have any proxies in place? ----> no proxies
3. Will the new server be assigned the same IP as the previous server? Do you run many checks that use an agent? -----> ip will be different but new ip will be allowed on all network element for snmp , currently all monitoring done through snmp only no any window / linux agent

[Box293]

1. What XI version are you currently running? How was it installed? What OS? ---- > 2014R2.6 manually installed cent os ---- > but we will plan new xi upgrade if stable without any bug kindly suggest new version ?

You will be able to use our backup and restore process to move from one server to another.
We have a document that explains the backup and restore process:
http://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagi ... ios-XI.pdf
Deploy your new server as XI 2014R2.6 and then restore to it.
After the restore and everything is working OK then you can perform the upgrade to the latest version.
https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nag ... rsions.php

3. Will the new server be assigned the same IP as the previous server? Do you run many checks that use an agent? -----> ip will be different but new ip will be allowed on all network element for snmp , currently all monitoring done through snmp only no any window / linux agent

After you do your restore you will need to active your license as it is tied to your IP address. When you decomission your old XI server email [email protected] with that old IP address and it will be removed as an activated license.