Using multiple nrds config files for a single host

[DennisPR]

Hi,

I was wondering if there is an easy way to use multiple NRDS configs for a single host and/or use the same config for multiple hosts.
For example I have 3 windows serves. 2 Domain controllers and 1 exchange.
I would like to setup a :
Windows config containing CPU/MEM/DISK tests for all 3 servers
Domaincontroller config containing a DCDIAG test + DC services to the 2 domain controllers
Exchange config containing specific exchange tests to the exchange server

I would also like to do the same thing for linux servers :
Linux config with CPU/MEM/DISK
MySQL config
...

Is this possible with NRDS ?

I have read the following posts but I don't think it's is a good idea to have to manually change crontabs/scheduled tasks on the client side
https://support.nagios.com/forum/viewto ... 5&p=132184
http://serverfault.com/questions/517088 ... figuration
Wouldn't it be easier if the crontab/scheduled tasks had the name of the config io the name of the hostname ?

[Nagios Support]

Is this possible with NRDS ?

It doesn't seem that it is possible. We will need to do some digging into this, and will get back to you within the next 24 hours.

[tgriep]

Having multiple configs per single host isn't possible. When the installer runs, it creates the same config files so the previous install will be over written.
However, we did some checking and you can use a single config for multiple hosts. At install time, if you use localhost as the hostname, the NRDS client will look up the hostname and substitute that for the config name.