Nagios GUI not cleaning up old config files

[nagiosadmin42]

This is a note for the development team, hopefully they can address it on the next CCM release.

I'm using Nagios XI 2011R2.2 (with Nagios Core 3.2.3).

When I de-activate a host, service, etc. by unchecking its Active checkbox, when I attempt to apply the configuration changes I'll get an error like:

Error: Could not find any hostgroup matching 'SomeHost' (config file '/usr/local/nagios/etc/services/SomeService.cfg', starting on line 123)

Inevitably, this is caused by old configuration files remaining in the /usr/local/nagios/etc/ directory tree. If I manually delete the old config file(s), I can then apply the configuration changes.

[lmiltchev]

Can you describe in details all of the steps you took, so that we can try to recreate this issue?

[nagiosadmin42]

I'm in the middle of other things right now. When I get a chance, I'll go through the steps and try to document things for you.