About NagiosXI backup and restore?!

[xpertech]

http://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagi ... ing_XI.pdf

Is that "backing up and restoring" something like "Ghost" a hard disk? will it cover everything including configuration and data?

I should first install NagiosXI (assume the same version) and then restore, it will overwrite and back to the time I made that backup, right?

[SDohmen]

The backup script in the nagiosxi dir makes a complete backup of all nagiosxi related files and db's. THe only thing i cant say for sure if the httpd files are in this backup as well.

If you restore it, it will be set back to the version and data from when you made the backup. So you can even restore on a newer version as it will be overwritten to the older version.

[scottwilkerson]

The backup is an "almost complete" backup as SDohmen pointed out.

It does backup the httpd configs, however it doesn't backup the ssl.conf if you are using that.

Also, if you have added any addons that required setup steps, they will need to be done on the new system as well.

[xpertech]

The backup is an "almost complete" backup as SDohmen pointed out.

It does backup the httpd configs, however it doesn't backup the ssl.conf if you are using that.

Also, if you have added any addons that required setup steps, they will need to be done on the new system as well.

Ah...sometimes it's difficult to verify which addon need to be setup again, especially after long time or change another administrator. is there any other better way?

[slansing]

The only way of accomplishing this "keeping the addons and their settings," would be if your XI system was on a VM image. That way you can take snapshots of the entire system and move between them.