Hello,
I'm facing a little problem here and maybe you could help me clarify my min=
d.
Let's suppose i've configured a host called 'linux0' with an 'alias' 'my li=
nux server' and after a few days i resolve to change the alias for the same=
host for, let's say, 'my linux server 2'.
I've noticed that the macro $HOSTALIAS$ keeps pointing me to the old alias(=
'my linux server') after Nagios restart, disregarding my change.
I take a look on the source code and i saw that the alias is stored to and =
restored from retention.dat file when I restart my Nagios daemon, thus over=
writing my configuration file changed alias. Is that the desired behaviour?
When is the macro $HOSTALIAS$ will be set to 'my linux server 2' ?
I saw that we have a configuration variable called retained_host_attribute_=
mask, and according to documentation, i need to look at includes/common.h t=
o be able to avoid a specific var to be stored at retention.dat.=20
But in includes/common.h I only could find defines for status related varia=
bles, none related to alias.
I could prevent the overwrite of 'alias' variable editing the source code, =
more specificaly on xdata/xrddefault.c line 1204, but i think that i'm prob=
ably missing something here.
Any thoughts?
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Ricardo Jos=E9 Maraschini
OpServices Tecnologia da Informa=E7=E3o
Your IT under control
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