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Hi team,
we've imported an old nagios core 3.x configuration in Nagios XI using these steps:

1) read hostxxx.cfg from nagios core and replicate the information in the new machine.cfg
example: cat xxxxxxxxx.cfg

define service {
use tm-s1-service
service_description DISK USAGE
display_name check_aix_disk_all
check_command check_aix_disk_all
host_name xxxxxxxxx
hostgroups os-aix,!tm-test
register 1
}

2) in Nagios XI under /usr/local/nagios/etc/hosts/xxxxxxxxx.cfg I found

define host {
host_name xxxxxxxxx
use aix
address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
hostgroups os-aix,tm-prod
register 1
}
As you can see the hostgroups is wrong
Opening the interface I found: (view xxxxxxxxx.jpg)

The question is:

Why the configuration created by the import procedure is wrong and how we can understand (view image)
"=>" Denotes object relationship elsewhere - where is "elsewere??"

Second question:
is there a correct procedure to import again only the hostgroups reassigning them to the hosts in NaiosXI overwriting the wrong informations in the database?

Thanks very much for your help

Please, review the three documents under the "Migrating From Nagios Core" section in the Admin Guide:

https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nag ... ngfromcore

This would be the correct import procedure. If you are absolutely sure that your config is correct, you could place it in the "/usr/local/nagios/etc/import/" directory and run "reconfigure_nagios.sh":
I would like to point out that hostgroups exclusions, i.e. "hostgroups os-aix,!tm-test" would not be imported properly (and would not work in XI), unless you manage these configs manually by placing them in the "static" directory.

https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nag ... ios-XI.pdf

Hope this helps.

Hi,
We have solved removing and re-inserting the incorrect host group.
Thank you
Francesco

Thanks for that update and glad to hear this is resolved. We'll lock this thread now and feel free to open another should you require assistance with anything else.