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Hello,

I have to configure a new XI servers and i already configure lot of hosts to another XI servers. I would know if i can export existing hosts from the old to the new XI servers without created once again all services etc ... if yes .. please can you tell me the procedure that i've to follow ...

Thx you very much.

You can probably just download your most recent configuration snapshot tarball and import those config files onto the new server. There's probably be a few additional steps you'd have to take, for example, if you were monitoring VMware, but that'd probably get you 90% of the way.

Hello and thanks for your quick answer,

i will not have problem with Nagios server name and ip adress or something like that ?

pouda wrote:Hello and thanks for your quick answer,

i will not have problem with Nagios server name and ip adress or something like that ?

You can choose which file you want to import if you untar the snapshot and place the configs in a subdirectory of /usr/local/nagios/etc

Then Configure -> CCM -> Tools -> Import Config Files

thanks for asking this question mate, I was curios about this too.
can I tag long on this and ask if I wanted to replicate nagios a on nagios b what files and directories would you say I should move?
and could I do this through a straight copy from filezilla, and would I have to shut down the nagios services first?

benhank wrote:thanks for asking this question mate, I was curios about this too.
can I tag long on this and ask if I wanted to replicate nagios a on nagios b what files and directories would you say I should move?
and could I do this through a straight copy from filezilla, and would I have to shut down the nagios services first?

If you want a complete copy, you should follow the following doc
http://library.nagios.com/library/produ ... -nagios-xi

we are ok that i don't want backup and restore the same server... but i would like to move hosts and services from one Nagios server to another one...

thanks scott but could i do a straight copy of the files with filezilla? and would i have to shut down the services?

benhank wrote:thanks scott but could i do a straight copy of the files with filezilla? and would i have to shut down the services?

benhank,
Don't do this, not a good idea. They will not get imported into XI database and will get overwritten on the next apply configuration.

pouda wrote:we are ok that i don't want backup and restore the same server... but i would like to move hosts and services from one Nagios server to another one...

pouda,
You can do this with the process outlined above:

scottwilkerson wrote:You can choose which file you want to import if you untar the snapshot and place the configs in a subdirectory of /usr/local/nagios/etc

Then Configure -> CCM -> Tools -> Import Config Files

thanks, man you guys save my job on a daily basis.