Automatically Migrating Nagios Core to Nagios XI

Introduction

In modern versions of Nagios XI (5.8+), users have the ability to automatically migrate their Nagios Core object configs and plugins to Nagios XI. Although Nagios Core provides capable monitoring features, Nagios XI provides many more easy-to-use features that allow you to get a full and robust picture of your monitored systems. Some of these extended features are:

• Web-Based Configuration that provides advanced configuration features
• Monitoring Wizards that make it easy to monitor new devices, applications, and services
• Customizable Dashboards that allow for per-user customization
• Integrated Performance Graphs that provide trending and capacity planning information
• Advanced Reports that provide data insight and exporting capabilities
• Data Visualizations that enable powerful analysis of patterns and problems
• Robust multi-tenancy
• More information about Nagios XI

Resources

Full details on using the automatic migration tool can be found in the following document: 

Automatically Migrating from Nagios Core to Nagios XI