Nagios Log Server - Data Backup and Archiving

Log Server Data Backup and Archiving Overview

Backups and Archiving of Data is separated in to two different types of backups: the backup of ingested log data, and the backup of system/cluster information.

Log Data Backups

The process that performs the log data backups also performs some index maintenance, which is automatically run daily. The following documentation explains this in detail:

Documentation - Managing Nagios Log Server Snapshots And Maintenance

System Backups

The system backups are explain in detail in the following documentation:

NOTE: If you are currently running 2024R1 or greater version, please refer to this document: 

Backing Up and Restoring NLS 2024

Documentation - Backing Up And Restoring Nagios Log Server

Final Thoughts

For any support related questions please visit the Nagios Support Forums at:

http://support.nagios.com/forum/