[Nagios-announce] Nagios 2.0b1 Available

[Andreas Ericsson]

Cook, Garry wrote:
> Thanks. I didn't realize that there were docs posted for 2.0 at this
> stage. I found an answer in the What's New section:
> 
> Hostgroup Changes
> 
>     * Hostgroup escalations removed - Hostgroup escalations have been
> removed. Their functionality can be duplicated by using the
> hostgroup_name directive in hostgroup definitions.
> 

It's supposed to say;
Their functionality can be duplicated by using the hostgroup_name *from* 
hostgroup definitions *in host escalations*.

At least that's how it works.

> Although I must admit, this statement does not make a great deal of
> sense to me. I guess I'll figure it out when it comes time to upgrade.
> 
> Garry W. Cook, CCNA
> Network Infrastructure Manager
> MACTEC, Inc. - http://www.mactec.com/
> 303.273.5050 (Office) - 720.220.1862 (Mobile)
> 
> nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net wrote:
> 
>>You can find the documentation on the
>>http://www.nagios.org/docs/ site.
>>I have not found the answers to your question yet, but it does have
>>quite a bit on the changes and configuration information.
>>
>>Scott Yem
>>Research Computing Services
>>Agilent Laboratories
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net
>>[mailto:nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Cook,
>>Garry Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 8:46 AM
>>To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
>>Subject: [Nagios-users] RE: [Nagios-announce] Nagios 2.0b1 Available
>>
>>nagios-announce-admin at lists.sourceforge.net wrote:
>>
>>>Nagios 2.0b1 has finally been released and is available for download
>>>from http://www.nagios.org.
>>
>>[snip]
>>
>>>Some of the many changes since Nagios 1.x include:
>>>
>>>- Extensive macro changes (see docs)
>>>- Hostgroup escalations removed
>>
>>[snip]
>>
>>I've searched the archives but have not yet found an answer to a
>>question raised by this post. Perhaps someone can clue me in...
>>
>>I'm wondering why hostgroup escalations have been removed.
>>I've not yet
>>upgraded to Nagios 2, still using 1.2, but I use the hostgroup
>>escalations a bit, and I'm about to add quite a bit more. Will this
>>cause me problems when I get around to upgrading to N2?
>>
>>Perhaps there is a new, more efficient way of escalating notifications
>>for all hosts in a particular group? If so, then I don't
>>really need to
>>know why it was removed, I just want to be sure that a future upgrade
>>won't disrupt my entire escalation process.
>>
>>TIA
>>
>>Garry W. Cook, CCNA
>>Network Infrastructure Manager
>>MACTEC, Inc. - http://www.mactec.com/
>>303.273.5050 (Office) - 720.220.1862 (Mobile)
> 
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