Migrate, Move hostmonitor server from one server to other

june8807 · Post by **june8807** » Fri May 08, 2015 12:52 am

Hello!

Could you plaease help me with the question? We have Hostmonitor (v.8.82) that we planning to migrate to other server with diferent name (and domain).

Unfortunatly, man who was the best in the software left the company, so may be someone can help me to craete something like plan for such movement...

Of coause, I can create new one instance of HM and relink to in it all my servers (networking), but how in this case save all my tests, statistics, user access rules?

Thank you for support!

KS-Soft Europe · Post by **KS-Soft Europe** » Fri May 08, 2015 1:26 am

Please check the following topic:
http://www.ks-soft.net/cgi-bin/phpBB/vi ... php?t=1099

june8807 · Post by **june8807** » Fri May 08, 2015 11:09 am

Thank you! That is what I need

One more question. I have to use differnet server name.
If I will create A record in my local dns with old server name, pointing to the new server IP, will it work with such metod?

Thx.

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Fri May 08, 2015 12:01 pm

Not sure why exactly do you need this...
HostMonitor itself does not care about local server name. Usually when you check remote systems, you provide remote system name or IP; when you check local system you provide "localhost" or "127.0.0.1" as target name

Probably you think about Web Service started on some remote system?
RMA agents? Passive or Active agent?
IP filter enabled for old server IP?

Regards
Alex

june8807 · Post by **june8807** » Tue May 12, 2015 7:56 am

Ok, let me try to explan again (sorry, if I am not so good in English)

We are using active agents.

For example, in Windows systems with kerberos aouthentication, if I will do such (update old server a-dns record that will point to the new server with NEW netbiosname and the same IP), windows clinet will not been granted access to the server with error something like: the name you are trying to connect do not match....

So, just simple question, if all my active agent now connects to

old-server.my.domain
192.168.0.1

Do they will be able to connect by (old) dns name old-server.my.domain, when in @reality@ it will be new-server.mynew.domain

?

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Tue May 12, 2015 8:13 am

If you setup connection parameters (Active RMA -> HostMonitor) using hostname and this name will be resolved to new IP (IP where new HostMonitor is running), then RMA will connect to new HostMonitor.

Regards
Alex

june8807 · Post by **june8807** » Tue May 12, 2015 8:18 am

good! Thank you!