[sles-beta] RC1 NRPE Package (nagios)

[Donald Vosburg]

Ditto on the understand and don't agree.

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> On Aug 8, 2014, at 12:01 PM, "Simon Flood" <S.M.Flood at ucs.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
>> On 08/08/2014 16:43, Matthias G. Eckermann wrote:
>> 
>> That's on purpose.
> 
> Okay ...
> 
>> Let me put it this way: nagios in SUSE Linux Enterprise
>> Server 11 is a package we did not put much focus on nor
>> any "love" into. It is there, it is maintained, it's
>> aging; it will remain in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
>> as fully supported, but that's it.
>> 
>> For SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 we thought how we
>> could improve the situation for the monitoring
>> framework, well, the server part of it. For example, we
>> got requests for Icinga.
> 
> Whilst I've not played with Icinga I've at least heard of it so that's a 
> start. By Icinga do you mean v1 or Icinga 2?
> 
>> Thus, starting with SUSE Linux Enterprise 12, we are
>> replacing the Nagios server with Icinga. Support for
>> Icinga will not be part of the SUSE Linux Enterprise
>> Server 12 subscription, though.
>> 
>> Instead fully supported Icinga packages for SUSE Linux
>> Enterprise Server 12 will be available as part of a
>> SUSE Manager subscription. In this context we will be
>> able to deliver better integration into the monitoring
>> frameworks supported by SUSE Manager, and more frequent
>> updates on the monitoring server parts than it had been
>> in the past.
> 
> So the only way to get a supported monitoring solution with SLES12 is to 
> buy a subscription for SUSE Manager? That seems a little naughty.
> 
> Why does it feel like I'll have to use the openSUSE Build Service to 
> plug more holes with SLES12 than SLES11 SP3?
> 
>> Hope this explains.
> 
> It does (even though I don't like it!).
> 
> Thanks,
> Simon
> -- 
> Simon Flood
> Senior Systems Specialist
> University of Cambridge
> United Kingdom
> 
> Novell/SUSE/NetIQ Knowledge Partner
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