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Hi Support ,
Please help me with query
We have Nagios xi 5.7.4 running on Centos 6 on a physical Server . We need to upgrade to Centos 7 and do not have separate hardware to use . We want to upgrade it , on the same server . What are the steps involved , what are risk and challenges ?
Also we have 2 gearman probe servers and offloaded Mysql database .
Kindly Suggest the way out .

Thanks
Biswajit

Hi Biswajit,

We recommend setting up a new, clean system to migrate between CentOS 6 to 7. There isn't an officially supported in-place upgrade from CentOS and if the server has been heavily customized, that can be an issue. It would best to put in place a mitigation plan to address any possible disruption.

There are few tutorials out there, make sure you take full backups of the server and Nagios xi before proceeding. Please note that you'll also take down the monitoring system for some time while it downloads and compiles the new packages.

Backing Up And Restoring Your Nagios xi System

CentOS 6 to CentOS 7 Upgrade Using Red Hat Upgrade Tool

Upgrade Centos 6 to Centos 7

Benjamin