Check_MK Werk 1726: Move variable data of Linux/UNIX agents to /var/lib/check_mk_agent

ID: 1726 Title: Move variable data of Linux/UNIX agents to /var/lib/check_mk_agent Component: Checks & Agents Level: 2 Class: New Feature Version: 1.2.5i7 The Linux, AIX, Solaris and other UNIX agents now put state and cache files no longer below <tt>/etc/check_mk</tt> but per default below <tt>/var/lib/check_mk_agent</tt>. This can be changed directly in the agent in the following line: F+:check_mk_agent.* export MK_VARDIR=/var/lib/check_mk_agent F-: This means that if you update to the new version of the agent, you must have in mind the following things: <ul> <li>Check_MK agent will not find saved <tt>logwatch.state</tt> files and will consider all logfiles as new. This means that you will miss up to one check cycle of possible new logfile entries.</li> <li>Check_MK agent will forget its cached data and recompute all asynchronous checks</li> <li>Maybe other plugin-specific loss of memory</li> </ul> You can prevent this by manually copying selective data from <tt>/etc/check_mk</tt>, if you like.