Mike, if you can setup CentOS 6 at home you can use virt-manager to just create a bunch of virtual machines. I could get into some nitty gritty about COW system images and using one base image to spawn multiple virtual machines with their own settings but that is a bit technical, probably something for a skype session more or less. Having a test lab setup is really the way to go and provides you with the most flexibility to break things without getting yourself into deep trouble. <div>
<br></div><div>Heck, VM sessions based on COW images is probably a good idea for a LUG session too. </div><div><br></div><div>Dan<br><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Jim Ockers <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ockers@ockers.net" target="_blank">ockers@ockers.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Mike:<br>
<br>
I'm learning Nagios today too. Take a look at the Nagios core<br>
documentation. Also, I agree that the fastest way to learn it is to<br>
install it on a test system and mess with it, using the documentation as<br>
a guide. I'm reading the PDF Manual because I find it more convenient<br>
than the HTML one.<br>
<br>
<a href="http://library.nagios.com/library/products/nagioscore/manuals/" target="_blank">http://library.nagios.com/library/products/nagioscore/manuals/</a><br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
Jim<br>
--<br>
Jim Ockers, P.E., P.Eng. (<a href="mailto:ockers@ockers.net">ockers@ockers.net</a>)<br>
Contact info: <a href="http://www.ockers.net/" target="_blank">http://www.ockers.net/</a><br>
</font></span><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
<br>
Mike Bean wrote:<br>
><br>
> Real simply, I've got to learn Nagios, I wonder if anyone can<br>
> recommend a good reference material for it? Maybe go to the<br>
> bookstore after work!<br>
><br>
> Bean<br>
<br>
<br>
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