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NMIS 8.3.15G is being released for general availability, This release provides many bug fixes and a few new features.

Install CPAN Modules

NMIS8 now requires Net::Syslog, see the 8.3.9G patch for info on SMTP::SSL

cpan
install Net::SMTP::SSL # (required for 8.3.9G)
install Net::Syslog

Patch NMIS8 with the NMIS8.3.15G update

#Backup current NMIS code and config including models
DATE=`date "+%Y-%m-%d-%H%M"`
cd /usr/local/nmis8
tar cvf ~/nmis8-backup-$DATE.tar ./admin ./bin ./cgi-bin ./conf ./install ./lib ./menu ./mibs ./models

#Make sure NMIS is working before you patch it.
/usr/local/nmis8/bin/nmis.pl type=collect debug=true node=<node to test>

#Get CP working right. (no prompts)
unalias cp

#Unarchive the NMIS tarball
cd ~
mkdir patch
cd patch 
tar xvf ../nmis-8.3.15g.tar.gz

# Patch the Code Base
cp nmis8/admin/* /usr/local/nmis8/admin
cp nmis8/bin/* /usr/local/nmis8/bin
cp nmis8/cgi-bin/* /usr/local/nmis8/cgi-bin
cp -r nmis8/install/* /usr/local/nmis8/install
cp -r nmis8/lib/* /usr/local/nmis8/lib
cp -r nmis8/menu/* /usr/local/nmis8/menu
cp nmis8/models-install/* /usr/local/nmis8/models

# merge changes for new NMIS Config options. 
/usr/local/nmis8/admin/updateconfig.pl /usr/local/nmis8/install/Config.nmis /usr/local/nmis8/conf/Config.nmis
/usr/local/nmis8/admin/updateconfig.pl /usr/local/nmis8/install/Access.nmis /usr/local/nmis8/conf/Access.nmis 

# copy newer configuration files (check that you don't have local changes to these files before running) 
cp /usr/local/nmis8/install/Logs.nmis /usr/local/nmis8/conf 
cp /usr/local/nmis8/install/Users.nmis /usr/local/nmis8/conf
cp /usr/local/nmis8/install/Services.nmis /usr/local/nmis8/conf
cp /usr/local/nmis8/install/License.nmis /usr/local/nmis8/conf
cp /usr/local/nmis8/install/Modules.nmis /usr/local/nmis8/conf
cp /usr/local/nmis8/install/Escalations.nmis /usr/local/nmis8/conf
cp /usr/local/nmis8/install/Access.nmis /usr/local/nmis8/conf
cp /usr/local/nmis8/install/Portal.nmis /usr/local/nmis8/conf
cp /usr/local/nmis8/install/logrotate.conf /usr/local/nmis8/conf
cp /usr/local/nmis8/install/users.dat /usr/local/nmis8/conf

# fix permissions 
/usr/local/nmis8/admin/fixperms.pl 

# test polling
/usr/local/nmis8/bin/nmis.pl type=collect debug=true node=<node to test> 

Restart Daemons

/usr/local/nmis8/bin/fpingd.pl restart=true
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