Werk #5543: Host rename: Reduced duration of core downtime during host renamings

Component	Core & setup
Title	Host rename: Reduced duration of core downtime during host renamings
Date	Nov 27, 2017
Level	Trivial Change
Class	New Feature
Compatibility	Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions	1.5.0i2 Not yet released Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME) 1.5.0i2 Not yet released Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME) 1.5.0i2 Not yet released Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME) 1.5.0i2 Not yet released Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME) 1.5.0i2 Not yet released Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME) 1.5.0i2 Not yet released Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME) 1.5.0i2 Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

The most time consuming action during renaming of hosts, the rewrite of the monitoring history, is now done while the core is running. After this is done, the core is being stopped and the remaining history files (current one) is updated.

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