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Werk #17559: omd backup: add new option --no-agents

Component Site management
Title omd backup: add new option --no-agents
Date Feb 7, 2025
Level Trivial Change
Class New Feature
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
2.5.0b1 Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate, Checkmk Ultimate MT
2.4.0b1 Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate, Checkmk Ultimate MT

The Agent Bakery creates agent packages in the ~/var/check_mk/agents directory. These files can be easily recreated on demand. At the same time, the size of these packages may be quite large. With this Werk the directory ~/var/check_mk/agents can be excluded from backups as follows:

omd backup --no-agents

Moreover, using omd backup --no-past will also omit ~/var/check_mk/agents directory.

We thank the community for driving this feature.

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