Opsview 6.9.x End of Support

Opsview versions 6.9.x reached their End of Support (EOS) status at the end of January 2026, in accordance with our Support policy. As of this date, these versions no longer receive code fixes, security updates, maintenance releases, or backported changes.

The documentation for version 6.9.7 and earlier releases will remain accessible for reference, but it will no longer be updated or maintained. We strongly recommend upgrading to the latest supported version of Opsview to ensure continued support and access to the latest features and security enhancements.

Variables

There are a few ‘gotchas’ with Variables which are noted below. If you have any issues with Variables, please refer first to this section.

Variable value Copied

A Variable value field can only contain 63 characters or less and is subject to some strict character restrictions. This is because Opsview Monitor cannot allow the service description to be longer than 128 characters when combined with the Service Check name. If it is longer, this will fail when running Apply Changes in the Configuration menu, and the message below will be displayed:

To work around the character and length restrictions you can use the Override Arg 1 field; this has no character restrictions and the field length is significantly larger. For the Servicecheck configuration you can use %VARIABLE:1% instead of %VARIABLE%.

Internally generated variables Copied

Some Variables are internally-generated, so it is not necessary to manually add information at the Host edit pages. There is currently only one internally-generated variable:

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Add the Host Template to this Host so that the appropriate Service Checks are created to monitor each variable.