Hi All,
I would like to check in all Cisco routers, list of IOS has been copied in Flash. So logic would be to scan "dir" output, and check for any text starts with "c2900-universalk9" and ends with ".bin", then print it against the hostname.
Could anyone help me out with the script ?
Regards,
Muhammed
Was noticing that no new recent vulnerabilities are showing up in NCM, so I went to check things out.
In my Firmware Vulnerability Settings page, I'm getting the following errors -
URL "http://static.nvd.nist.gov/feeds/xml/cve/nvdcve-2.0-recent.xml" is currently inaccessible.
URL "http://static.nvd.nist.gov/feeds/xml/cve/nvdcve-2.0-modified.xml" is currently inaccessible.
If you go to those URL's it says that "Effective October 16, 2015 the XML data feeds will no longer be available for download in an uncompressed format.
You have reached this page because you have a process that links directly to a file that no longer exists. Please modify your process to use the compressed format as described on the main NVD Datafeeds landing page."
If you go to the NVD Datafeeds landing page (NVD - Data Feeds), there are links to the compressed version of the two files above in either GZIP or ZIP format
http://static.nvd.nist.gov/feeds/xml/cve/nvdcve-2.0-Modified.xml.gz
http://static.nvd.nist.gov/feeds/xml/cve/nvdcve-2.0-Modified.xml.zip
http://static.nvd.nist.gov/feeds/xml/cve/nvdcve-2.0-Recent.xml.gz
http://static.nvd.nist.gov/feeds/xml/cve/nvdcve-2.0-Recent.xml.zip
Its fairly easy to unzip them and drop them in to the correct directory, which is shown in the Settings page, but I thought maybe a product update to fix this is in order?
I've inherited a Solarwinds instance and it has an NCM connection profile which logs into various devices to pull configurations every night. We have started working with a new vendor which requires us to make a new profile (this one requires an enable password, the other does not). I would like to re-use the same NCM user/pass info, but I don't have the password.
So my question is, where is this information stored?
I have RDP access to the Solarwinds server, and can look around the database if need be. Is there somewhere I can scrape the original password from, or am I going to have to have someone reset it?
Hi,
I would like to save real-time configuration changes of our Cisco SG300.
With our Cisco 3750X I can do this. They send syslog messages "1117290: 1117291: Configured from console by admin on vty10 (...)" and NCM react with saving of config.
The SG300 sends syslog message "1 2016-04-13T15:26:26+01:00 SW-IT-ACC-1 COPY - FILECPY - Files Copy - source URL running-config destination URL flash://startup-config, aggregated (1)" and NCM doesn't save the config. Where can I configure how NCM reacts to a which kind of syslog message?
Thanks,
wolliballa
Hello folks- we are trying to get our nightly config backup working, but we're running into some difficulties. We're running NCM v7.4.1. In the report, the three main problems we're getting back seem to be:
ERROR: Cannot download Startup config : Cannot Log into Device : bad password.
ERROR: Cannot download Running config : Connection Refused
ERROR: Cannot download Running config : Connectivity issues, discarding configuration (or configuration is too short).
The main problem seems to be the connection being refused. We have two NCM profiles, Telnet & SSH- both of which have the same login credentials. I can log on to the switches just fine from Putty using the same credentials in the NCM profiles, and if I go to the node page in SolarWinds I'm able to download both the running and startup configs no issue... We have around 800+ switches managed, and on the report from last night we're getting about 300 back with errors. I've been searching around and it seems there's a lot of people with this problem but not a very specific solution... Could it just be trying to download too many configs at once? If that might be the case it would make sense to me to have different network areas run the config backup at seperate times to avoid congestion. Does anyone have any suggestions on what route I should take? I can provide additional details/screenshots as well. Thanks in advance
Here's a screenshot of our config settings:
Is there a way to restrict length of variable and upon wrong entry by user NCM to show an error for correction?
I am trying to remove the history of Inventory Status under Config tab but getting the following error. The same error message as well when trying to cancel it. I'm guessing the problem is in database query but don't know where or what to check. Does anyone encounter the same problem before?
Error: Cannot resolve the collation conflict between "Latin1_General_CI_AS" and "SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS" in the equal to operation.
Many Thanks
Ronnel
Working with the SolarWinds Network Configuration Generator to test moving our device templates into it. But I can't figure out how to build a variable where they choose from a list. So that when setting up the VTP mode setting of a switch, they can click on the mode they want. Anyone have ideas on how to do this?
I downloaded the free version of IP Address tracker last night and it was close to 700MB. It installed IIS and SQL Server 2008 R2 Express and whole bunch of other stuff. Is the old IP Address tracker no longer available?
This is what I see when I try to download it. Am I missing something?
Saw this came out and took a look at the documentation.
Is there a special kind/level of Cisco account/access you need for this to work?
I have a Cisco.com account that is linked to my contracts (lets me download code, etc), but when I try to run the report it says "UserID is not valid".
Hello
I am looking to create a custom report for a 30 days period, the report needs to show me just all the nodes names and the dates of when it was last changed, I do not care about what was changed in this report just the date and that it was changed. I am also looking to export this report to excel, can someone please point me in right direction.
Many Thanks
Script to find all the interfaces having ip address from the node to push particular command on that interface
Hi all,
I managed to write a Device template to backup Alcatel OmniSwitch with NCM.
It works with all AOS switches: 6250, 6450, 6850, 7700, 9700 …
Alcatel OmniSwitch OS (AOS) have specials features:
1) there is no enable mode.
2) the prompt is NOT made up with the switch hostname. The prompt can be what ever you want it to be, but the prompt is then present in the config.
For example:
My prompt is
myswitch>
The config will then have the line in it
session prompt default "myswitch>"
This causes NCM to stop getting the config just before that line because it thinks it went to the end of the config and that the switch gave the prompt again.
You need to use RESET and the "prompt string" command and use 4 characters (maximum) that are not in your config: I use ">#>#" . Don't use "->" because it can be used in interface description like "bloc1 -> bloc2".
Normally there is no pagination of the config, but 2 of my 250 AOS switches needed "no more", so the RESET looks like that:
<Command Name="RESET" Value="no more${CRLF}prompt string >#>#${CRLF}" RegEx=">#>#"/>
<Command Name="DownloadConfig" Value="write terminal"/>
Note #1: End your prompt by ">" or NCM wouldn't be able to log in the switch and will display "Unable to log to router: Timeout".
Note #2: I used "Using Command Template Variables to Switch User Context" on page 166 of "Orion NCM Administrator Guide" and specified the entire new prompt in the RegEx value.
Note #3: Since the "DownloadConfig" works I don't use the "DownloadConfigIndirect" but I leave it in the Device template attached for information.
Note #4: TFTP is only available on AOS version 6.4.X or higher.
Note #5: AOS SCP uses DSA but the SCP/SFTP Server shipped with NCM 7.2.2 doesn’t support DSA, You will have to install freeTFTPserver found in Engineer’s Toolset section.
Note #6: Alcatel 6200 series switches act like Cisco, so all this doesn't apply.
Note #7: After this Device template has been checked by other users, it would be important that SolarWinds include it in the next release (with the other Device template).
TAG: Configuration, back-up, back up, download, alcatel-lucent, truncated
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All, I was doing a search for some configuration change templates and thought I would generate a list for a simple search in the event you were looking for the same. It has been a month or two since I have done one of my "Lists-of-Lists". So here you go.
These are from goodzhere. Thanks for you content!!!!
Please read the post prior to implementing.
Cisco 3750
3750 IOS Upgrade Using Alternate tftp server
3750_IOS_Upgrade_ext_server.ncm-template
Cisco 3750/2950 IOS Upgrade (using NCM tftp server) NCM Template
Cisco 3750/2950 IOS Upgrade(using SCP) NCM Template
Cisco 3800
3800 IOS Upgrade using Alternate SCP/SFTP/TFTP server
Cisco 3800/3900 IOS Upgrade NCM Template
Cisco 3900
3900 IOS Upgrade with Alternate SCP/SFTP/TFTP server
Cisco 3800/3900 IOS Upgrade NCM Template
Cisco 3900 IOS Upgrade NCM Template
Cisco 6120
Cisco 6120 UCS NCM Device Template
Cisco 6248
Cisco 6248UCS-1.3.6.1.4.1.9.12.3.1.3.847.ConfigMgmt-Commands
Cisco UCS-1.3.6.1.4.1.9.12.3.1.3.847.ConfigMgmt-Commands
Cisco 6500
6500 IOS Upgrade Steps for use with NCM templates
Cisco 6500 IOS Upgrade ShowCommands NCM Template
Cisco 6500 IOS Upgrade Step 1 NCM Template
Cisco_6500_IOS_Upgrade_Step2.ncm-template
Cisco 6500 IOS Upgrade Step 3 NCM Template
Cisco_6500_IOS_Upgrade_Step2 with_external_server
Cisco ASA
Cisco NEXUS
Cisco Nexus (NX-OS) File Transfer NCM Template
Cisco Nexus (NX-OS) file transfer template
Cisco Nexus (NX-OS) file transfer template (NON-SolarWinds server)
Cisco_Nexus (NX-OS)_Upgrade_Step1.ncm-template
Cisco Nexus (NX-OS) Upgrade Step2 4 Peer Switch NCM Template
Cisco Nexus file transfer with alternate SCP/SFTP server
NetApp
NetApp Filer NFS Volume Create NCM Template
NetApp Filer NFS Volume Delete NCM Template
NetApp VFiler NFS Volume Create NCM Template
NetApp VFiler NFS Volume Delete NCM Template
Configuration Change Templates
Cisco Password and SNMPv3 Change Template
Cisco Password and SNMPv3 Credentials Update Template for NCM
Cisco SNMPv3 (1 user) and Password Change Template
Visio Stencils
More Visio Generic Cisco Icons
Visio Cisco UCS FlexPod Stencils
Visio Cisco Generic Specialized Icons
What version of SNMP do you use on your devices?
I would like to find out details on use cases for network automation, especially in the context of configuration and change management. Please vote and ideally, leave a comment.
When SSHing to devices, do you prefer Credentials-based authentication or Certificate-based authentication?
Does NCM have the ability to track inventory to the server level (windows/unix)? If so, what information will it hold?