Part 3: New Features and Improvements of NCM 7.4
New Features and Improvements of NCM 7.4 In case you missed the first two blogs you can find them here:Part 1: Leverage more from Network Configuration Manager (NCM)Part 2: Implementing Security with...
View ArticleUsing Dynamic Node Selection for Job Creation (Spaces causing filter to fail?)
We are having some issues with using the Dynamic Node Selection when creating a job. We are trying to pull nodes that are part of various NCM Node Groups. After we set the filter and go to the review...
View ArticleCan NCM use a .cvs or other spreadsheet to test conditions of switches and...
I'm interested in learning how advanced NCM is in regards to testing conditions of configurations based on comparisons of info in a .csv or spreadsheet, reporting those conditions, and making changes...
View ArticlePart 2: Implementing Security with Network Configuration Manager (NCM)
Implementing Security with NCMBlog 2Security threats are growing every hour and frankly every minute… I remember my first security class and my instructor telling us “Hacking at all levels just takes...
View Articleafter changing NPM database credentials, NCM jobs don't run--error message...
Got an interesting scenario unfolding here. Last week user's couldn't authenticate to the web. I wanted to look at accounts table in Database Manager but couldn't run Database Manager as it could not...
View ArticlePart 1: Leverage more from Network Configuration Manager (NCM)
Configuration Change Management Software is more than backing up configs!This will be a three part series focusing on NCM Fast Forward to Part 2 Here Don't Miss Out on Part 3 Here...
View ArticleIOS upgrades using NCMv7.3.2
We are trying to upgrade IOS's on Cisco 3750 and 2960 switches. We've setup a test switch on the network and have a basic script to try to push out the upgrade:encopy tftp flash:xxx....
View ArticleUsing macros for emails in RTCN settings
Jiri found me a solution to my problem of sending different RTCN emails to different groups around the company/globally. Simple solution is to have a node custom property such as RTCN_Email or mine is...
View ArticleNCM Trap Viewer Not Working
I have a bizarre problem with NCM Trap Viewer and I have verified there is no other service running on the server for port 162. I have no rules set up so there is nothing filtering. We are not...
View ArticleNCM bulk password change
I have been searching for two hours and not much on how to perform bulk password change on network devices. Can some share a workable recipe ? New guy
View ArticleAre you compliant?
Does your network needs to be compliant with any of the official standards, internal standards only, or none?
View ArticleHow do you SSH to your devices?
When SSHing to devices, do you prefer Credentials-based authentication or Certificate-based authentication?
View ArticleCFailed login - user not authorized !!!username: XXXXXX (not able to download...
HI All,I am using NPM Ver 7.3.2, i am facing a strange problem, i am not able to down load config from Cisco router (891/K9). when ever i try to down load the Configuration, it gives me a error...
View ArticleJuniper SRX Firewall change detection
Hello, We have an issue with detecting configuration change on our Juniper SRX firewalls. CLI configuration chnges work fine and get detected/logged but when changes are made via the GUI they do not....
View Articlehow can we take backup of config files when a trap is generated
Hi Need to take the backup of config files when the below traps are generated for following devices. ccmCLIRunningConfigChanged- For cisco configChange- For Riverbed
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