Whitelisting a Solarwinds Orion Server
Hi, So, I have an Orion server with NPM, NCM, SAM and UDT, installed. By company rules I have to whitelist the server using a whitelisting application (e.g., Lumension, Faronics, NextLabs, Bit9, etc.)....
View ArticleCannot download running config - timeout problems
Since the upgrade to NCM 7.2.2, every day I am getting Cisco switch backup jobs with this error: ERROR: Cannot download Running config : Unable to Log into Router : Timeout. Device IP:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx...
View ArticleClik here to view.
NCM config template cisco reload doesn't work
Here's the script: /*.CHANGE_TEMPLATE_DESCRIPTION This NCM Configuration Change Template will send a reload command to all applicable devices. It will schedule a reload at the time entered....
View ArticleRemediation Scripts using Variables from Inventory
Hello All, I'm new to scripting within NCM and I'm wondering if someone can help me out: I want to use a remediation script to deploy an ACL to a Cisco router. One line of the ACL contains an entry...
View ArticleNCM useing SWIS entities in change template
I believe that this should be possible. I am looking to create a script for FortiGate firewalls. The script would pull two variables from the database based on Node ID. The first variable is the...
View ArticleLogging security events to external syslog
Hey guys, Have been digging around and haven't been able to find an answer... What we are looking to do is send log messages to an external syslog server on possible security events within Orion (NPM,...
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 ArticleJuniper STIGs
This page was developed to track all the current DISA STIGs for Juniper Devices. All new revisions of the content within will be noted here. I do apologize for the multiple downloads. It is a...
View ArticleLogin Banner Compliance Report
Has anyone figured out how to check for a multi-line login/motd banner using a compliance report? I'm willing to attempt re-writing our banners if I can find a solid way to check that they are the same...
View ArticleHelp: Detailed Node Inventory Reports including Serial Numbers
All.. I am having some issues with report creation in NCM 7.3.1. I am fairly OK in SQL, so designing them manually was not a task. The task is being able to create a single report that shows ALL...
View ArticleClik here to view.
pfSense 2.2.6 template
Hello,I need to backup configuration of new pfsense 2.2.6. This operation is simple but any of templates does not fit. After login pfsense dislpays menu:*** Welcome to pfSense 2.2.6-RELEASE-pfSense...
View ArticleDo you need Network Automation?
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.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Network Auditing
I did the control freak contest - created an audit report. I hadn't ever paid that much attention it - it's pretty cool. I found some things I thought I had fixed!
View ArticleNCM 7.4 - Viewing script results on multiple devices at once.
I upgraded to NCM 7.4 without reading the notes that the NCM client was removed. How do I view the output of an executed script on multiple devices in one screen? In the web interface I have to click...
View ArticleF5 backup configuration
Hi Guys, Can anyone tell me if NCM can download the F5 .ucs and do version control? I know that the .ucs is a binary type file. So can anyone tell me if it can be done, if so, is there any...
View ArticleAny way to bulk update interface configuration?
We are changing our DHCP server (yes IP address is changing). I cannot figure out a way to only change the interfaces that have the ip helper-address command.
View ArticleConfig Change report - white space
I have setup a config change report to compare the latest config downloaded to a baseline config. Is there a way to maintain line breaks and white space (indentations) that are there in the config...
View Article