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F5 (Big-IP) Config Backup
Hi, Does or Can NCM backup F5 config's ? I have tried but several options but if trying to download "startup/running" I get "Connectivity issues, discarding configuration (or configuration is too...
View ArticleHow do you SSH to your devices?
When SSHing to devices, do you prefer Credentials-based authentication or Certificate-based authentication?
View ArticleNCM Jobs outputs, small format change in NCM 7.5
So before we just updated our NCM to 7.5 here a few weeks ago, my NCM job outputs, with "Show commands in output" option turned on, USED TO look roughly like this for a two-command NCM job script:...
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NPM 12 & NCM 7.5 Download Config requested by job failed Alert
Hi all I am currently setting up a new instance of NPM 12 and NCM 7.5. An issues that i have found is that the failed download config alerts does not show what device the alert has come from, the alert...
View ArticleFortigate Comparison Criteria - Cert Private Key
I have nightly differential config backups set but our Fortigate unit downloads a new config file every time. For whatever reason, the Fortigate changes an encrypted private key on a couple of the...
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Scheduler not running
HI all We have upgraded NCM to version 7.5 and since then the job scheduled to back-up configuration is no longer running. I have created Running and Startup Configs job separately and still not...
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Configurations not being backed up
Ever since I upgraded to NCM 7.5, I noticed 8% of my devices are not backed up. I have to manually go in and do a backup on them, then they back up normally. I have 91 nodes, that I now have to go...
View ArticleNCM Config Template Using large list of values from another source?
I have a series of config scripts I use with Excel today for new devices, where basically it imports things like IP address, circuit ID, etc. I know I could create a NCM template to ask for these...
View ArticleProgrammatically identify device switchport & change vlan tag?
Greetings. This may cross over into UDT which we don't currently have but may acquire. We are undertaking a very expedited move of 3 large data centers to 3 co-lo's -probably a total of 12-15k devices...
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Incorrect Machine type/vendor information
Hi Guys,ive done a bit of poking around the forum under similar topics but i cant find a recent one and im assuming this has been sorted now...apologies if this is in the wrong section also. We had a...
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Use NCM Policy Rule to Match Entire Line and not subset?
I am trying to write a policy that detects if a switch has DHCP Snooping enabled globally and not just on a per-vlan basis.The problem is, the command that enables it globally is the exact same string...
View ArticleSolarWinds NCM Connector for Cisco SmartAdvisor
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...
View ArticleRemoval of interface to stop it from reporting
When we created certain nodes, we sometime monitored interfaces on them. However, when we removed the connection from the port and now we are constantly getting notified that this port is down. In...
View ArticleHostname config change based on csv
I am trying to push out a hostname config change for the estate where I presently work (approx 150 devices).Obviously the hostname will be different for each device (usual conventions based on device...
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Firmware Vulnerability data files URLs don't function, new ones I think...
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...
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Unable to backup pfsense configs due to unsupported key exchange algorithms
I recently upgraded some of my firewalls and after generating new keys on a few, configuration backups began failing. SolarWinds SSH client doesn't appear to support some of the latest key exchange...
View ArticlePush IOS Updates With NCM
Hello everyone, I am looking for a script to update the ios on my catalyst 2960 int my remote locations. I will need to update around 450 of them and I would like to automate the process using NCM....
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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 ArticleNeed config script to get the interfaces having ip addresses
Script to find all the interfaces having ip address from the node to push particular command on that interface
View ArticleHow do you SSH to your devices?
When SSHing to devices, do you prefer Credentials-based authentication or Certificate-based authentication?
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