Do 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 ArticleAre you compliant?
Does your network needs to be compliant with any of the official standards, internal standards only, or none?
View ArticleConfigurations 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...
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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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Change Management - Require All Jobs to be Approved
Greetings Thwack Community, We're trying to get the Change Management module running on NCM, but we've run into a bit of an issue. As it is now, the individuals on my team who have administrative...
View ArticleNCM Report On Connection Profiles
Hello, all. I'm trying to build a report to show me which connection profile is being used by which node. I haven't had any luck on getting this to work for me. The connections profiles to which i'm...
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How Can I See All Devices Using a Specific NCM Connection Profile
Is there currently a way for me to see All nodes using a specific NCM Connection Profile? For security reasons I'd like to be able to see which nodes are using each connection profile in bulk without...
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Bulk import of Router and switch configuration Files
We recently had our NCM Server go down hard. Until the data off the previous server drives are recovered, I have lost everything(Database included). I had to rebuild NCM on another machine. We...
View ArticleRunning VS Startup Accurate?
Hello, I was looking through our NCM web interface and saw the startup vs running config pie chart. I noticed that there were a small portion of the devices that did not match so I started looking...
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...
View ArticleNeed assistance with NCM compliance policy logic
We have a requirement to ensure that all the switches and routers in the network must have at least 2 out of the 3 possible NTP servers listed. The goal is for the rule to call out any configuration...
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 ArticleDownload Configuration on Symbol AP in NCM
Im trying to backup the configuration of a Symbol AP Model 5131 without success. The configuration of the AP is Menu Base and i cant find a Device Template that can do the job, im fairly new to NCM and...
View ArticleUsing NCM to find botched NCM jobs.
We've farmed out some NCM work to contractors that have used it poorly. So in order to find where we need to fix our firewalls I'd like to use regex to find a particular grouping. I need to find any...
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BigIP (F5) config backups
Lots written about the subject but just want to confirm that what I have found is that NCM cannot natively backup BigIP config's say like a Cisco device.
View ArticleScripting for Compliance
If this isn't possible, I will add it to the feature request, but.... Is it possible to use scripts within the compliance rules? I can't find any way straight out of the box, but I was wondering if...
View ArticleBackup configuration download on Cisco ASA
I am attempting to get some Cisco ASA devices to backup the configuration. The device will not download i get the following error "ERROR: Cannot download Running config : Connection Refused". The only...
View ArticleConfigurations 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...
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