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Who turned off my Real-Time Change Detection
I am a network user of NCM v7.4.1 , with several admin users (all with individual usernames) someone has, in the past week, disabled "Real Time Change Detection" within "NCM Settings - Realtime Change...
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NCM is Throwing this Error: Operation Blocked Re-try after transfers in...
I have no idea what it means, nor did I find any posts related to it. Has someone seen this, and can you help me out?
View ArticleRemediation Script on error
Hello, I am working on a remediation script to add/modify syslog on a switch. *******************************${EnterConfigMode}logging server...
View ArticleCisco Banner Login Change Template- Is there Multi-Line support?
Thought this would be simple but we have a multi line banner login message that we need to replace on all our Cisco gear. If I try to use the Cisco Login banner change template provided it seems to...
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...
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extract MSI from EXE (NCM 7.5)
Is there a way to extract the installation files from the EXE NCM installation file?The reason I ask is because every time I try to execute the EXE installation program it quits working right after it...
View ArticleNCM soap interface - getting started
Hi I’m evaluating Solarwinds NCM and as part of that this I’m looking at the webapi for integrating into an operator toolset. The developer environment will be C# .NET so the soap interface is the...
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 ArticleSSH double log in prior to enable command
Hello all, I've run into an interesting issue in NCM with regards to logging into a switch. To log into the device via ssh we have to first log into the device and then "verify" the user by logging in...
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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NCM Configuration Management Change Approval
I am testing the configuration management change approval system on the new version of NCM 7.5. I have everything setup as it should be per the documentation on the solarwinds site, but I am unable to...
View ArticleNCM using SCP automation
hi,im new to this - please bear with me i have MRV switch which i am trying to utlise NCM to do config backups. my switch CLI command to download configs is in the format of "copy running-config scp...
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Cisco Automation without python/linux scripting
Version NCM 7.5 Hey Everyone, I found very little information on these when I was trying to build this out and wanted to share it with the community. Compliance reports can literally automate your...
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Trying to Get Individual Accountability on the Config Change Report
We have been asking for this for a few years, but I'm wondering if there's any way we can rig it up with our current version of NCM (v8.3.177) so that we are prompted to enter login credentials when we...
View ArticleA solution to multi-context config download with NCM (Cisco ASA, FWSM...)
NCM 7.x has several node management improvements (common with Orion Core/NPM, new Discovery Sonar…). Due to these changes, NCM 7.x has stricter rules related to node uniqueness and duplicate nodes are...
View ArticleNCM script to append description based on trunk mode
First, I am not apposed to using a compliance report or a config change template or a combination of the two. Right now I have a compliance report that will check each interface for Mode Trunk, if that...
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Remediation Script on error
Hello, I am working on a remediation script to add/modify syslog on a switch. *******************************${EnterConfigMode}logging server...
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Error message installing NCM 7.5 re: Exit Code
I am trying to install NCM 7.5 on a new Windows Server 2012 machine. Partially into the install I get a message that states: Installation of SolarWindsNCM Integration Module 7.5 failed. Invalid exit...
View ArticleNCM Crash - Multiple Configuration Downloaders causing CPU to spike 100%
We're running NCM with the Auto Config Downloader using SNMP Traps. We found this afternoon that the Orion box was running at 100% CPU, with about 15 ConfigAutoDownloader.exe processes running at 100%...
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Seeking method for NCM to import large numbers of addresses, FQDN's, or...
I was given a spreadsheet with several thousand IP addresses (hosts), networks (/23, /24, /25, /26, /29, etc.), ranges (x.x.x.x - x.x.y.y) and FQDN's that need to be built as Network Objects in a Cisco...
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