NCM 7.4 Thick client
Good afternoon Thwack-Folks! After the NCM Upgrade to 7.4 our NCM fans were missing the think client. It seems like the client - as announced deprecated - is not part of the NCM 7.4 package.However...
View ArticleChange NCM Default PATH for TMP and .tmp.bat files
Can anyone shed some light on how to alter the default path for temp files on a windows deployment from c:\windows\temp toc:\windows\temp\solarwinds\ The unsigned NCM batch files are wreaking havoc...
View ArticleFirmware Vulnerability Reporting
We recently loaded NCM 7.4 with hopes of using the tool to help automate reporting of potential security vulnerabilities in our Cisco IOS devices. While the framework in NCM looks great, the source of...
View ArticleCreate a dashboard view
Is there a way to create a simple view from NCM that will allow me to see all of my Cisco devices and the current IOS versions that are running on them. I know I can see this info from the NPM (per...
View ArticleConfiguration Management Error: Cannot start SolarWinds TFTP Server
When attempting to download config into NCM I get "Cannot start SolarWinds TFTP Server" under error details. Global configuration account appears to be correct, I have tried deleting and re-installing...
View ArticleTwice now we've had NCM report get stuck caching which causes all of our...
I'm running NCM 7.4.1 and the only way I've been able to fix is to manually edit the database table NCM_Policy reports and change the caching status for the report from 2 to 0 in the database table to...
View ArticleHow do I build a job to look for Mac address on all our cisco nodes?
We have a partial list of mace addresses and need to find the complete mac address and poll this information from our Cisco nodes within our network. Is this possible within NCM to run a job to hit...
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Automating config changes to network core based on edge routing changes
We have redundant internet egress points at two sites that are linked by dual 10Gb links. Currently if service to one provider goes down, we have to manually change default route in our cores to flip...
View ArticleHow to customize Menus under My Dashboards
Is there some way to create a new menu under the My Dashboards tab so I can list my custom dashboards underneath it? Right now if you go to My Dashboards I can only list them under the Home tab. Is...
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NCM Approval workflow
Is it possible to have the workflow request approval even if the submitter is an NCM administrator? If not can we get this added? NCM 7.5.1
View ArticleNCM v7.4.1 Hot Fix 3 is now Available
SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM) 7.4.1 Hotfix 3http://downloads.solarwinds.com/solarwinds/Release/HotFix/NCM-v7.4.1-HotFix3.zip Hotfix 3 addresses the following issue:NCM Cannot connect...
View ArticleNCM config temple - how to use Node IP_Address in script ?
i want to set the snmp trap source address from each device, to the nodes IP address that NPM is managing each device with. how can i pull that database value for each node into a command template...
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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Are you compliant?
Does your network needs to be compliant with any of the official standards, internal standards only, or none?
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NCM Nightly Config Report Errors - Connection Refused
Hello folks- we are trying to get our nightly config backup working, but we're running into some difficulties. We're running NCM v7.4.1. In the report, the three main problems we're getting back seem...
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same variable in if/else statements
Hello Everyone, I'm trying to learn the intricacies of the NCM scripting language and trying to answer another question on the forums as some practice (NCM Config Template variable / parsing assistance...
View ArticleBacking up Sonus SBC with NCM
I have three Sonus UX2000 session border controllers that I'd like to back up using NCM. Anyone know if this is possible?
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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