Cisco Nexus Serial number
We are trying to find a way to pull the serial number for Cisco Nexus 5548 devices as well as other Nexus products via SNMP. NCM currently uses the entity mib to pull serial numbers and this doesn't...
View ArticleCan NCM job scheduler only use AD accounts for jobs? Not able to use SW Admin?
I'm using NCM 7.1.x with partial Win32 functionality and part web console. the job scheduler only allows me to use my AD account? does the scheduler only use Windows logins? not Solarwinds accounts?
View ArticleHow big is your NCM Database?
NCM uses two databases: the NPM/Core one and the NCM one. I'm asking about the latter.
View ArticleI need to get real time change notifications for our Juniper Netscreen...
Devices Juniper SSG500 What is the best way of doing this please using this product (NCM 7.3). The downloading of configs is already working. Should I use syslog or snmp traps and what additional...
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 ArticleSocket Connection aborted when trying to run config change template?
I have ran this particular config change template successfully before, however when I try to run it now I keep getting this error?
View ArticleUsing Config Change Script to Identify Switch Interface Mode
Hello Everyone,I recently found out about the Config Change Scripts, and it is magnificent. I started using the (out-of-the-box) ones and tweaking them. Then started to write some for my own and...
View ArticleNCM Block Text Expressions
We have a section of config in our routers and switches that should be consistent across all nodes, and it VERY large. I have tried just copying and pasting the 100 lines or so into a text block in...
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NCM Regular expression to ignore "state up" or "state down" for node in the...
I have tried the following with little success ^[ \t\r\n\v\f]state[ \t\r\n\v\f]*^[ \t\r\n\v\f]state[ \t\r\n\v\f]*down^[ \t\r\n\v\f]state[ \t\r\n\v\f]*up^! state^! state*
View ArticleWhat is your preference for the NCM database migration process?
As you may know from the What We Are Working On For NCM After 7.2 post, NCM and NPM/Core databases are going to be merged.One part of the merger is data migration from NCM database to NPM...
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Executing scripts with NCM
I am trying to apply some common configurations to multiple switches by using a script (e.g. set user account, NTP server, disable a port) I have created a job to run simple commands to verify that the...
View ArticleWould you be willing to give us a copy of your Orion/NCM database for testing...
Having real customer data would be invaluable for (performance) testing. The current use case is Core-NCM database merge, but the same data can be re-used for many other tests.The data would be treated...
View ArticleCustom Property issue in Custom Query SWQL
Per the documentation, SELECT Caption FROM Orion.Nodes WHERE Node.CustomProperties.City = 'Atlanta' should work in a custom query object, but instead I get 'there was an error in querying the...
View ArticleConfiguring real-time detection on Nexus switches
Hi, I'm wondering how users are configuring their Nexus 5k/7k switches for enabling real-time detection? I have realtime detection enabled via syslog for my Catalyst router/switches and that works....
View ArticleJobs - Dynamic Node Selection Preview?
In previous versions of NCM where you used the actual utility on the server to create\edit jobs instead of the Web interface, you were able to preview the nodes that were selected when using a dynamic...
View ArticleSolarWinds NCM 7.3 Release Candidate is Coming!
We are going to reach the Release Candidate (RC) status for Network Configuration Manager 7.3 soon. RC is the last step before general availability and is a chance for existing customers to get the...
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ncm 7.2.0 to 7.2.2 fails. no longer able to access NPM page or any orion apps
it the beginning i had NCM and NPM on the same server. Support told me to separate them for performancei did and it works now with NPM 10.7 and NCM 7.2, they told me to place them on the same server i...
View ArticleNCM Block Text Expressions
We have a section of config in our routers and switches that should be consistent across all nodes, and it VERY large. I have tried just copying and pasting the 100 lines or so into a text block in...
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Transfer Status stuck
I have noticed that we have a lot of old transfer statuses that are stuck within NCM. They have been around for awhile now and I am unable to clear these (ever as admin), has anyone found a way to...
View ArticleWould you be willing to give us a copy of your Orion/NCM database for testing...
Having real customer data would be invaluable for (performance) testing. The current use case is Core-NCM database merge, but the same data can be re-used for many other tests.The data would be treated...
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