Adding my ISP's data to Orion
My ISP has "real time" traffic graphs that require a log in. Is there a way to add these graphs as a window for my NOC?
View ArticleMonitoring NCM on port 17778 with NPM
In the NPM SDK there are REST based calls you can make into NPM to ask it simple questions. I can see that NCM is listening on port 17778 and does seem to respond to a basic http get on that port but I...
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Real-time change detection custom alert
Is there a way to customize real-time change detection to alert only if an individual forgets to "write mem" before logging off of a switch? Or is it an all or nothing scenario? Thanks in advance to...
View Article"NCM search" incomplete results?
So, I've been suspecting it for a while now, but I think I've finally confirmed that when you "Search NCM" it doesn't return all the results it can. The way I confirmed it is this. We have 3000 nodes...
View ArticleUploading Config Baseline
Is there a way to bulk upload a config baseline for all NCM devices from the webconsole? I only see the ability to do it on a per node basis.
View ArticleNetwork Config Manager Syslog issue
Hello.I have syslog issue in Network configuration manager.IP of NCM - 150.10.1.72,ip router'a = 150.10.1.171.Syslog packets were received in NCM server, I checked (netstat -abo), that port 514 is used...
View ArticleInterface configurations?
I have seen a few questions, but nothing that seems to be a definitive answer, to the question of how to handle bulk changes of interface configurations. I have what should be a fairly simple task....
View ArticleBackup Cisco 2901 Routers Acting as Terminal Server
We are currently employing Cisco 2901 Routers as our terminal servers and we are running into the problem of NCM not being able to pull down the configs from them because it doesn't know how to exit...
View ArticleScripting question - How to bounce a switchport?
I asked this over in the NPM forum, then remember that we might be able to do something like this inside of NCM - Scripting Question - how to bounce a switchport? Can anyone comment please?
View ArticleWhere do I put login credentials for configuration management?
I just Installed Solarwinds (Love it) and I cannot seem to find where to configure login credentials for configuration management. Help?
View ArticleNCM 7.2 Broken Device template ZyXel DSLAM
Hi, After upgrading to NCM 7.2 our custom device template stopped downloading configuration from ZyXel 1248 series and IES-708 (their CLI is similar)The template is as follows: <Command Name="RESET"...
View ArticleNCM expect function
Hi, Does someone know Is there any way to handle interactive CLI with NCM templates. For example if I enable snmpv3 on HP switches (command: snmpv3 enable). First time it always creates "initial" user...
View ArticleMake Config Change Reports Smaller
I currently have 64 nodes and if we do changes across our company to the switches and firewalls I get a 50 to 70MB email that shows the entire configs and changes. Is there a way to have it just show...
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NCM Execute Script Showing Wrong Results
Hello Support, I have created trigger action that runs a NCM 'Execute Config Script', see image. The script seems to run ok when the trigger condition is execute (which is to send an email and execute...
View ArticleNCM v7.3.2 is Now Available
You can find the installation packages in your customer portal. This service release: Upgrades Orion Platform (2014.2.1):This version includes the latest Orion Platform features and versions of...
View ArticlePending approval feature
Hello. I need to configure "pending approval" feature. I found this configuration guide and configured it, but in "Pending request" I don't see anything. I've receiving mails with "Please approve...
View ArticleCannot start SolarWinds TFTP Server ActiveX component can't create object
Have done a few Google searches on this and searched Thwack to no avail. My system admin just updated NCM to 7.2 and asked us to test it. Well when I try to download a config I get the error message...
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RTCD for Cisco ASA
The default rule for RTCD and the pre-configured Syslog rule did not work for our Cisco ASAs.1. Checksum line changes each time the config changes so it should be ignored by change detection.2. The...
View ArticleFrustrations with the "Transfer Status" screen in Configuration Management.
I'm finding myself a bit frustrated with the "Transfer Status" screen. At first I was thinking it was mainly the "AutoUpdate" setting, so I've been turning that off lately, and I'm sure it adds to...
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