Clarification on NCM-NPM Integration from 7.2.2 Standalone to 7.3.2
We will be upgrading NPM from 10.6.1 --> 10.7 --> 11.5 in the next week. I reviewed the NCM 7.3.2 Admin Guide about upgrading NCM but still don't have a good comfort level that the upgrade path...
View ArticleHow do you SSH to your devices?
When SSHing to devices, do you prefer Credentials-based authentication or Certificate-based authentication?
View ArticleShould a NCM Admin be able to access NCM settings if he/she is NOT a full...
Currently, NCM settings are only accessible to full Orion Admins. We are considering making them accessible also to users who are NCM Admins only and are interested in customer input.
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NCM Multiple Profile and Syslog
Hi,If we integrate Solarwinds NCM in TACACS, is it capable for multiple profiles to manage a single device? Let’s say we have 3 account profiles named user1, user2 and user3 coming from tacacs, is...
View ArticleHelp with template to MRV200 optiswitch
Hi I try to make tamplate to MRV200/400 optiswitch with the template assistantWhat NCM is trying to say to me in the trace?Thanks Sja...
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Let the community know how impressed you are with NCM and earn a $25 Amazon gift card! Simply post your review in Spread The Word with the questions answered below: What was life like before...
View ArticleCan NCM do bare metal restorations?
I'm rather new to the Network Configuration Manager piece, but have it installed on my Orion server and it has backed up the configuration of the network gear we have. Though, we had a incident to...
View ArticleDownload device configs via NCM to desktop?
Hello, I am new to Solar Winds I was able to download a device config (cisco) however I assumed the config file would download to my actual computer or maybe somewhere in my account, in a text file so...
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Troubleshooting NCM config change templates
Is there a handy way to debug NCM configuration change templates? I have a script that validates and runs without error, but doesn't produce the expected output. I'd really like something that would...
View ArticleHow to deactivate the license from Customer Portal
Hi All, My client has accidentally deleted the whole NCM vm server and can't restore it. So we have to install a new one NCM, however how to deactivate the license key in order to get the...
View ArticleShould a NCM Admin be able to access NCM settings if he/she is NOT a full...
Currently, NCM settings are only accessible to full Orion Admins. We are considering making them accessible also to users who are NCM Admins only and are interested in customer input.
View ArticleAdvanced Scripting
Hello all! A bit of background on the situation. We have 200+ Juniper ex series switches in over 8 facilites. We use Solarwinds for monitoring and other things. We have been using the scripting feature...
View ArticleInterested in NCM 7.4 Beta walkthrough with a Product Manager?
We would like to collect as much feedback as possible. I would let you "play" with my NCM 7.4 Beta build and collect your ideas. If you are interested, please sign up for the Beta and send me an email...
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Create New Job Dynamic Selection Nodes
Hi I see that in NCM 7.3 not sure if it's a bug I try to create a job to backup node withCP "NODE_TYPE=CRAND NODE_TYPE=DS AND NODE_TYPE=FW....."When I get to no. 2 CP its look like NCM can work with...
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Using the assigned poller of a node to generate content for NCM Change Template
I'm currently working on Configuration Change Templates for standard configurations on Cisco ASA's and though how great it would be to check the assigned poller (name, id, IP) of an node and use that...
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